Ancerville (Meuse)
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region | Grand Est | |
Department | Meuse | |
Arrondissement | Bar-le-Duc | |
Canton | Ancerville (main town) | |
Community association | Haute Saulx and Perthois-Val d'Ornois | |
Coordinates | 48 ° 38 ' N , 5 ° 1' E | |
height | 147-251 m | |
surface | 21.58 km 2 | |
Residents | 2,752 (January 1, 2017) | |
Population density | 128 inhabitants / km 2 | |
Post Code | 55170 | |
INSEE code | 55010 | |
Mairie Ancerville |
Ancerville is a French commune with 2,752 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) in the Meuse department in the Grand Est region ( Lorraine until 2015 ). It belongs to the arrondissement Bar-le-Duc and is the capital of the canton of Ancerville .
geography
The municipality of Ancerville is located 20 kilometers southwest of Bar-le-Duc and immediately east of the city of Saint-Dizier at an altitude between 147 and 251 m above sea level. In the south of the municipality of Ancerville, the Canal entre Champagne et Bourgogne runs parallel to the Marne , which here forms the border with the Haute-Marne department .
history
The name of the place is derived from the Latin Anselmvilla , the place itself was first mentioned in 1180.
Population development
year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2007 | 2016 |
Residents | 2362 | 2560 | 2716 | 2833 | 2869 | 2726 | 2824 | 2752 |
literature
- Le Patrimoine des Communes de la Meuse. Flohic Editions, Volume 1, Paris 1999, ISBN 2-84234-074-4 , pp. 35-37.
Web links
Commons : Ancerville - collection of images, videos and audio files