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Troyes
Troyes | |
|---|---|
 Coat of arms | |
Location of Troyes  | |
  Troyes  Troyes | |
| Coordinates: 48°17′59″N 4°04′45″E / 48.2997°N 4.0792°E | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Grand Est |
| Department | Aube |
| Arrondissement | Troyes |
| Intercommunality | Troyes |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2008–2014) | François Baroin (UMP) |
| Area 1 | 13.20 km2 (5.10 sq mi) |
| Population (2008) | 61,544 |
| • Density | 4,700/km2 (12,000/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 10387 /10000 |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
Troyes is a commune of France. It is the capital city of the Aube department in north-central France.[1] It is on the Seine river about 150 km (93 mi) southeast of Paris.[2] It was briefly the capital of France in the early 15th century.[3]
The name troy weight for gold derives from the standard of measurement which developed in Troyes.[4]
- ↑ Chisholm, Hugh (1910). The Encyclopedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and General Information. Encyclopedia Britannica Company. p. 888.
- ↑ Vaughan, L. Brent (1897). The Junior Encyclopedia Britannica: A Reference Library of General Knowledge. E. G. Melvin & Company. p. 591.
- ↑ Chisholm, Hugh (1911). The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and General Information. [Cambridge] University Press. p. 320.
- ↑ Perkins, George Roberts (1852). The Practical Arithmetic: Designed for Such Institutions as Require a Greater Number of Examples Than are Given in the Elementary Arithmetic. D. Appleton. p. 111.
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