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{{Infobox French commune
|name                   = Aumale
|commune status         = [[Communes of France|Commune]]
|image                  = Aumale 1.jpg
|caption                = The town centre and church in Aumale
|image coat of arms     = Blason ville fr Aumale (Seine-Maritime).svg
|arrondissement         = Dieppe
|canton                 = Gournay-en-Bray
|INSEE                  = 76035
|postal code            = 76390
|mayor                  = Virginie Lucot-Avril<ref>{{cite web|title=Répertoire national des élus: les maires|url=https://www.data.gouv.fr/fr/datasets/r/2876a346-d50c-4911-934e-19ee07b0e503|website=data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises|date=2 December 2020|language=fr}}</ref>
|term                   = 2020&ndash;2026
|intercommunality       = [[Communauté de communes interrégionale Aumale - Blangy-sur-Bresle|CC Aumale - Blangy-sur-Bresle]]
|coordinates            = {{coord|49.7714|1.7531|format=dms|display=inline,title}}
|elevation m            = 130
|elevation min m        = 106
|elevation max m        = 212
|area km2               = 9.06
|population             = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_total}}
|population date        = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_as_of}}
|population footnotes   = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_footnotes}}
}}
'''Aumale''' ({{IPA|fr|omal}}), formerly known as '''Albemarle''',<ref name=eb9>"{{Cite EB9|wstitle=Aumale |volume=3 |page=85}}</ref> is a [[Communes of France|commune]] in the [[Seine-Maritime]] [[Departments of France|department]] in the [[Normandy (administrative region)|Normandy]] [[Regions of France|region]] in north-western [[France]]. It lies on the [[Bresle (river)|River Bresle]].
==History==
[[File:CARLE - AUMALE - Jour du Marché.JPG|thumb|left|Aumale in the early 20th century]]
The town's [[Latin]] name was ''Alba Marla''. It was raised by [[William the Conqueror|William the Bastard]] into a [[county]], for his half-sister, [[Adelaide of Normandy]]. It was then held by [[Counts and dukes of Aumale#Aumale in Norman nobility|various Norman and English nobles]] until its confiscation in 1196 by [[Philip II of France]]. Thereafter it was held by [[Counts and dukes of Aumale#Aumale in the French nobility|the houses of Dammartin, Castile, Harcourt, and Lorraine]]. In 1547, it was raised to the status of a duchy for [[Francis I, Duke of Lorraine|Francis of Lorraine]]. It passed to the [[house of Savoy]], from whom [[Louis XIV of France|Louis XIV]] purchased the title in 1675 in order to bestow it upon one of his bastards as an [[appanage]]. In 1769, it passed to the [[House of Orléans]].<ref name=eb9/> The English [[Earl of Albemarle|Earls of Albemarle]], meanwhile, also derive their name from the area.<ref name=eb9/>
During [[World War II]], the town was [[German military administration in occupied France during World War II|occupied by Germany]]. The [[SS]] operated a subcamp of the V [[SS construction brigade]], in which over 500 men, mostly [[Polish people|Poles]] and Soviets, worked as [[Forced labour under German rule during World War II|slave labour]] on the construction of facilities for the [[V-1 flying bomb]]s.<ref name=alb>{{cite web|url=https://www.aussenlager-buchenwald.de/details.html?camp=84|title=Aumale|website=aussenlager-buchenwald.de|access-date=21 August 2022|language=de}}</ref> The prisoners tried to resist the Germans, and several were murdered for sabotaging the rockets or escape attempts.<ref name=alb/> In August 1944, due to [[Allies of World War II|Allied]] advance, the Germans dissolved the subcamp and deported its prisoners to subcamps of the [[Mittelbau-Dora concentration camp]].<ref name=alb/>
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==Geography==
A village of [[farming]] and associated [[light industry]], situated in the valley of the [[Bresle (river)|Bresle]] of the Norman [[Pays de Bray]] in Normandy on the border with [[Picardy]]. It is around {{convert|34|mi|km}} southeast of [[Dieppe]] at the junction of the D 916, D 920, [[Route nationale 29|D 929]] and D 49 roads.  The [[A29 autoroute]] ([[Saint-Quentin, Aisne|Saint-Quentin]]-[[Beuzeville]]) passes through the commune's northern sector. [[Aumale station]], on the [[Beauvais]] – [[Le Tréport]]-[[Mers-les-Bains|Mers]] railway line, is served by local [[TER (train)|TER trains]].
==Heraldry==
{{Blazon-arms
|img1=Blason Aumale.svg
|legend1=Arms of Aumale
|text=The arms of Aumale are [[blazon]]ed :<br />''Argent, on a fess azure, 3 fleurs de lys Or.''
}}
==Population==
{{Historical populations
|source = INSEE<ref name=pophist>[https://www.insee.fr/fr/statistiques/4515315?geo=COM-76035#ancre-POP_T1 Population en historique depuis 1968], INSEE</ref>
|percentages = pagr
|align = none
|1968 |2833
|1975 |2825
|1982 |2876
|1990 |2690
|1999 |2577
|2007 |2428
|2012 |2279
|2017 |2024
}}
==Places of interest==
* The church of Saints Peter and Paul, dating from the sixteenth century.
* The sixteenth-century Hôtel de ville (town hall).
* A seventeenth-century Hospital.
* The chapel of Our Lady of the Cardonnoy, dating from the thirteenth century.
* The seventeenth-century château du Bois Robin
* The tower and buildings of the 16th-century abbey.
==Twin towns==
* {{Flagicon|HUN}} [[Csurgó]], [[Hungary]], since 1991
* {{Flagicon|ENG}} [[Cuckfield]], [[England]], since 1991
==Gallery==
<gallery widths="180" heights="150">
Image:Aumale Saint-Pierre et Saint-Paul R01.jpg|Aumale church
Image:AUMALE Panneaux sculptés de la chaire de St Pierre St Paul.jpg|Sculpted wood panels on the [[pulpit]]
Image:Aumale hôtel-de-ville 3a.jpg|Town hall
Image:AUMALE - La Bresle le long du Moulin du Roy.JPG| The [[Bresle (river)|Bresle river]] by the ''Moulin du Roy''
Image:Viaduc de la Bresle - A29 - 755 m.JPG|The [[Bresle (river)|Bresle]] Viaduct, 755m long, constructed during 2002–2004 to carry the [[A29 autoroute|A29]] motorway
</gallery>
==See also==
* [[Communes of the Seine-Maritime department]]
* [[Counts and Dukes of Aumale]]
==References==
{{reflist}}
==External links==
{{commons category|Aumale (Seine-Maritime)}}
*[http://www.aumale.com/ Aumale official website] {{in lang|fr}}
*{{cite EB1911|wstitle=Aumale|volume=2|page=921|short=x}}
{{Seine-Maritime communes}}
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[[Category:Communes of Seine-Maritime]]
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