Ancemont
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| region | Grand Est | |
| Department | Meuse | |
| Arrondissement | Verdun | |
| Canton | Dieue-sur-Meuse | |
| Community association | Val de Meuse-Voie Sacrée | |
| Coordinates | 49 ° 4 ' N , 5 ° 24' E | |
| height | 199-330 m | |
| surface | 13.3 km 2 | |
| Residents | 551 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 41 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 55320 | |
| INSEE code | 55009 | |
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Ancemont is a French commune with 551 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) in the Meuse department in the Grand Est region (until 2015 Lorraine ). It belongs to the canton of Dieue-sur-Meuse (until 2015 canton of Souilly ) and is the seat of the municipality association Meuse-Voie Sacrée .
geography
Ancemont is located on the left bank of the Meuse , at the exit of the Billonneau valley basin at an average altitude of 265 meters above sea level , ten kilometers southeast of Verdun , the capital of the arrondissement . The village is surrounded by the neighboring municipalities of Dugny-sur-Meuse , Les Monthairons and Dieue-sur-Meuse . The municipality has an area of 13.3 square kilometers.
history
In the Middle Ages the town was called Mont and was under the Duchy of Bar and the Prévoté of Souilly . In the 17th century, the village of Ance was destroyed by Swedish troops and the residents moved to Mont , which was then called Ancemont. In the Ancien Régime there were three fiefdoms in the village.
In 1793 Ancemont received in the course of the French Revolution (1789-1799) the status of a municipality and in 1801 the right to local self-government.
Culture and sights
The church La décollation de Saint Jean Baptiste ( Eng : the beheading of John the Baptist ) was built in 1855 in neo-Gothic style on the foundations of a church from 1686. In the church there was a statue of St. 15th century Mary Magdalene sold by the Ancemont parish priest in 1906. It was bought by the Louvre in 1922 and is now located in room 13 of the Richelieu wing.
La Bessière Castle dates from the 18th century. The main rectangular house is flanked by two square towers. Above the entrance door is a relief with the coat of arms of the La Bessière family. The castle is privately owned and is used as a hostel with two guest rooms .
economy
Forestry and wood technology are important branches of industry in Ancemont . A sawmill was built in 1860 . Two furniture stores , Anthéa and Sarap, were established in the 1990s .
Local products
In the municipality, there are controlled designations of origin (AOC) for Brie de Meaux and Protected Geographical Indications (IGP) for Mirabelles (Mirabelles de Lorraine) and Bergamote de Nancy (clear, amber-colored candies made from sugar and essential oil from bergamot ).
Personalities
- Robert Desgabets (1610–1678), Benedictine monk, General Procurator of Saint-Mihiel in Paris , taught the philosophy of René Descartes
literature
- Le Patrimoine des Communes de la Meuse. Flohic Editions, Volume 2, Paris 1999, ISBN 2-84234-074-4 , p. 883.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Le village de Ancemont. In: Annuaire-Mairie.fr. Retrieved July 29, 2012 (French).
- ↑ a b Ancemont. (No longer available online.) In: cc-meuse-voie-sacree.fr. Communauté de Communes Meuse - Voie Sacrée, archived from the original on March 2, 2014 ; Retrieved September 8, 2011 (French). Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ^ Ancemont - notice communal. In: cassini.ehess.fr. Retrieved September 12, 2011 (French).
- ↑ Lorraine. Sainte Marie Madeleine. In: Base Atlas. Louvre, accessed September 12, 2011 (French).
- ↑ Patricia Easton: Robert Desgabets. In: plato.stanford.edu. Metaphysics Research Lab, CSLI, Stanford University, 2006, accessed September 8, 2011 (French).
