ARCIS-SUR-AUBE, a town of eastern France, in the department of Aube, about 20m. N. of Troyes. Pop. (1931), 2,692. The ancient settlement was destroyed by successive fires from 1719 to 1814; and the little town now has an 18th-century appearance. A church, however (St. 1?tienne), with a good portal, survives. In front of it stands a statue of Danton, who was born there. There is some carrying trade with Paris on the Aube, which becomes navigable at this point.
A battle was fought there on March 20 and 21, 1814, between Napoleon and the Austro-Russian army under Schwarzenburg. (See NAPOLEONIC CAMPAIGNS.)