Ajoncourt

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Ajoncourt
Ajoncourt coat of arms
Ajoncourt (France)
Ajoncourt
region Grand Est
Department Moselle
Arrondissement Sarrebourg-Château-Salins
Canton Le Saulnois
Community association Saulnois
Coordinates 48 ° 51 ′  N , 6 ° 17 ′  E Coordinates: 48 ° 51 ′  N , 6 ° 17 ′  E
height 187-227 m
surface 3.50 km 2
Residents 103 (January 1, 2017)
Population density 29 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code 57590
INSEE code

View of the main street

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Ajoncourt is a French commune with 103 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) in the Moselle department in the Grand Est region (until 2015 Lorraine ). It belongs to the communal association Communauté de communes du Saulnois .

geography

Ajoncourt is located on a loop of the Seille in Saulnois on the border with the Meurthe-et-Moselle department at 195 meters above sea level, about 25 kilometers south of Metz and 20 kilometers north-northeast of Nancy . The municipality covers 3.5 km² and is sparsely populated. The place is surrounded by agricultural land and little forest. Neighboring municipalities of Ajoncourt are Chenicourt in the immediate vicinity in the north, Aulnois-sur-Seille in the northeast, Fossieux in the east and Arraye-et-Han in the south and west.

history

In the Middle Ages, the community belonged to the Abbey of Saint-Clément in Metz. There are remains of a medieval castle with a Gothic portal. In the 16th and 17th centuries, the Buchet family owned the Seigneurie Ajoncourt. Her coat of arms , with fifteen gold bars on a blue background, is the town's coat of arms today.

1793 received Ajoncourt in the course of the French Revolution (1789-1799) the status of a municipality and 1801 the right to local self-government. From 1801 to 1871 it belonged to the former Meurthe department , which was renamed the Meurthe-et-Moselle department in 1871 . In 1871 the community was incorporated into the newly created realm of Alsace-Lorraine of the German Empire due to changes in territory due to the course of the Franco-German War (1870–1871) . The realm of Alsace-Lorraine existed until the end of the First World War (1914–1918) and was then dissolved. Ajoncourt was in the Moselle department at that time, this change was retained in 1918 when Moselle was again awarded to France. As a French-speaking village, Ajoncourt was one of the last 247 municipalities whose name was Germanized on September 2, 1915. The name was changed to "Analdshofen" and was the official place name until 1918.

Population development

year 1962 1968 1975 1982 1990 1999 2007 2017
Residents 103 114 100 101 100 91 105 103
Sources: Cassini and INSEE

Economy and Infrastructure

Mairie Ajoncourt

The community is accessed by the D 913 trunk road, which runs to the west in the immediate vicinity of the community. Ajoncourt does not have its own church, the residents belong to the parish of Arraye-et-Han.

Until well into the 20th century, Ajoncourt was mainly characterized by agriculture, especially cattle breeding. Today there are a few local small businesses. In the meantime the village has turned into a residential community. Many workers are also commuters who work in the Metz and Nancy agglomerations.

Web links

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

Individual evidence

  1. Ajoncourt on infotourisme.net (French).
  2. Union of Cercles GENEALOGIQUES Lorrain (French) Accessed on 24 February, 2010.
  3. ^ Ajoncourt on cassini.ehess.fr (French). Retrieved February 24, 2010.
  4. Les 247 dernières communes à noms français, débaptisées seulement le 2 septembre 1915 (French) . Accessed February 24, 2010.