Assenay

Assenay
Assenay
Commune
	War memorial
	Location of Assenay
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	Coordinates: 48°11′00″N 4°03′36″E / 48.1833°N 4.06°E
Country	France
Region	Grand Est
Department	Aube
Arrondissement	Troyes
Canton	Les Riceys
Intercommunality	CA Troyes Champagne Métropole
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	David Garnerin
Area 1	3.42 km2 (1.32 sq mi)
Population (2023)	133
• Density	38.9/km2 (101/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	10013 /10320
Elevation	135 m (443 ft)
	1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

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

Geography

Assenay is located some 12 km south of Saint-André-les-Vergers and 4 km east by north-east of Villery. Access to the commune is by the D1 23 road from Saint-Jean-de-Bonneval in the south-west passing through the village and continuing to Villy-le-Maréchal in the north-east. The D 25 road from Saint-Jean-de-Bonneval to Moussey also passes through the north of the commune. Apart from a few scattered patches of forest the commune is entirely farmland.^[3]

The Mogne river flows through the south of the commune from south-west to north-east. The Ruisseau d'Ormont flows eastwards through the village to join the Mogne east of the commune.^[3]

Neighbouring communes and villages

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Administration

List of Successive Mayors^[4]

From	To	Name
/1857		Horlot
2001		David Garnerin
2014	2020	Francine Baudouin
2020	2026	Hubert Degois
15 March 2026		David Garnerin

Demography

The inhabitants of the commune are known as Asnacussiens in French.^[5]

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1793	157	—
1821	165	+0.18%
1846	150	−0.38%
1872	107	−1.29%
1901	77	−1.13%
1926	55	−1.34%
1946	44	−1.11%
1962	43	−0.14%
1968	46	+1.13%

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1975	64	+4.83%
1982	63	−0.22%
1990	77	+2.54%
1999	95	+2.36%
2007	141	+5.06%
2012	155	+1.91%
2017	146	−1.19%
2023	133	−1.54%

Source: EHESS^[6] and INSEE^[7]

References

↑ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020.
↑ "Populations de référence 2023" (in French). National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 18 December 2025.
1 2 3 Google Maps
↑ List of Mayors of France (in French)
↑ Le nom des habitants du 10 - Aube, habitants.fr
↑ Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Assenay, EHESS (in French).
↑ Population municipale entre 1968 et 2023, INSEE

External links

Assenay on the old IGN website^{[permanent dead link]} (in French)
Assenay on Géoportail, National Geographic Institute (IGN) website (in French)
Assenay on the 1750 Cassini Map

[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 2023" (in French). National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 18 December 2025.

[Google-3] 1 2 3 Google Maps

[4] List of Mayors of France (in French)

[5] Le nom des habitants du 10 - Aube, habitants.fr

[ehess-6] Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Assenay, EHESS (in French).

[pophist-7] Population municipale entre 1968 et 2023, INSEE

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