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Assencières () is a commune in the Aube
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The Church of Saint-Pierre and Saint-Paul used to have three naves from the 16th century which collapsed in 1947. There are many items which are registered as historical objects:
* Stoup (17th century)
*Sculpture: Christ on the cross (19th century)
*Main Altar, Tabernacle, and Retable (18th century)
*Retable star (18th century)
*Statue: Saint-Pierre (16th century)
*Statue: Saint-Fiacre (16th century)
*Processional cross (17th century)
*Group Sculpture: Christ & 2 angels with the instruments of the Passion (16th century)
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*Statue: Virgin & child (16th century)
*Stained glass windows: Visitation of Saint-Pierre (16th century)
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*Bronze Bell (17th century)
*Choir balustrade (18th century)
*Stained glass window: the Crucifixion (16th century)
*Glass figure in Bay 2 (15th century)
*Glass figure in Bay 0 (15th century)Ministry of Culture, Palissy
Assencières on Géoportail
National Geographic Institute (IGN) website
''Aßencieres'' on the 1750 Cassini Map
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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 the Grand Est region of north-central France.
Geography
Assencières is located some 11 km north-east ofTroyes
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 to ...
and 8 km south-east of Charmont-sous-Barbuise
Charmont-sous-Barbuise () is a Communes of France, commune in the Aube Departments of France, department, north central France.
Château de Charmont-sous-Barbuise
The château of Charmont-sous-Barbuise was originally a fortified manor house ...
. Access to the commune is by the D 8 road from Luyères
Luyères () is a commune in the Aube department in north-central France.
Population
See also
* Communes of the Aube department
*Parc naturel régional de la Forêt d'Orient
Orient Forest Regional Natural Park ( French: ''Parc naturel rà ...
in the north passing through the village and the heart of the commune and continuing to Mesnil-Sellières
Mesnil-Sellières () is a commune in the Aube department in north-central France.
Population
See also
*Communes of the Aube department
*Parc naturel régional de la Forêt d'Orient
Orient Forest Regional Natural Park ( French: ''Parc nat ...
in the south. The D 100 also starts from the village and goes north-east to Bouy-Luxembourg
Bouy-Luxembourg () is a commune in the Aube department in north-central France.
Population
See also
*Communes of the Aube department
The following is a list of the 431 communes of the Aube department of France.
The communes cooperate in ...
. There is a railway passing through the commune from Charmont-sous-Barbuise in the north to La Chapelle-Saint-Luc
La Chapelle-Saint-Luc () is a commune in the Aube department in north-central France, right next to Troyes.
Population
See also
* Communes of the Aube department
The following is a list of the 431 communes of the Aube department of Franc ...
in the south-west but there is no station in or near the commune. The commune is entirely flat farmland.Google Maps/ref>
Neighbouring communes and villages
Administration
List of Successive MayorsDemography
In 2017 the commune had 171 inhabitants.
Sites and monuments
The Church of Saint-Pierre and Saint-Paul used to have three naves from the 16th century which collapsed in 1947. There are many items which are registered as historical objects:
* Stoup (17th century)
*Sculpture: Christ on the cross (19th century)
*Main Altar, Tabernacle, and Retable (18th century)
*Retable star (18th century)
*Statue: Saint-Pierre (16th century)
*Statue: Saint-Fiacre (16th century)
*Processional cross (17th century)
*Group Sculpture: Christ & 2 angels with the instruments of the Passion (16th century)
*Stained glass
Stained glass is coloured glass as a material or works created from it. Throughout its thousand-year history, the term has been applied almost exclusively to the windows of churches and other significant religious buildings. Although tradition ...
windows: Death of the Virgin (16th century)
*Statue: Virgin & child (16th century)
*Stained glass windows: Visitation of Saint-Pierre (16th century)
*Reliquary
A reliquary (also referred to as a ''shrine'', by the French term ''châsse'', and historically including ''wikt:phylactery, phylacteries'') is a container for relics. A portable reliquary may be called a ''fereter'', and a chapel in which it i ...
-bust: Saint-Fiacre (18th century)
*Bronze Bell (17th century)
*Choir balustrade (18th century)
*Stained glass window: the Crucifixion (16th century)
*Glass figure in Bay 2 (15th century)
*Glass figure in Bay 0 (15th century)Ministry of Culture, Palissy
Notable people linked to the commune
Alexandre Marchais, who was called ''Le Mose'', was born in 1962 and spent his childhood in Assencières. He made his first steps in performing at parties before turning to street music and eventually join a travelling troupe of acrobats. But it was in the gypsy community that he is known by becoming one of the leading exponents of ''ericius'' music.See also
* Communes of the Aube department *Parc naturel régional de la Forêt d'Orient
Orient Forest Regional Natural Park ( French: ''Parc naturel régional de la Forêt d'Orient'') is a protected area of woodlands and lakes in the Champagne-Ardenne region of France. It covers a total area of The parkland encompasses the large ...
References
External links
Assencières on Géoportail
National Geographic Institute (IGN) website
''Aßencieres'' on the 1750 Cassini Map
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