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Aumiers
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| City of Aumiers | |
| Location of Aumiers in Marée Parish and Milan Location of Aumiers in Marée Parish and Milan | |
| Country |  Cartadania |
| State | Template:Country data Milan |
| Parish | File:Flag of Marée Parish, Milan.svg Marée |
| Settled | 1315 |
| Formed as a bailiwick | 1540 |
| Designated as a town | 1702 |
| Incorporated as a city | 31 December 1837 |
| Government | |
| • Type | Mayor-council |
| • Body | City Council |
| • Mayor | Jeanine Boudreaux (SDP) |
| • City Manager | Nathan Friar |
| Population (2024) | |
| • Total | 809,277 |
| Demonym(s) | Fluminense |
| PEP codes | 18801-18865 |
| Area code(s) | 315/540/837 |
| Website | Aumiers Government Website |
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Aumiers Charentais pronunciation: [omje], officially the City of Aumiers (Cartadanian: Cidade de Aumiers; Charentais: Ville de Aumiers), is a major city in the commonwealth of Milan. It is the parish seat of Marée Parish. In 2024, the Census Bureau estimated the population was 809,277. The Greater Aumiers area ranks 7th-largest in Cartadania, and had a 2024 population of 7,392,448. The metropolitan area is part of a five-parish market region or combined statistical area. Between 2010 and 2020, Aumiers was ranked as one of the country's fastest-growing metro areas, with 591,000 new residents. Based on Cartadanian Census data from 2014 to 2024, it also is among the 50 largest Cartadanian cities referred to as millennial hubs, a major trend of Milan itself. It is the second-largest city in northeastern Cartadania after Milan's own state capital, Auvergne. It is the seventh-fastest growing major city in Cartadania. Residents are referred to as "Aumiens".
Aumiers has a tropical monsoon climate, a unique characteristic in Milan caused by prevailing winds. It is located on the Millau Delta, which drains into the Marée Channel. Carrying waters from its headlands in the Sardou Ridge, it has accumulated sediments at its mouth that form a large portion of Milan's already shallow coastal regions and parts of São Ricardo's far eastern islands.
History
Burgoignac colony
Bailiwick era
Cession to Milan Regio
In 1573, Aumiers and the remaining upper Charente was ceded to the Milan Regio of Cartadania as part of the crown's refocused efforts in Levantia during the Great Confessional War. A thriving port city, Aumiers was unlike much of urban Milan, which surrounded Auvergne. It was the only major city to possess a monsoon climate, and its dialect was strongly based on that of Burgundie as opposed to a more fusional variety, which would come to be known as Charentais. According to historians, the specific dialect arose around the early to mid-18th century from Milan's northwestern coast and spread southeasterly toward the Aurillac River. Although it is considered a dialect of Burgoignesc, due to it's standard Latin, Cartadanian, and native influences over the years, it can be difficult for some Burgoignesc speakers to understand Charentais.
Due to amicable relations between Burgoignac and Cartic peoples over the multiple decades that lead up to the regions cession, the change was relatively fluid, and Alahuela's continued efforts to preserve Charentais as much as possible even prior to the city's annexation has made relations amongst Milanese groups pretty light-hearted.
Cartadanian city
For many years following the change of the city's suzerain, it was allowed to self-govern as an autonomous region of the regio. Although Cartadania's complete control of the area did not occur until the early 1710s, Alahuela maintained a hands off approach to much of the northern portion of the commonwealth, where the Charentais culture had been developing. This, of course, changed when Milan became a state in 1711 and divided itself into its constituent parishes. Aumiers was became Milan's second-largest city after Auvergne and ahead of Rochelle.
In an effort to standardize linguistics across the state, the Commonwealth instituted a requirement that Cartadanian be either the only language across the state, or at least its primary language. The back and forth between the parishes of the upper Charente and lower portions of the state, which were now seeing large influxes of Charentais culture, resulted in a co-official status between the two.
20th century
The 20th century prior to the Great War saw Aumiers in a period of decline. The growth of railways and highways decreased river traffic, diverting goods to other transportation corridors and markets. The economy of Aumiers had always been based more on tourism, trade, and financial services than on manufacturing, but the city's relatively small manufacturing sector also shrank after the Great War, relocating further inland. After the Great War, the city began to see an upturn in population and its economy once more as many whom had been enlisted in the military returned home. The city was a major component of Cartadania's post-war baby boom.
Present day
Today, Aumiers is a city primarily based around the tourism and service industry. It has been the site of many renewed efforts to bring Aumiers into a more diversified economy, and with the completion of Milan's Lynx route between it and Auvergne, the two metropolitan areas are becoming increasingly tied together. The city now has access to a roughly 45-minute train ride from city core to city core, a trip previously taking just over two and a half hours by car. Aumier also serves as a distribution point for Lynx to other cities nearby.
Geography
Aumiers and its suburbs are located on a broad plain between the Marée Channel to the west and the Marée Channel to the west, which extends from Lake Anagen westward to the Urlazio. The elevation of the area averages at around 2 metres (6.6 ft) above sea level in most neighborhoods, especially near the coast. The highest points are found along the Aumiers Ridge, which lies under most of the western Aumiers metro. The main portion of the city is on the shores of Rosalie Bay, which contains several hundred natural and artificial barrier islands, separating it from the open Marée Channel.
Adjacent Municipalities
- Bonheur (south)
- Chance (south)
- Harmonie (south)
- Orange (south)
- Port-au-sant (south)
- Eau Parish (east and north east)
Cityscape
Demographics
Economy
Government and politics
Aumiers is governed under the strong mayor form of government. The Mayor of Aumiers is the chief executive officer of the city government and is elected in four-year terms, without a term limit. The current mayor is Jeanine Boudreaux, who took office on 1 March 2024. The City Council is a legislative body served by eleven members. Seven members are elected from the city's each seven arrondissements, and the other four are "at-large" members (serving citywide).
Commission
Education
Public school system
The city's public school system is Marée Parish Schools which operates all public primary and secondary education facilities within the parish. It is the third-largest school district within the state of Milan, after Rhône Parish Schools and Essonne Parish Schools. An estimated 198,000 students are taught in 200 separate elementary, middle, and high schools. Aumiers, similar to Auvergne, commits educational funding directly to Marée Parish Schools, primarily to its subdistrict, but the school district as a whole as well.
Colleges and universities
Aumiers State University is the only public university located in the city's metropolitan area. It has approximately 35,000 students during any given school year, many of which remain in Aumiers post-graduation or move to Lua. Coastal Milan Community College (WMCC) has campuses across the metro area, with four located within Marée Parish. The Milan Commonwealth University's School of Medicine recently constructed a medical campus wing at Saule Hospital of Auvergne in order to grant medical degrees to students in the Western Peninsula region, thus medical students typically relocate to the capital region for medical school. The city also has several private universities and various vocational schools.
State universities
- Aumiers State University
State colleges
- Coastal Milan Community College system's Aumiers and Millau campuses
Private universities, colleges, and others
- Auguste College
- Beauregard College
- Clearwater College of Aumiers
- Marée Institute