Mauvages

Mauvages
region	Grand Est
Department	Meuse
Arrondissement	Commercy
Canton	Ligny-en-Barrois
Community association	Haute Saulx and Perthois-Val d'Ornois
Coordinates	48 ° 36 ' N , 5 ° 33' E Coordinates: 48 ° 36 ' N , 5 ° 33' E
height	275-402 m
surface	21.11 km 2
Residents	259 (January 1, 2017)
Population density	12 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code	55190
INSEE code	55327
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Mauvages is a French commune with 259 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) in the Meuse department in the Grand Est region (until 2015 Lorraine ).

geography

The municipality of Mauvages is located about 40 kilometers southwest of Toul , on the apex of the Rhine-Marne Canal between the valleys of the Ornain and the Meuse .

Mauvages tunnel

The crest stretch is covered by a 4,880 m long ship tunnel through which boats and ships were pulled by an electrically operated chain tug at a speed of 2.5 km / h until 2011 . After that, the tug was shut down and since then boats have been driving through the tunnel in convoy with their own engine. A VNF employee rides a bicycle alongside on the towpath. The eastern end of the tunnel is in the municipality of Mauvages, which is why the tunnel is also known as the Mauvages Tunnel . The tunnel was built between 1842 and 1847.

Entering the Mauvages tunnel

Population development

year	1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2007	2014
Residents	325	304	218	191	238	236	261	286

literature

Le Patrimoine des Communes de la Meuse. Flohic Editions, Volume 1, Paris 1999, ISBN 2-84234-074-4 , pp. 497-499.

Web links

Commons : Mauvages - collection of images, videos and audio files

Basement de Mauvages. In: Structurae

Individual evidence

↑ Au cœur du tunnel de Mauvages. In: l'Est Républicain. August 23, 2016, accessed on May 16, 2017 (French).
↑ Alain Sheller: Le tunnel fluvial de Mauvages: un ouvrage de 4 877 meters, accessible qu'aux plaisanciers et aux bateaux de commerce. In: All Boats Avenue. December 22, 2013, accessed May 16, 2017 (French).

[1] Au cœur du tunnel de Mauvages. In: l'Est Républicain. August 23, 2016, accessed on May 16, 2017 (French).

[2] Alain Sheller: Le tunnel fluvial de Mauvages: un ouvrage de 4 877 meters, accessible qu'aux plaisanciers et aux bateaux de commerce. In: All Boats Avenue. December 22, 2013, accessed May 16, 2017 (French).