Aube

(ob,) adep. of France, S.E. of Paris, bet. Lat. 47° 45' and48° 42' N., and Lon. 3° 24'; area, 2,393 sq. m. It is watered by the River Seine and by its affluent the Aube, which gives its name to the dep. Chief towns. Troyes (the C.),Arcis-sur-Aube,Nogent-sur-Seine,Bar-' sur-Aube, and Bar-sur-Seine. Pop. 261,961. [s. 59]