Arrentières

Arrentières is a French commune in the Aube department in the Grand Est region of north-central France.

Arrentières
Commune
Chateau
Coat of arms
Location of Arrentières
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Coordinates: 48°15′51″N 4°44′36″E
Country	France
Region	Grand Est
Department	Aube
Arrondissement	Bar-sur-Aube
Canton	Bar-sur-Aube
Intercommunality	Région de Bar-sur-Aube
Government
• Mayor (2014-2020)	Alain Mennetrier
Area ^1	13.91 km^2 (5.37 sq mi)
Population  (2017-01-01)[1]	214
• Density	15/km^2 (40/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	10011 /10200
^1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km^2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Geography

Arrentières is located in the Côte des Bar between the communes of Montier-en-l'Isle and Engente. In a direct line the commune is 4.2 km north by north-east of Bar-sur-Aube, 33.9 km north-west of Chaumont and 49.8 km east of Troyes.[2] The nearest large cities are Reims (122.3 km) and Dijon (106.7 km).[2] Access to the commune is by the D384 road from Bar-sur-Aube in the south passing north through the western part of the commune west of the village and continuing to Soulaines-Dhuys in the north. The D13 also goes from Bar-sur-Aube through the south-east of the commune and continues north-east to Colombé-la-Fosse. Access to the village is by the D73 which branches off the D384 north of Bar-sur-Aube and passes through the village before continuing north-east to Beurville. The D102 branches off the D384 in the north of the commune and goes south-east through the village and continues to Voigny in the south-east. The commune has large areas of forest in the north with the southern part mostly farmland.[3]

The commune lies on a limestone plateau with an area of 1,391 hectares and its altitude varying between 183m in the valley to 331m[4] near the Vernonfays farm in the north.[5]

The Vernet river flows from the north of the commune to join the Ruisseau de Cuvelots south of the village which then flows south to join the Bresse in the south-west. The Bresse flows from the east passing through the south of the commune and continuing west to join the Aube near Ailleville.[3]

Neighbouring communes and villages[3]

Toponymy

The following names have been attested:

• Arrentières (or Arenterium/Arenthières) (1147)[6]
• Arentières (1793)[7]
• Arentière (1801)[7]

It comes from a dialectal adjective arremier meaning "who owes money, who pays money".[8]

History

The Orimont farm, located in the south-east of the commune was mentioned in 1148.[6]

In the 12th century the lords of the village were the Commanderie de Thors whose origin dated back to the Knights Templar. During this same period, there was a priory at Arrentières of the Cistercian order. It was transferred to Chaumont during the late 17th century.[6]

In the 14th century Jean d'Arrentières was appointed royal bailiff and served the Count of Bar. In 1371 he arrested Countess Yolande de Bar by order of Charles V and held her captive.[9]

Heraldry

Arms of Arrentières

Blazon: Party per bend, at 1 Argent, a vine branch Vert leaved of one and fructed of one in Gules; at 2 Azure a wheat garb of Or; in chief Vert charged with a demi-vol of Or flanked by two towers of Argent, port open, turreted and masoned in Sable.

Policy and administration

Political trends and results

In the second round of the 2002 French presidential election, 76.32% of the votes were cast for Jacques Chirac (RPR) and 23.68% for Jean-Marie Le Pen (FN).[10]

In the second round of the 2007 French presidential election, 81.18% of the votes were cast for Nicolas Sarkozy (UMP) and 18.82% for Ségolène Royal (PS) with a participation rate of 86.63%.[11]

In the second round of the 2012 French presidential election, 78.57% of the votes were cast for Nicolas Sarkozy (UMP) and 21.43% for François Hollande (PS), with a participation rate of 93.90%.[12]

Municipal administration

As the number of inhabitants of the town is between 100 and 500, the number of council members is 11 [13]

Administration

List of Successive Mayors[14]

From	To	Name	Party	Position
	1857	Louis Ladislas de Lassus
2001	Current	Alain Mennetrier	LR

(Not all data is known)

Judicial and administrative proceedings

Arrentières reports to the Tribunal d'instance of Troyes, the Tribunal de grande instance of Troyes, the Court of Appeal of Reims, the juvenile court of Troyes, the industrial tribunal of Troyes, the Commercial Court of Troyes, the Administrative Court of Châlons-en-Champagne and the Administrative Court of Appeal of Nancy.[15]

Environmental policy

Collection, recovery, and disposal of waste services are provided by the Community of communes of the Region of Bar-sur-Aube.[16]

Local finance

From 2008 to 2013, the municipal administration has kept the net cash flow of capital repayments of loans at a better rate per capita than other communes of the same type:[17]

Net Cash Flow from Operations
per capita and per year.

