Bar-sur-Seine (, literally ''Bar on

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'') is a commune in the

Aube Aube () is a French department in the Grand Est region of north-eastern France. As with sixty departments in France, this department is named after a river: the Aube. With 310,242 inhabitants (2019),department in the

Grand Est Grand Est (; gsw-FR, Grossa Oschta; Moselle Franconian/ lb, Grouss Osten; Rhine Franconian: ''Groß Oschte''; german: Großer Osten ; en, "Great East") is an administrative region in Northeastern France. It superseded three former administr ...

region of north-central

France France (), officially the French Republic ( ), is a country primarily located in Western Europe. It also comprises of Overseas France, overseas regions and territories in the Americas and the Atlantic Ocean, Atlantic, Pacific Ocean, Pac ...

. The inhabitants of the commune are known as ''Barrois'' or ''Barroises'' and ''Barséquanais'' or ''Barséquanaises''. The commune has been awarded three flowers by the ''National Council of Towns and Villages in Bloom'' in the ''Competition of cities and villages in Bloom''.

Geography

Bar-sur-Seine is located some 20 km south-east of

Troyes Troyes () is a commune and the capital of the department of Aube in the Grand Est region of north-central France. It is located on the Seine river about south-east of Paris. Troyes is situated within the Champagne wine region and is near ...

and 25 km north-west of Montliot-et-Courcelles. Access to the commune is by the D671 road from Virey-sous-Bar in the north-west which passes through the town and continues south-east to

Celles-sur-Ource Celles-sur-Ource (, literally ''Celles on Ource'') is a commune in the Aube department in north-central France. Geography The village lies in the northwestern part of the commune, on the left bank of the Ource, which flows northwest through t ...

. The D443 comes from Magnant in the north-east also passing through the village and continuing south-west to Villemorien. The D63 also goes to Magnant by a slightly longer route. The D4 goes from the town to Ville-sur-Arce in the south-east. The D49 branches from the D443 on the right bank of the

and goes north-west to Courtenot. There is also the railway passing through the commune from Saint-Parres-lès-Vaudes in the north-east and continuing to the next station at Polisot in the south-east. Apart from the town there are the hamlets of Avaleur and La Bordé. There are large forests to the north-east and south-west of the town with the rest of the commune farmland. The

river flows through the commune and the town from south-east to north-west and continues north-west to Troyes and beyond. The Ource river flows from the south-east and forms part of the south-eastern border before joining the Seine at the border of the commune. The ''Arce'' river joins the Seine on the right bank on the south-eastern border of the commune.

Toponymy

''Bar'' is a Gallic word and perhaps even pre-Gallic which means "summit" or "height".Albert Dauzat and Charles Rostaing, ''Etymological Dictionary of place names in France'', Larousse, Paris, 1963

History

The town was devastated in 1359 by the English, when, according to Froissart, no fewer than 900 mansions were burnt. Afterwards it suffered greatly in the religious wars of the 16th century. Bar-sur-Seine was the chief town of the district in 1790 and then sub-prefecture from 1800 until 1926. Bar-sur-Seine minted deniers under

Charles the Bald Charles the Bald (french: Charles le Chauve; 13 June 823 – 6 October 877), also known as Charles II, was a 9th-century king of West Francia (843–877), king of Italy (875–877) and emperor of the Carolingian Empire (875–877). After a se ...

. Under the

Ancien Regime ''Ancien'' may refer to * the French word for "ancient, old" ** Société des anciens textes français * the French for "former, senior" ** Virelai ancien ** Ancien Régime ** Ancien Régime in France ''Ancien'' may refer to * the French word fo ...

Bar-sur-Seine was located in the province of

Burgundy Burgundy (; french: link=no, Bourgogne ) is a historical territory and former administrative region and province of east-central France. The province was once home to the Dukes of Burgundy from the early 11th until the late 15th century. The ...

. Bar-sur-Seine appears as ''Bar ſur Seine'', with a

long s The long s , also known as the medial s or initial s, is an archaic form of the lowercase letter . It replaced the single ''s'', or one or both of the letters ''s'' in a 'double ''s sequence (e.g., "ſinfulneſs" for "sinfulness" and "po� ...

