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Aumale
Commune
The town centre and church in AumaleThe town centre and church in Aumale
Coat of arms of AumaleCoat of arms
Location of Aumale
Aumale is located in FranceAumaleAumaleShow map of FranceAumale is located in NormandyAumaleAumaleShow map of Normandy
Coordinates: 49°46′17″N 1°45′11″E / 49.7714°N 1.7531°E / 49.7714; 1.7531
CountryFrance
RegionNormandy
DepartmentSeine-Maritime
ArrondissementDieppe
CantonGournay-en-Bray
IntercommunalityCC Aumale - Blangy-sur-Bresle
Government
 • Mayor (2020–2026) Virginie Lucot-Avril
Area9.06 km (3.50 sq mi)
Population1,985
 • Density220/km (570/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code76035 /76390
Elevation106–212 m (348–696 ft)
(avg. 130 m or 430 ft)
French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Aumale (French pronunciation: [omal]), formerly known as Albemarle, is a commune in the Seine-Maritime department in the Normandy region in north-western France. It lies on the River Bresle.

History

Aumale in the early 20th century

The town's Latin name was Alba Marla. It was raised by William the Bastard into a county, for his half-sister, Adelaide of Normandy. It was then held by various Norman and English nobles until its confiscation in 1196 by Philip II of France. Thereafter it was held by the houses of Dammartin, Castile, Harcourt, and Lorraine. In 1547, it was raised to the status of a duchy for Francis of Lorraine. It passed to the house of Savoy, from whom Louis XIV purchased the title in 1675 in order to bestow it upon one of his bastards as an appanage. In 1769, it passed to the House of Orléans. The English Earls of Albemarle, meanwhile, also derive their name from the area.

During World War II, the town was occupied by Germany. The SS operated a subcamp of the V SS construction brigade, in which over 500 men, mostly Poles and Soviets, worked as slave labour on the construction of facilities for the V-1 flying bombs. The prisoners tried to resist the Germans, and several were murdered for sabotaging the rockets or escape attempts. In August 1944, due to Allied advance, the Germans dissolved the subcamp and deported its prisoners to subcamps of the Mittelbau-Dora concentration camp.

Geography

A village of farming and associated light industry, situated in the valley of the Bresle of the Norman Pays de Bray in Normandy on the border with Picardy. It is around 34 miles (55 km) southeast of Dieppe at the junction of the D 916, D 920, D 929 and D 49 roads. The A29 autoroute (Saint-Quentin-Beuzeville) passes through the commune's northern sector. Aumale station, on the Beauvais – Le Tréport-Mers railway line, is served by local TER trains.

Heraldry

Arms of Aumale
Arms of Aumale
 The arms of Aumale are blazoned :
Argent, on a fess azure, 3 fleurs de lys Or.



Population

Historical population
YearPop.±% p.a.
1968 2,833—    
1975 2,825−0.04%
1982 2,876+0.26%
1990 2,690−0.83%
1999 2,577−0.48%
2007 2,428−0.74%
2012 2,279−1.26%
2017 2,024−2.35%
Source: INSEE

Places of interest

  • The church of Saints Peter and Paul, dating from the sixteenth century.
  • The sixteenth-century Hôtel de ville (town hall).
  • A seventeenth-century Hospital.
  • The chapel of Our Lady of the Cardonnoy, dating from the thirteenth century.
  • The seventeenth-century château du Bois Robin
  • The tower and buildings of the 16th-century abbey.

Twin towns

Gallery

  • Aumale church Aumale church
  • Sculpted wood panels on the pulpit Sculpted wood panels on the pulpit
  • Town hall Town hall
  • The Bresle river by the Moulin du Roy The Bresle river by the Moulin du Roy
  • The Bresle Viaduct, 755m long, constructed during 2002–2004 to carry the A29 motorway The Bresle Viaduct, 755m long, constructed during 2002–2004 to carry the A29 motorway

See also

References

  1. "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020.
  2. "Populations de référence 2022" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 19 December 2024.
  3. ^ "Baynes, T. S., ed. (1878). "Aumale" . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 3 (9th ed.). New York: Charles Scribner's Sons. p. 85.
  4. ^ "Aumale". aussenlager-buchenwald.de (in German). Retrieved 21 August 2022.
  5. Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE

External links

Communes of the Seine-Maritime department


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