Year	Arrentières	Average for this Stratum[Note 1]
2008	€202	€156
2009	€350	€150
2010	€174	€143
2011	€220	€179
2012	€174	€189

Population

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±%
2006	211	—
2007	208	−1.4%
2008	204	−1.9%
2009	207	+1.5%
2010	214	+3.4%
2011	221	+3.3%
2012	228	+3.2%
2013	231	+1.3%
2014	229	−0.9%
2015	224	−2.2%
2016	219	−2.2%

Distribution of age groups

The population of the commune is 53.3% men and 46.7% women. In 2010 it has a population older than the average for metropolitan France.[18]

The youth indicator, which is the number people below 20 years old divided by the number of people over 60 years old,[19] for the commune is 0.63 or 63 young people under 20 years old for every 100 people more than 60 years. For France as a whole it is 1.06. This indicator is also lower than the department (1.00) and that of the region (1.05).[20]

The following table compares the proportions of gender and age of the population of Arrentières in 2010[21] with that of Aube in the same year.[22]

Percentage Distribution of Age Groups in Arrentières[21] and Aube[22] Department in 2009

	Arrentières	Arrentières	Aube	Aube
Age Range	Men	Women	Men	Women
0 to 14 Years	18.2	14.0	19.1	17.6
15 to 29 Years	15.7	9.3	18.7	16.6
30 to 44 Years	19.0	15.9	19.5	18.5
45 to 59 Years	16.5	23.4	20.8	20.3
60 to 74 Years	21.5	27.1	14.7	15.1
75 to 89 Years	9.1	9.3	6.7	10.6
90 Years+	0.0	0.9	0.4	1.3

Town planning

Housing

In 2009 the total number of dwellings in the commune was 137, down from 117 in 1999.[23]

Among these units 68.8% were primary residences with second homes 20.8% and 10.4% of vacant housing. These units were all detached houses.[24]

The proportion of primary homes, properties of their occupants, was 86.3%, a slight increase compared to 1999 (85.3%) [25]

Development projects

Development projects are administered by the Community of communes of the Region of Bar-sur-Aube. All 27 communes in the area collaborate to implement joint project development and spatial planning for each town and village.[26]

Arrentières was the first commune to have installed coloured candelabras (red) in the streets and, in 1995, one of the first small communes to be equipped with a sewerage treatment plant. An innovative collective project to heat all homes with wood has been designed but not implemented due to lack of funding. After the rehabilitation of roads, public lighting, water system and the church (Retable over the nave refurbished) over 3 years to 2010, the commune started the renovation of the hall as well as the walls of two lavoirs (public laundries).[27]

Economy

Incomes of the population and tax

In 2011, the median household income tax was €36,134, placing Arrentières at 6,411th out of the 31,886 communes of more than 49 households in France.[28]

In 2009 30.8% of fiscal households were not taxable[29]

Employment

In 2009, the population aged 15–64 years was 133 people of which there were 76.9% were employable, 67.9% were employed, and 9.0% were unemployed [30]

There were 50 jobs in the commune, against 59 in 1999. The number of employable residents in the commune is 93 so the concentration indicator of employment[Note 2] is 53.9%, which means that the commune offers little more than one job for two employable people.[31]

Businesses and shops

On 31 December 2010 Arrentières had 62 establishments: 48 in agriculture-forestry-fishing, one in industry, none in construction, 10 in various trade-transport-services, and 3 related to the administrative sector[32]

In 2011 there were no new enterprises created in Arrentières.[33]

