commune
A commune is an alternative term for an intentional community. Commune or comună or comune or other derivations may also refer to:
Administrative-territorial entities
* Commune (administrative division), a municipality or township
** Communes of ...
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 north-central
France
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History
The village of Dienville is mentioned in 864 under the name Dienvilla. There remains an Ancient Roman road, a vestige of that era.
On 1 February 1814 the village was fought over during the Battle of La Rothiere.
Population
Dienville was the home of Abbé Courtalon Delestre (1735-1786), a historian and poet, and :fr:Jean-Baptiste Courtalon (1740-1797), Cleric of the Chapel for
Louis XV
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Louis XVI
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Dienville_Mairie_R02.jpg, Town hall
Dienville_Eglise_R03.jpg, Saint Quentin church
Dienville_Halle_R01.jpg, Market hall
Dienville_Monument_aux_Morts_R01.jpg, War memorial
See also
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Communes of the Aube department
The following is a list of the 431 communes of the Aube department of France.
The communes cooperate in the following intercommunalities (as of 2020):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 ...