Ancerville (Meuse)

Ancerville
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 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 .

The name of the place is derived from the Latin Anselmvilla , the place itself was first mentioned in 1180.

year	1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2007	2016
Residents	2362	2560	2716	2833	2869	2726	2824	2752

Le Patrimoine des Communes de la Meuse. Flohic Editions, Volume 1, Paris 1999, ISBN 2-84234-074-4 , pp. 35-37.

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