Assencières


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

Geography

Assencières is located some 11 km north-east of Troyes and 8 km south-east of Charmont-sous-Barbuise. Access to the commune is by the D 8 road from Luyères in the north passing through the village and the heart of the commune and continuing to Mesnil-Sellières in the south. The D 100 also starts from the village and goes north-east to Bouy-Luxembourg. There is a railway passing through the commune from Charmont-sous-Barbuise in the north to La Chapelle-Saint-Luc in the south-west but there is no station in or near the commune. The commune is entirely flat farmland.

Neighbouring communes and villages

Administration

List of Successive Mayors
FromToNamePartyPosition
1857Briet-Baulard
1887Derrez
20012008Gérard Leclercq
20082020Jean-Louis Pinet

Demography

In 2010 the commune had 201 inhabitants. The evolution of the number of inhabitants is known from the population censuses conducted in the commune since 1793. From the 21st century, a census of communes with fewer than 10,000 inhabitants is held every five years, unlike larger towns that have a sample survey every year.

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:
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.