Troyes

Troyes
Coat of arms of Troyes
Location of Troyes
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Troyes is located in France
Troyes
Troyes
Troyes is located in Grand Est
Troyes
Troyes
Coordinates: 48°17′59″N 4°04′45″E / 48.2997°N 4.0792°E / 48.2997; 4.0792
CountryFrance
RegionGrand Est
DepartmentAube
ArrondissementTroyes
IntercommunalityTroyes
Government
 • Mayor (2008–2014) François Baroin (UMP)
Area
1
13.20 km2 (5.10 sq mi)
Population
 (2008)
61,544
 • Density4,700/km2 (12,000/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+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]

  1. Chisholm, Hugh (1910). The Encyclopedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and General Information. Encyclopedia Britannica Company. p. 888.
  2. Vaughan, L. Brent (1897). The Junior Encyclopedia Britannica: A Reference Library of General Knowledge. E. G. Melvin & Company. p. 591.
  3. Chisholm, Hugh (1911). The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and General Information. [Cambridge] University Press. p. 320.
  4. 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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