Aincreville

Aincreville
region	Grand Est
Department	Meuse
Arrondissement	Verdun
Canton	Stenay
Community association	Pays de Stenay and Val Dunois
Coordinates	49 ° 22 ′  N , 5 ° 7 ′  E Coordinates: 49 ° 22 ′  N , 5 ° 7 ′  E
height	190-314 m
surface	9.11 km 2
Residents	69 (January 1, 2017)
Population density	8 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code	55110
INSEE code	55004
Saint-Agnant church

Aincreville is a French commune with 69 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) in the Meuse department in the Grand Est region (until 2015 Lorraine ). It belongs to the Arrondissement of Verdun and to the municipality association Pays de Stenay et Val Dunois, founded in 2016 .

geography

The municipality of Aincreville is located in the Argonne countryside , 15 kilometers south of Stenay and about 33 kilometers northwest of Verdun on the border with the Ardennes department . The Andon , a small right tributary of the Meuse, flows through the 9.11 km² municipal area . The landscape is characterized by meadows and fields, only in the south of the municipality is a notable forest area, the Bois des Rappes . The highest point in the municipality is reached in the north at 314 m above sea level. Aincreville is bordered by the neighboring communities Villers-devant-Dun in the north, Doulcon in the northeast, Cléry-le-Grand in the east and southeast, Bantheville in the southwest and west and Tailly (Ardennes department) in the northwest.

Place name

The name of the village first appeared in the 11th century as Ancravilla . It developed through Ancreville (1648), Encreville (1656), Increville (1700) and Aricera-Villa (1717) to the name Aincreville, which has remained in use since 1793 . It is believed that the place name goes back to the Germanic personal name Angeranus .

Population development

year	1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2006	2015
Residents	121	121	90	81	83	84	89	73
Sources: Cassini and INSEE

Attractions

• Saint-Agnant church with bat houses on the bell tower, rebuilt in 1924 to replace the church that was destroyed in the First World War
• Bee and honey museum
• Wash house ( Lavoir ) on the bridge of the Rue des Acacias over the brook Ruisseau de l'Étaillon
• Lavoir in the hamlet of Ferme de Chaddogne
• Several hall crosses

Damaged church in 1918

Economy and Infrastructure

Six farms are located in Aincreville (grain cultivation, cattle breeding).

The D 998 road from Varennes-en-Argonne to Dun-sur-Meuse runs through the municipality . In Sedan , 52 kilometers away, there is a connection to the A34 autoroute .

supporting documents

1. ^ Félix Liénard: Dictionnaire topographique du département de la Meuse , 1872
2. ^ Ernest Nègre : Toponymie générale de la France , Volume 2, p. 922 ( ISBN 2600001336 )
3. ↑ Aincreville on cassini.ehess.fr
4. ↑ Aincreville on insee.fr
5. ^ Farmers on annuaire-mairie.fr

literature

• Le Patrimoine des Communes de la Meuse. Flohic Editions, Volume 1, Paris 1999, ISBN 2-84234-074-4 , pp. 343-344.

Web links

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

• Aincreville at the presentation of the community association (French)
• Population statistics on annuaire-mairie.fr