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Château-Arnoux-Saint-Auban
Château-Arnoux-Saint-Auban (, before 1991: Château-Arnoux) is a commune in the department of Alpes-de-Haute-Provence in the region of Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur in southeastern France.
History
Château-Arnoux-Saint-Auban is on the Route Napoléon, the route taken by Napoléon in 1815 on his return from Elba.
Geography
Château-Arnoux-Saint-Auban is on the river Durance.
Population
Its inhabitants are referred to as Jarlandins.
Sights
Château-Arnoux-Saint-Auban has one of the French pacifist monuments to the dead, which reads: "war is a crime". The airfield is "Le Centre National de Vol à Voile", the French national centre for the sport of gliding.
Education
A campus of the École nationale de l'aviation civile is located in the commune.
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