Etain
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| region | Grand Est | |
| Department | Meuse | |
| Arrondissement | Verdun | |
| Canton | Étain (main town) | |
| Community association | Pays d'Étain | |
| Coordinates | 49 ° 13 ' N , 5 ° 38' E | |
| height | 196-236 m | |
| surface | 19.64 km 2 | |
| Residents | 3,580 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 182 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 55400 | |
| INSEE code | 55181 | |
| Website | http://www.ville-etain.fr/ | |
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Étain is a French commune in the Meuse department in the region of Grand Est (2015 Lorraine ). It belongs to the arrondissement of Verdun and is the capital of the canton of Étain . Étain has 3580 inhabitants (January 1, 2017) on almost 20 km². The inhabitants of the place call themselves Stainois .
geography
The municipality of Étain is located on the upper Orne , 20 kilometers northeast of Verdun . To the east of the town is the Étain-Rouvres military airfield . Etain train station is on the Saint-Hilaire-au-Temple-Hagondange railway line .
history
The first documentary mention as Villa de Stain comes from the year 707. At that time Étain was the center of a ban with the villages of Longeau, Haraigne, Herméville and Warcq.
In 1409 there is evidence of an important cloth fair in Étain.
Already before 1790 there was a hospital and a monastery of the Capuchins . The city was fortified with a wall and had four city gates.
Population development
| year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2007 | 2017 |
| Residents | 3764 | 2810 | 3773 | 3807 | 3577 | 3709 | 3745 | 3580 |
Worth seeing
- The Pietà by Ligier Richier in the Saint Martin church was classified as a monument historique in 1905 .
- Petitcollin is the oldest doll factory in France (founded in 1860).
Parish partnership
Étain has a partnership with Düppenweiler in Saarland .
Personalities
- Claude Parisot (1704–1784), organ builder
- Roger Piantoni (1931-2018), football player
literature
- Le Patrimoine des Communes de la Meuse. Flohic Editions, Volume 1, Paris 1999, ISBN 2-84234-074-4 , pp. 393-399.
