Dept 10 Rank #69 / 96
Aube
Grand Est · Nearest city: Troyes → Paris (~1h20)
🚄 TGV
Champagne plains, Oriental lakes
Why this score · reflects your priorities
Aube benefits from affordable property and good rail links, but scant tourism, weaker school results and dull skies temper its appeal. L'Aube profite d'un immobilier abordable et de bonnes liaisons ferroviaires, mais un tourisme confidentiel, des résultats scolaires plus faibles et un ciel maussade tempèrent son attrait.
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Climate
Sunshine
1,894h/yr
Trend 2015-2025: roughly flat.
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Sunny days
145/yr
days >50% sunlit
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Rain days
122/yr
Trend 2015-2025: about 1 fewer rain days each year.
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Annual rainfall
648mm/yr
total volume
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Heavy rain
3/yr
≥ 20 mm/day
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Torrential
0.1/yr
≥ 50 mm/day
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Hot days >30°
21/yr
Trend 2015-2025: about 1 fewer hot days each year.
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Winter mildness
4/10
1.6 °C avg Jan low
Trend 2015-2025: January warming 0.3 °C per year.
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Wind
3.3m/s
annual mean
Trend 2015-2025: roughly flat.
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Muggy days
4/yr
TG≥22°C & HU≥70%
Trend 2015-2025: about 0.5 more muggy days each year.
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Avg max temperature · °C
6
J
8
F
12
M
15
A
19
M
22
J
25
J
25
A
20
S
16
O
10
N
7
D
2050 outlook TRACC +2.7°C · vs 1976-2005
Hot days ≥35°C ~+3 days · +3 so far
Tropical nights ~+8 nights · +1 so far
Frost days ~-24 days · -18 so far
Dry-soil days ~+28 days
Landscape
Landscape score
4/10
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Max elevation
376m
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Forest cover
25.5%
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Characteristics
🌾 Rural
Champagne plains, Oriental lakes
Identity
Aube is the birthplace of Georges Jacques Danton (juriste).
Notable figures born here
Georges Jacques Danton — juristeUrbain IV — diplomateChrétien de Troyes — écrivainJean Tirole — économisteGaston Bachelard — physicienJeanne Ire de Navarre — dirigeantRachi — rabbinLouis Jacques Thénard — chimisteCharles-Eugène Delaunay — mathématicienJean Girault — réalisateur
Terroir & appellations
Aube lies within protected appellation areas, including Champagne, Brie de Meaux, Rosé des Riceys.
ChampagneBrie de MeauxRosé des RiceysChaourceBrie de MelunCoteaux champenoisSoumaintrainBrillat-SavarinVolailles de la Champagne
Distinctions
- Pierre-Auguste Renoir
- Jardin Botanique
- Parc et jardin du château de Barberey-Saint-Sulpice
- Parc et jardin du château de la Motte-Tilly
- Jardin du Prieuré
Station classée de tourisme (1)
Risks
Safety score
8/10
Flood risk
Very low
% communes flood-exposed (GASPAR union)
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Fire risk
High
Copernicus FWI · fire-weather index
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Seismic exposure
Very low
% in a seismic zone (most of France is)
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Major risks present
⚛ Nuclear nearby Share of the department's communes listing each risk category
Ground movement Very high 100% p90 of 96
Subsidence & cavities Very high 100% p93 of 96
Hazardous-materials transport High 68.2% p71 of 96
Dam failure Low 32.7% p92 of 96
Flooding Low 31.6% p32 of 96
Nuclear Very low 11.4% p92 of 96
Industrial hazard Very low 6.7% p70 of 96
Transport
Transport
9/10
1.3 h to Paris · TGV + closeness
TGV access
Yes
Direct TGV station
Highways
2
A5 · A26
Work locally
29%
work in own commune
Nearest hubs
🏙 Nearest city
Troyes → Paris (~1h20)
✈ Airport
Chalons Vatry airport (XCR) · ~52 km
🚄 To Paris via TGV
1.3h direct
🛣 Highways
A5, A26
Services
Healthcare
5/10
APL 3.2
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Schools
2/10
Brevet 79%
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Fiber coverage
96%
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Intl schools
3schools
International programmes available
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People
Population
308,900
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Density
51/km²
Mixed
-36% vs median 81
32 387
Pop trend
+0.1%/yr
-0.1 pts vs median · p39
Median income
$24,500
standard of living · $/yr
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Poverty rate
16.9%
below 60% of median living standard
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Unemployment
13.9%
active population out of work
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Tourism
1 bed per 62 residents
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Age distribution · % of population
0-14
17%
15-24
12%
25-39
13%
40-54
14%
55-69
19%
70+
25%
Office professionals
12.3%
cadres · engineers, managers, professionals
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Remote work
4.3%
télétravail · works without commuting
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Socio-professional mix · % of occupied workers
Office
Managers & professionals
12.3%
At-home trades
Farmers
3%
Artisans & shopkeepers
6%
On-site · services, health, teaching, manual
Intermediate professions incl. nurses, teachers
25.2%
Clerical & service staff
28.1%
Manual workers
25.4%
Real estate
Median
$1,640/m²
$740 $2,770
House $1,580 Apt $1,750
-3%/yr 2023–25
Median surface
—m²
Taxe foncière
46.34%
typical commune rate · TFPB
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Price distribution across communes · $/m²
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