Aumale | |
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 The town centre and church in Aumale | |
.svg) Coat of arms | |
 Location of Aumale | |
  Aumale  Aumale | |
| Coordinates:49°46′17″N1°45′11″E / 49.7714°N 1.7531°E /49.7714; 1.7531 | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Normandy |
| Department | Seine-Maritime |
| Arrondissement | Dieppe |
| Canton | Gournay-en-Bray |
| Intercommunality | CC Aumale - Blangy-sur-Bresle |
| Government | |
| • Mayor(2024–2026) | François Sellier[1] |
Area 1 | 9.06 km2 (3.50 sq mi) |
| Population (2022)[2] | 1,985 |
| • Density | 219/km2 (567/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 76035 /76390 |
| Elevation | 106–212 m (348–696 ft) (avg. 130 m or 430 ft) |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
Aumale (French pronunciation:[omal]), formerly known asAlbemarle,[3] is acommune in theSeine-Maritimedepartment in theNormandyregion in north-westernFrance. It lies on theRiver Bresle.
The town'sLatin name wasAlba Marla. It was raised byWilliam the Bastard into acounty, for his half-sister,Adelaide of Normandy. It was then held byvarious Norman and English nobles until its confiscation in 1196 byPhilip II of France. Thereafter it was held bythe houses of Dammartin, Castile, Harcourt, and Lorraine. In 1547, it was raised to the status of a duchy forFrancis of Lorraine. It passed to thehouse of Savoy, from whomLouis XIV purchased the title in 1675 in order to bestow it upon one of his bastards as anappanage. In 1769, it passed to theHouse of Orléans.[3] The EnglishEarls of Albemarle, meanwhile, also derive their name from the area.[3]
DuringWorld War II, the town wasoccupied by Germany. TheSS operated a subcamp of the VSS construction brigade, in which over 500 men, mostlyPoles and Soviets, worked asslave labour on the construction of facilities for theV-1 flying bombs.[4] The prisoners tried to resist the Germans, and several were murdered for sabotaging the rockets or escape attempts.[4] In August 1944, due toAllied advance, the Germans dissolved the subcamp and deported its prisoners to subcamps of theMittelbau-Dora concentration camp.[4]
A village offarming and associatedlight industry, situated in the valley of theBresle of the NormanPays de Bray in Normandy on the border withPicardy. It is around 34 miles (55 km) southeast ofDieppe at the junction of the D 916, D 920,D 929 and D 49 roads. TheA29 autoroute (Saint-Quentin-Beuzeville) passes through the commune's northern sector.Aumale station, on theBeauvais –Le Tréport-Mers railway line, is served by localTER trains.
 | The arms of Aumale areblazoned : Argent, on a fess azure, 3 fleurs de lys Or. |
| Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
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| 1968 | 2,833 | — |
| 1975 | 2,825 | −0.04% |
| 1982 | 2,876 | +0.26% |
| 1990 | 2,690 | −0.83% |
| 1999 | 2,577 | −0.48% |
| 2007 | 2,428 | −0.74% |
| 2012 | 2,279 | −1.26% |
| 2017 | 2,024 | −2.35% |
| Source: INSEE[5] | ||
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