Épiez-sur-Meuse

Épiez-sur-Meuse
region	Grand Est
Department	Meuse
Arrondissement	Commercy
Canton	Vaucouleurs
Community association	Commercy-Void-Vaucouleurs
Coordinates	48 ° 33 ' N , 5 ° 38' E Coordinates: 48 ° 33 ' N , 5 ° 38' E
height	274-410 m
surface	8.19 km 2
Residents	41 (January 1, 2017)
Population density	5 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code	55140
INSEE code	55173
	; Village church of Épiez-sur-Meuse

Épiez-sur-Meuse is a French commune with 41 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) in the Meuse department in the Grand Est region (until 2015 Lorraine ); it belongs to the Arrondissement Commercy and the community association Communauté de communes de Commercy-Void-Vaucouleurs .

geography

Épiez-sur-Meuse is located around 43 kilometers southwest of the city of Nancy in the south of the Meuse department. In terms of traffic, the community is far from national traffic connections near the D964. The place is on the Ruisseau d'Épiez west of the Meuse . Large parts of the municipality are forested (Bois d'Épiez and Forêt Dominiale des Défours).

Neighboring municipalities are Burey-en-Vaux in the north, northeast and east, Maxey-sur-Vaise in the southeast, Amanty in the south and Badonvilliers-Gérauvilliers in the west.

history

Finds from the Gallo-Roman period prove an early settlement. Like all places in the area, Épiez-sur-Meuse suffered from conflicts in the Middle Ages. The worst devastation was caused by the Hundred Years War and the Thirty Years War . The name of today's municipality was first mentioned in a document in 1327 under the name Espiez . In the Middle Ages the place belonged to the Barrois mouvant and was part of the Champagne .

Épiez-sur-Meuse belonged to the Gondrecourt district from 1793 to 1801. In addition, since 1793 until today to the canton of Vaucouleurs. The parish has been assigned to the Arrondissement of Commercy since 1801. Until 1919 the municipality was called Épiez without today's addition.

Population development

year	1793	1841	1906	1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2006	2011	2016
Residents	240	277	117	61	43	34	40	37	43	36	34	41
Sources: Cassini and INSEE

Attractions

Village church Église de la Conversion-de-Saint-Paul
Saint-Anne-de-Broyes chapel

Memorial plaque and church window for the fallen

Three wayside crosses on Rue Sainte-Anne north and on the D193 east of the village

literature

Le Patrimoine des Communes de la Meuse. Flohic Editions, Volume 2, Paris 1999, ISBN 2-84234-074-4 , pp. 1031-1032.

Web links

Commons : Épiez-sur-Meuse - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

[1] Name forms of the community

[2] Commemorative plaque for the fallen

[3] Church window for the fallen