Although the commune had only 221 inhabitants at the last census of 2011, there are no fewer than eight producers of champagne:[34] the commune has 130 hectares in the Champagne AOC[35]

Sites and monuments

The Château d'Arrentières was built in the 13th century. The lodging and the towers were largely rebuilt in the late Middle Ages. Part of the building[Note 3] has been registered as a historical monument since 20 May 1994.[36]

The Church of Saint Jacques contains many items listed on the inventory of historical monuments:

• A Statue: Virgin and Child (16th century)[37]
• A Statuette: St. Jacques (18th century)[38]
• A Statue: Virgin and Child (18th century)[39]
• A Statuette: Saint Jacques (18th century)[40]
• An Altar cross (18th century)[41]
• Statue: Saint Roch (disappeared) (18th century)[42]
• A Retable, Tabernacle, and main altar step (18th century)[43]
• A Statue: holy bishop (16th century)[44]
• Tombstone of Jean de La Barre (16th century)[45]
• Tombstone of Hugues Gradey (16th century)[46]
• A Paten (19th century)[47]
• A Chalice (19th century)[48]
• An Eagle Lectern (17th century)[49]
• A Statue: Christ on the Cross (17th century)[50]
• A Painting: Martyrdom of Saint Sebastian (19th century)[51]
• A Chair (19th century)[52]
• An Altar Painting: Institution of the Rosary (19th century)[53]
• A Painting: Saint Antoine (19th century)[54]
• A Small bell (17th century)[55]
• A Processional Staff: Assumption (18th century)[56]
• Processional Staff: Saint Jacques (18th century)[57]
• Processional Staff: Saint Roch (disappeared) (18th century)[58]
• Tombstone of Jean de Rosières (16th century)[59]
• Processional Staff: Saint Nicolas (19th century)[60]
• The Furniture in the Church[61]

Facilities

Education

Arrentières is located in the area of the Academy of Reims.

The commune administered an elementary school (cycle 1) with a class of 17 students in 2012-2013.[62] This class was closed before the 2013-2014 school year and the commune integrated into an inter-communal educational regrouping (RPI) - the Syndicat Mixte Bresse Œillet.[63]

The closest kindergarten is located at Colombé-la-Fosse and, since the 2013-2014 school year and within the cluster, the elementary school is located at Colombé-le-Sec.[64] For secondary education students go to the Gaston Bachelard esatte at Bar-sur-Aube.[63]

The difficulties of organizing classes in the inter-communal educational grouping were covered in the daily L'Est-Éclair in early 2014.[64]

Cultural events and festivities

The "Route of champagne in celebration" is a major event that lasts two days. It took place in 2009 at Arrentières.[9]

Health

There is no doctor or nurse working in Arrentières. The nearest doctor and hospital are in Bar-sur-Aube.

Sports

The commune has a football field.[63] On 1 May 2013, for the second year, the cycling Star Baralbine organized a cycle race called Prize of Arrentières.[65][66]

Media

The regional daily L'Est-Éclair provides local information on the commune.[67]

The commune has no Main distribution frame for ADSL installed nor is it connected to a fibre optic network. Telephone lines are connected to exchanges located in Bar-sur-Aube and Ville-sur-Terre[68]

Worship

Only Catholic worship is celebrated in Arrentières. The commune is one of eleven grouped in the Parish of Bar-sur-Aube, one of the nine parishes of pastoral area of Côtes des Bar in the Diocese of Troyes. The place of worship is the parish church of Saint-Jacques-le-Majeur.[69]

This church has three naves dedicated to Saint Jacques-le-Majeur which date from the 18th century. Its bell tower is inspired by that of the Church of Saint-Pierre of Bar-sur-Aube.[70]

See also

• Communes of the Aube department

Notes and references

Notes

1. For this commune, the stratum is those communes with less than 250 inhabitants belonging to a fiscal group.
2. The concentration indicator of employment is the number of employees in the commune per 100 employable people in the commune, according to the definition by INSEE.
3. The moat, the curtain walls, the underground rooms next to the south wall, the tower-attic, the façades, and the roofs of the main lodging and the tower are classed as historical monuments.

