Aix-en-Othe is located in the western part of the department of the Aube, 25 km west ofTroyes 30 km and 40 km east ofSens.It is in the Nosle valley: the Nosle is a tributary of the Vanne river. The motorway E54/E511/A5 passes west to east about 2 km north of the commune. The road D374 comes south from the motorway to the town and passes through the commune toVillemoiron-en-Othe. Several other district roads pass through the commune: the D31 from the west and continuing to the north, the D77 and D139 from the south, the D194 from the south-east and the D121 from the east. The nearest railway station is outside the commune about 3 km north of the town nearVillemaur-sur-Vanne accessible from the D374 road.[4]
TheNosle stream flows through the commune from the south-east to the north-west and into theVanne river. There are forests in the south and north of the commune which is mostly farmland. There are a number of hamlets in the commune. These are: La Vove, Le Jarc, Druisy, Pitoite, Les Cornees Alexandre, Les Cornees Lalliat, La Bouillant, Le Mineroy, and Les Chevreux in the southern corner.
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TheWar Memorial. Inaugurated on 27 September 1902, it includes the names of the dead soldiers of France in 1870–1871, the two world wars, and the dead in North Africa and TOE. On the base of the monument is a hunter in the position of an alerted sentry.
Smokestacks from the 19th century. There are two of them with a height of 30 to 40 metres. They are from the oldHosiery factories. They testify to the type of industrial activity in their time.
Ernest Millot (1836-1891), explorer. In his expedition to theRed River (which flows throughHanoi) from 1872 to 1873 he sought a waterway to bring toTonkin the immense wealth ofYunnan (South China). Ernest Millot was also mayor of theShanghai French Concession
Jacques Chéreau, sculptor, was born in Aix-en-Othe. He has exhibited inNapa (California) as well asGeneva,Brisbane,Miami, andSan Francisco. His works are on permanent display in the Michelle Boullet Gallery in Paris, the Cafmeyer gallery inKnokke (Belgium), and recently at the Marie Ricco gallery inCalvi.
Joachim du Bellay, in his "Ode to the Prince of Melphe"[31] Antoine Caraccioli lauded Aiz, (that is to say Aix-en-Othe) as follows:[32]
Go, see my sweet companion The sweet pleasures of the Champaigne Its fields, its waves and woods. .......... Go and see this beautiful edifice That nature and artifice Have embellished with a hundred pleasures. This isAiz that beautiful abode Only to be torn away in less than an hour Our most ambitious desires. There, a pleasant sorrow The certainty fleeing across the plain Where the hares follow us; There saintly solitude Far from trials and business affairs, Happily we live.
^Poetry is notoriously difficult to translate. Here is the original French:
Allon' voir ma douce compaigne Les doux plaisirs de la Champaigne Ses prez, ses ondes et ses bois. .......... Allon'voir ce bel édifice Que la nature et l'artifice Ont embelly de cent plaisirs. C'est Aiz dont la belle demeure Peult arracher en moins d'une heure Nos plus ambicieux désirs. Là, d'une plaisante peine, Le cert fuyant par la plaine Ou le lyèvre nous suyvrons; Là sainctement solitaires, Loing de procès et d'affaires, Heureusement nous vivrons.
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