Assencières () is a commune in the Aube department in the Grand Est region of north-central France.
Geography Assencières is located some 11 km north-east of Troyes and 8 km south-east of Charmont-sous-Barbuise. Access to the commune is by the D 8 road from Luyères in the north passing through the village and the heart of the commune and continuing to Mesnil-Sellières in the south. The D 100 also starts from the village and goes north-east to Bouy-Luxembourg. There is a railway passing through the commune from Charmont-sous-Barbuise in the north to La Chapelle-Saint-Luc in the south-west but there is no station in or near the commune. The commune is entirely flat farmland.Google Maps
Neighbouring communes and villages
Administration
List of Successive MayorsList of Mayors of France From To Name Party Position /1857 Briet-Baulard /1887 Derrez 2001 2008 Gérard Leclercq 2008 Jean-Louis Pinet 2014 2020 Christophe Gravelat 2020 2026 Jean-Louis Pinet 15 March 2026 Jean-Louis Pinet
Demography
Sites and monuments
The Church of Saint-Pierre and Saint-Paul used to have three naves from the 16th century which collapsed in 1947.Marguerite Beau, Essay on the religious architecture of southern Champagne in Aube outside Troyes, 1991 There are many items which are registered as historical objects: Stoup (17th century)Ministry of Culture, Palissy Sculpture: Christ on the cross (19th century)Ministry of Culture, Palissy Main Altar, Tabernacle, and Retable (18th century)Ministry of Culture, Palissy Retable star (18th century)Ministry of Culture, Palissy Statue: Saint-Pierre (16th century)Ministry of Culture, Palissy Statue: Saint-Fiacre (16th century)Ministry of Culture, Palissy Processional cross (17th century)Ministry of Culture, Palissy Group Sculpture: Christ & 2 angels with the instruments of the Passion (16th century)Ministry of Culture, Palissy Stained glass windows: Death of the Virgin (16th century)Ministry of Culture, Palissy Statue: Virgin & child (16th century)Ministry of Culture, Palissy Stained glass windows: Visitation of Saint-Pierre (16th century)Ministry of Culture, Palissy Reliquary-bust: Saint-Fiacre (18th century)Ministry of Culture, Palissy Bronze Bell (17th century)Ministry of Culture, Palissy Choir balustrade (18th century)Ministry of Culture, Palissy Stained glass window: the Crucifixion (16th century)Ministry of Culture, Palissy Glass figure in Bay 2 (15th century)Ministry of Culture, Palissy Glass figure in Bay 0 (15th century)Ministry of Culture, Palissy
Notable people linked to the commune Alexandre Marchais, who was called Le Mose, was born in 1962 and spent his childhood in Assencières. He made his first steps in performing at parties before turning to street music and eventually join a travelling troupe of acrobats. But it was in the gypsy community that he is known by becoming one of the leading exponents of ericius music.
See also Communes of the Aube department Parc naturel régional de la Forêt d'Orient
References
External links Assencières on Géoportail, National Geographic Institute (IGN) website Aßencieres on the 1750 Cassini Map