Amance (Meurthe-et-Moselle)

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Amance
Amance coat of arms
Amance (France)
Amance
region Grand Est
Department Meurthe-et-Moselle
Arrondissement Nancy
Canton Grand Couronné
Community association Seille and Grand Couronné
Coordinates 48 ° 45 ′  N , 6 ° 17 ′  E Coordinates: 48 ° 45 ′  N , 6 ° 17 ′  E
height 214-405 m
surface 13.50 km 2
Residents 340 (January 1, 2017)
Population density 25 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code 54770
INSEE code

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Amance is a French commune with 340 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) in the Meurthe-et-Moselle department in the Grand Est region (until 2015 Lorraine ). It belongs to the Arrondissement of Nancy and the Canton of Grand Couronné (until 2015: Canton of Malzéville ).

geography

The municipality of Amance is located on a mountain spur of the 407 m high Grand Mont , about ten kilometers northeast of the city center of Nancy . The eastern half of the municipality is forested and part of the Forêt d'Amance . The hamlet of Fleurfontaine (chateau with courtyard) and an INRA building complex belong to the municipality .

Neighboring municipalities non Amance are Bouxières-aux-Chênes in the west and north, Bey-sur-Seille (point of contact) and Brin-sur-Seille in the northeast, Mazerulles in the east, Champenoux in the southeast, Laneuvelotte in the south and Laître-sous-Amance in the southwest .

history

Amance was the capital of a canton from 1790 to 1801.

Population development
year 1962 1968 1975 1982 1990 1999 2009 2017
Residents 336 304 319 329 312 296 333 340

Attractions

Tower of the Saint-Jean-Baptiste church

Web links

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

Individual evidence

  1. Saint-Jean-Baptiste Church in the Base Mérimée of the French Ministry of Culture (French)