, on the 1750

Cassini Map The Cassini Map or Academy's Map is the first topographic and geometric map made of the Kingdom of France as a whole. It was compiled by the Cassini family, mainly César-François Cassini (Cassini III) and his son Jean-Dominique Cassini (Ca ...

and the same on the 1790 version.

Heraldry

Administration

List of Successive

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Education

The commune has seven educational establishments: *Public Kindergarten of 14 July *Henri Breton private primary school *Georges Leclerc public primary school *Maurice Robert public primary school *Henri Breton College *Paul Portier College *Lycée professionnel du Val Moré

Demography

In 2017 the commune had 3,018 inhabitants.

Economy

Fêtes du Champagne - Reine des Reines de Bar-sur-Seine, 4 9 1922, Ch

Most Champagne vines are grown in the Marne department (on

Cretaceous The Cretaceous ( ) is a geological period that lasted from about 145 to 66 million years ago (Mya). It is the third and final period of the Mesozoic Era, as well as the longest. At around 79 million years, it is the longest geological period of ...

land) in the Marne valley (to the west of

Château-Thierry Château-Thierry () is a French commune situated in the department of the Aisne, in the administrative region of Hauts-de-France, and in the historic Province of Champagne. The origin of the name of the town is unknown. The local tradition att ...

) and on a series of lands straddling the

Tertiary Tertiary ( ) is a widely used but obsolete term for the geologic period from 66 million to 2.6 million years ago. The period began with the demise of the non-avian dinosaurs in the Cretaceous–Paleogene extinction event, at the start ...

and Cretaceous (

Avize Avize () is a commune in the Marne department in northeastern France. Champagne The village's vineyards are located in the Côte des Blancs subregion of Champagne, and are classified as Grand Cru (100%) in the Champagne vineyard classificati ...

Vertus Vertus () is a former commune in the Marne department in north-eastern France. On 1 January 2018, it was merged into the new commune of Blancs-Coteaux. The Encyclopédiste Antoine-Claude-Pierre Masson de La Motte-Conflans (1727–1801) was born ...

Sézanne Sézanne () is a commune in the Marne department and Grand Est region in north-eastern France. Its inhabitants are called ''Sézannais''. Population Notable people * Leonie Aviat, Saint * Floresca Guépin (1813-1889), feminist, teacher, schoo ...

etc.) Champagnes of Aube are very eccentric and very southern compared to other Champagnes and are grown on

Jurassic The Jurassic ( ) is a geologic period and stratigraphic system that spanned from the end of the Triassic Period million years ago (Mya) to the beginning of the Cretaceous Period, approximately Mya. The Jurassic constitutes the middle period of ...

lands which makes them distinctive. This area of Aube Champagnes includes other neighbouring communes such as

Les Riceys Les Riceys () is a commune in the Aube department in north-central France. It is situated in an important viticultural area, and in particular is known for Rosé des Riceys wine. With its 866 ha of vines, it is the commune that has the large ...

and Bar-sur-Aube.

Culture and heritage

Civil heritage

The commune has a number of buildings and sites that are registered as historical monuments: *The Boulard Stationery factory (19th century) *The Charrier Mill (19th century) *The Bar-sur-Seine Glass and Crystal Works (1881) *A Timbered House at Rue Victor-Hugo (16th century) *The Domain of Villeneuve at Villeneuve (1874) *The Portal of Châtillon (17th century) *The Chateau of the Counts of Bar (13th century)

Religious heritage

The commune has two religious buildings and sites that are registered as historical monuments: *The Church of Saint-Stephen (16th century) *The Chapel of Avalleur (12th century) The commune contains over 200 objects that are registered as historical objects. Most of these items are in the Church of Saint Stephen but there are many items in other locations. File:Bar s s moulin.jpg, The old Mill File:Bar-sur-Seine St Etienne 15 07 2011 Vitraux 11.jpg, Stained glass in the Church of Saint Stephen File:Barsseinechato.JPG, Chateau of the Counts of Bar File:Commanderie Avalleur 5.jpg, The Templar Commanderie at Avalleur File:Maison à pans de bois Bar-sur-Seine 01.JPG, The Timbered House

References

External links

Bar-sur-Seine Official website
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