References

1. "Populations légales 2017". INSEE. Retrieved 6 January 2020.
2. Arrentières on the Lion1906 website, Lionel Delvarre, consulted on 2 March 2014 (in French)
3. Google Maps
4. Geographic Information on Communes Archived 2015-01-08 at the Wayback Machine, IGN (in French).
5. Laurent Denajar, Aube, Vol. 10 of Archaeological Map of Gaul, Les Éditions de la MSH, 2005, ISBN 978-2-87754-093-3, p. 235, Read online (in French)
6. Daniel Delattre, Emmanuel Delattre, Nathalie Delattre-Arnould, Odette Delattre, and Laëtitia Delattre-Rigaux, Aube, the 433 communes, Éditions Delattre, 2005, reprinted 2013, 240 pages, ISBN 978-2-36464-035-1 (in French)
7. Communal Notice on the Cassini website (in French)
8. Ernest Nègre, General Toponymy of France, Librairie Droz, Genève, Vol. 3, "Dialectal and French Forms", 1998, 480 pages, Read online (in French)
9. Le Petit Futé Grand Est, 2009 edition, ISBN 2-74692-502-8, Read online. (in French)
10. Results of the 2002 Presidential Election, Ministry of Interior website, consulted on 1 March 2014 (in French).
11. Results of the 2007 presidential election, Ministry of Interior website, consulted on 1 March 2014 (in French)
12. Results of the 2012 presidential election, Ministry of Interior website, consulted on 1 March 2014 (in French)
13. Legifrance website, CGCT, No. L2121-2, art L. 2121-2 of the General code of collective territories (in French).
14. List of Mayors of France (in French)
15. List of competent jurisdictions for a commune, Ministry of Justice website, consulted on 2 March 2014 (in French)
16. Waste Archived 2014-03-22 at the Wayback Machine, Community of communes of the Region of Bar-sur-Aube website, consulted on 21 March 2014 (in French).
17. Accounts of communes, Ministry of the Economy and Finance website, consulted on 2 March 2014 (in French).
18. Key figures for the evolution and structure of the population of metropolitan France in 2010, INSEE, consulted on 6 March 2014 (in French).
19. Youth indicator, INSEE, consulted on 6 March 2014 (in French).
20. Key figures for the evolution and structure of the population of the Grand Est region in 2010, INSEE, consulted on 6 March 2014 (in French).
21. Key figures for the evolution and structure of the population of Arrentières, INSEE, consulted on 6 March 2014 (in French).
22. Key figures for the evolution and structure of the population of the department of Aube in 2010, INSEE, consulted on 6 March 2014 (in French).
23. Evolution of the number of lodgings by category Archived 2014-03-01 at the Wayback Machine, LOG T1M, P. 11.
24. Categories and Type of Lodgings Archived 2014-03-01 at the Wayback Machine, LOG T2, P. 11.
25. Primary residences according to the Statute of occupation Archived 2014-03-01 at the Wayback Machine, LOG T7, P. 12.
26. Community of communes of the region of Bar-sur-Aube Archived 2014-08-10 at the Wayback Machine, Bar-sur-Aube website, consulted on 3 March 2014 (in French).
27. Arrentières: a village which goes ahead Archived 2014-04-27 at the Wayback Machine, 4 January 2011, L'Est-Éclair daily newspaper website, consulted on 5 March 2014 (in French).
28. Page RFDM2011COM: Local tax revenues by household - 2011, INSEE, consulted on 16 November 2013 (in French).
29. Taxes on the income of fiscal households Archived 2014-03-01 at the Wayback Machine, REV T1, P. 9.
30. Population from 15 to 64 years old by type of employment Archived 2014-03-01 at the Wayback Machine, EMP T1, P. 5.
31. Employment and Activity Archived 2014-03-01 at the Wayback Machine, EMP T5, P. 5.
32. Active Establishments by activity sector at 31 December 2010 Archived 1 March 2014 at the Wayback Machine, CEN T1, P. 16.
33. Creation of enterprises by sector in 2011 Archived 2014-03-01 at the Wayback Machine, DEN T1, P. 14.
