Ailleville

Ailleville
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Ailleville
Location within Champagne-Ardenne region Ailleville
Coordinates:
Country	France
Region	Alsace-Champagne-Ardenne-Lorraine
Department	Aube
Arrondissement	Bar-sur-Aube
Canton	Bar-sur-Aube
Intercommunality	Région de Bar-sur-Aube
Government
• Mayor (2008–2020)	Gérard Carrier
Area1	5.01 km2 (1.93 sq mi)
Population (2010)2	276
• Density	55/km2 (140/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	10002 / 10200
Elevation	156–296 m (512–971 ft) (avg. 164 m or 538 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. 2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

Ailleville is a French commune in the Aube department in the Champagne-Ardenne region of northern-central France.

The inhabitants are known as Aillevillois or Aillevilloises.

Geography

Ailleville is located in the valley of the Aube river some 2 km north-west of Bar-sur-Aube. The commune is traversed from Bar-sur-Aube in the south-east crossing the heart of the commune and the town to exit towards Arsonval in the north-west. There are no other highways in the commune other than small country lanes. There are no villages or hamlets other than Ailleville. The north-east of the commune is dominated by the forests of Envers de Bretonvau and Bois de Val Joudry. The rest of the commune is farmland. The southern part of the commune is traversed by a railway line running from Bar-sur-Aube railway station in the south-east to the next station at Arret-de-Jessains in the north-west. There is no station in the commune with the nearest station at Bar-sur-Aube. The nearest cities are Chaumont some 40 km to the south-east and Troyes some 40 km west.

The Aube river crosses the southern boundary of the commune and forms a small portion of the southern border of the commune. There are no discernible streams in the commune.

History

The village was founded in 6 A.D. with the name "Aquilavilla" (a villa belonging to a Roman legionnaire in Latin). This villa was undoubtedly given to a Roman soldier at the end of his military service next to the famous Agrippa Roman road (Boulogne/Langres/Lyon/Turin). The name of the village changed many times:

• Alivilla in 1152
• Aquilevilla in 1170
• Aillevilla in 1222
• Aquilavilla in 1253
• Aileville in 1270
• Ailleville in 1306.

The Merovingians established themselves in the Roman village and in 1076 the village changed dramatically with its attachment, along with all the County of Bar sur Aube, to the County of Champagne. With the reputation of the fairs in Champagne and its proximity to Bar sur Aube, the village increased in importance. A Church, an Abbey (the Abbey of Val des Vignes), and a Chateau were built. The old vineyards planted by the Romans became reputable under Louis XIV.

The history of Ailleville was relatively peaceful until the Napoleonic Campaign of 1814. In the night of 25–26 January 1814 the Cosack Army entered the village pillaging, burning the houses, and killing a great number of inhabitants. After this destruction the village earned the nickname of "Petit Moscou" (Little Moscow).

There are some remains of the Gallo-Roman era in the commune. The inhabitants were once known as "Braments."

Administration

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The Town Hall

List of Successive Mayors of Ailleville

From	To	Name	Party	Position
	1857	Poignee
2001	2008	Jean Beaumont
2008	2014	Gérard Carrier

(Not all data is known)

Demography

In 2010 the commune had 276 inhabitants. The evolution of the number of inhabitants is known through the population censuses conducted in the town since 1793. From the 21st century, a census of municipalities with fewer than 10,000 inhabitants is held every five years, unlike larger towns that have a sample survey every year.

Population Change (See database)

1793	1800	1806	1821	1831	1836	1841	1846	1851
234	247	244	184	220	228	241	256	234

1856	1861	1866	1872	1876	1881	1886	1891	1896
224	252	240	217	197	217	206	204	179

1901	1906	1911	1921	1926	1931	1936	1946	1954
172	199	182	195	180	157	193	202	220

1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2006	2009	2010
214	202	230	220	232	218	270	273	276

Sources : Ldh/EHESS/Cassini until 1962, INSEE database from 1968 (population without double counting and municipal population from 2006)

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Ailleville War Memorial

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Population of Ailleville

Sites and Monuments

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A Sarcophagus and the Cistercian Cross

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The Lavoir (Public Laundry)

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Surviving houses from 1814

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The Church of Saint Martin

• A Chateau from the time of Henry IV
• A Roman road from Langres to Chalons-en-Champagne
• The Presence of Merovingian sarcophagi from the 6th-7th century around the Lavoir. These sarcophagi were found in the 1970s by the local historian Roger Rubaud at a place called Les Longues-Roies above the village.
• A Cistercian Cross next to the church from the 16th century in Corinthian style proving the existence of a Cistercian Abbey in the valley originally founded by the Lords of Jaucourt in 1215 at Gué de Ternant. Destroyed then rebuilt in 1309 at the foot of Côte Jobert. After being in severe decline in the 18th century it was entirely destroyed in the French Revolution.
• A Château from the 17th century flanked by four turrets.
• A Dovecote
• The Church of Saint Martin. The church is a simple Romanesque building from the 12th century. The choir is narrower than the nave. The building formerly depended on the chapter of Saint-Maclou of Bar-sur-Aube. The church contains many items that are registered as historical objects:
  • A Statuette: Education of the Virgin (18th century)
  • 4 Bas-reliefs: the Evangelists (17th century)
  • A Statue: Saint Nicholas (19th century)
  • A Statuette: Saint Martin (18th century)
  • An Altar, Retable, and Tabernacle (18th century)
  • A Tombstone of Jean de Lauparet (disappeared) (1552)
  • A Tombstone for the Guillard family (1703)
  • A Ciborium (1821)
  • A Chalice (1821)
  • A Chalice (19th century)
  • A Paten (19th century)
  • An Incense lamp (1821)
  • A Monstrance (19th century)
  • A Statue: Saint Ambroise (18th century)
  • A Statue: Saint Radegonde (16th century)
  • A Statue: Christ on the Cross (17th century)
  • A Stoup (stolen) (18th century)
  • The Furniture in the Church (17th century)

See also

• Communes of the Aube department

External links

• Ailleville on the old IGN website (French)
• Ailleville on Lion1906
• Ailleville on Google Maps
• Ailleville on Géoportail, National Geographic Institute (IGN) website (French)
• Ailleville on the 1750 Cassini Map
• Ailleville on the INSEE website (French)
• INSEE (French)