Abainville
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| region | Grand Est | |
| Department | Meuse | |
| Arrondissement | Commercy | |
| Canton | Ligny-en-Barrois | |
| Community association | Haute Saulx and Perthois-Val d'Ornois | |
| Coordinates | 48 ° 32 ' N , 5 ° 30' E | |
| height | 282-388 m | |
| surface | 13.67 km 2 | |
| Residents | 301 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 22 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 55130 | |
| INSEE code | 55001 | |
Abainville is a French commune with 301 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 canton Ligny-en-Barrois (until 2015: Canton Gondrecourt-le-Château ) and is a member of the Val d'Ornois community .
geography
The municipality is located around 55 kilometers southwest of Nancy in the valley of the Ornain River . Neighboring municipalities are Delouze-Rosières in the northeast, Badonvilliers-Gérauvilliers in the east, Gondrecourt-le-Château in the south, Bonnet in the west and Houdelaincourt in the northwest.
Transport links
The community is mainly supplied by the D966 departmental road, which follows the Ornain river. The river itself is also of importance in terms of transport technology, as it has been developed as a shipping canal to the neighboring municipality of Houdelaincourt and is a branch canal of the Canal de la Marne au Rhin .
history
An early mention of the settlement comes from 1151 under the name Abunivilla .
Population development
| year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2017 |
| Residents | 349 | 369 | 327 | 349 | 305 | 318 | 342 | 301 |
Attractions
- Saint-Martin Church , built in 1625
literature
- Le Patrimoine des Communes de la Meuse. Flohic Editions, Volume 1, Paris 1999, ISBN 2-84234-074-4 , pp. 475-476.