34. Economic Activities, Community of communes website, consulted on 2 March 2014 (in French).
35. Arrentières, from the Gauls to viticulture of today Archived 2014-04-27 at the Wayback Machine, 4 April 2011, L'Est-Éclair daily newspaper website, consulted on 5 March 2014 (in French).
36. Ministry of Culture, Mérimée PA00132584 Chateau of Arrentières (in French)
37. Ministry of Culture, Palissy PM10004546 Statue: Virgin and child (in French)
38. Ministry of Culture, Palissy PM10004544 Statuette: St. Jacques (in French)
39. Ministry of Culture, Palissy PM10004543 Statue: Virgin and Child (in French)
40. Ministry of Culture, Palissy PM10003030 Statuette: St. Jacques (in French)
41. Ministry of Culture, Palissy PM10003029 Altar cross (in French)
42. Ministry of Culture, Palissy PM10003028 Statue: Saint Roch (in French)
43. Ministry of Culture, Palissy PM10000048 Retable, Tabernacle, and altar step (in French)
44. Ministry of Culture, Palissy PM10000047 Statue: holy bishop (in French)
45. Ministry of Culture, Palissy PM10000046 Tombstone of Jean de La Barre (in French)
46. Ministry of Culture, Palissy PM10000045 Tombstone of Hugues Gradey (in French)
47. Ministry of Culture, Palissy IM10011282 Paten (in French)
48. Ministry of Culture, Palissy IM10011281 Chalice (in French)
49. Ministry of Culture, Palissy IM10011280 Eagle Lectern (in French)
50. Ministry of Culture, Palissy IM10011279 Statue: Christ on the Cross (in French)
51. Ministry of Culture, Palissy IM10011278 Painting: Martyrdom of Saint Sebastian (in French)
52. Ministry of Culture, Palissy IM10011277 Chair (in French)
53. Ministry of Culture, Palissy IM10011276 Altar Painting: Institution of the Rosary (in French)
54. Ministry of Culture, Palissy IM10011275 Painting: Saint Antoine (in French)
55. Ministry of Culture, Palissy IM10011274 Small bell (in French)
56. Ministry of Culture, Palissy IM10011083 Processional Staff: Assumption (in French)
57. Ministry of Culture, Palissy IM10011063 Processional Staff: Saint Jacques (in French)
58. Ministry of Culture, Palissy IM10011059 Processional Staff: Saint Roch (in French)
59. Ministry of Culture, Palissy IM10010989 Tombstone of Jean de Rosières (in French)
60. Ministry of Culture, Palissy IM10010877 Processional Staff: Saint Nicolas (in French)
61. Ministry of Culture, Palissy IM10011698 Furniture in the Church (in French)
62. Aube (10), Arrentières school, Ministry of National Education website, consulted on 2 March 2014 (in French).
63. Commune of ARRENTIERES, Community of communes website, consulted on 2 March 2014 (in French).
64. The Arrentières school, will it reopen in September?, 7 January 2014, L'Est-Éclair daily newspaper website, consulted on 5 March 2014 (in French).
65. Cycling - The first Grand Prix of Arrentières successful Archived 2014-04-27 at the Wayback Machine, 2 May 2013, L'Est-Éclair daily newspaper website, consulted on 5 March 2014 (in French).
66. Cycling - The Troyes cyclists dominate the Prize of Arrentières Archived April 24, 2014, at the Wayback Machine, 3 May 2013, L'Est-Éclair daily newspaper website, consulted on 5 March 2014 (in French).
67. Arrentières on L'Est-Éclair Archived 2014-03-12 at Archive.today, L'Est-Éclair website, consulted on 12 March 2014 (in French).
68. ADSL at Arrentières, the internet portal for broadband offerings from providers, consulted on 12 March 2014 (in French).
69. Diocese of Troyes website Archived March 16, 2014, at the Wayback Machine, consulted on 15 March 2014 (in French).
70. Marguerite Beau, Essay on the religious architecture of southern Champagne in Aube including Troyes, 1991. (in French)

External links

• Arrentières on the old National Geographic Institute website (in French)
• Arrentières on Lion1906
• Arrentières on Géoportail, National Geographic Institute (IGN) website (in French)
• Arenuere on the 1750 Cassini Map