Chaource

Chaource
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Coat of arms of Chaource Coat of arms
Chaource
Location within Champagne-Ardenne region Chaource
Coordinates:
Country	France
Region	Alsace-Champagne-Ardenne-Lorraine
Department	Aube
Arrondissement	Troyes
Canton	Chaource
Intercommunality	Chaourçois
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Jean Pouillot
Area1	31.06 km2 (11.99 sq mi)
Population (2012)2	1,154
• Density	37/km2 (96/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	10080 / 10210
Elevation	134–233 m (440–764 ft) (avg. 150 m or 490 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.

Chaource is a commune in the Aube department in north-central France.

A cheese is named after this town. See Chaource cheese.

In the Chaource parish church there is a sculpture by The Maitre de Chaource.

Population

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±%
1793	1,406	—
1800	1,605	+14.2%
1806	1,503	−6.4%
1821	1,420	−5.5%
1831	1,535	+8.1%
1836	1,569	+2.2%
1841	1,540	−1.8%
1846	1,651	+7.2%
1851	1,598	−3.2%
1856	1,549	−3.1%
1861	1,509	−2.6%
1866	1,503	−0.4%
1872	1,546	+2.9%
1876	1,479	−4.3%
1881	1,491	+0.8%
1886	1,451	−2.7%
1891	1,430	−1.4%
1896	1,321	−7.6%
1901	1,183	−10.4%
1906	1,138	−3.8%
1911	1,138	+0.0%
1921	914	−19.7%
1926	891	−2.5%
1931	903	+1.3%
1936	960	+6.3%
1946	892	−7.1%
1954	974	+9.2%
1962	978	+0.4%
1968	971	−0.7%
1975	965	−0.6%
1982	1,106	+14.6%
1990	1,031	−6.8%
1999	1,090	+5.7%
2008	1,104	+1.3%
2012	1,154	+4.5%

See also

• Communes of the Aube department

References

• INSEE

External links

• Chaource tourism website
• Maitre de Chaource. List of major works of this sculptor