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
Department may refer to:
* Departmentalization, division of a larger organization into parts with specific responsibility
Government and military
*Department (administrative division), a geographical and administrative division within a country, ...
in north-central
France
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.
Population
Sights and monuments
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Château de Droupt-Saint-Basle
The Château de Droupt-Saint-Basle is a castle and '' château'' in the '' commune'' of Droupt-Saint-Basle in the Aube '' département'' of France.
History
It was mentioned in 1206 as belonging to Girard, lord of Droupt. In 1580, the mayor of Tr ...
, 16th century
castle
A castle is a type of fortified structure built during the Middle Ages predominantly by the nobility or royalty and by military orders. Scholars debate the scope of the word ''castle'', but usually consider it to be the private fortified r ...
and ''
château
A château (; plural: châteaux) is a manor house or residence of the lord of the manor, or a fine country house of nobility or gentry, with or without fortifications, originally, and still most frequently, in French-speaking regions.
No ...
'', added to the list of ''
monuments historiques
''Monument historique'' () is a designation given to some national heritage sites in France. It may also refer to the state procedure in France by which National Heritage protection is extended to a building, a specific part of a building, a coll ...
'' in 1987 and 1993.
* Church of Saint-Léonard-et-Saint-Basle de Droupt-Saint-Basle, originally 12th century, added to the list of ''monuments historiques'' in 1986
* Château du Ruez, 19th century mansion