Aulnois-en-Perthois
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| region | Grand Est | |
| Department | Meuse | |
| Arrondissement | Bar-le-Duc | |
| Canton | Ancerville | |
| Community association | Haute Saulx and Perthois-Val d'Ornois | |
| Coordinates | 48 ° 38 ' N , 5 ° 8' E | |
| height | 229-279 m | |
| surface | 10.75 km 2 | |
| Residents | 506 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 47 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 55170 | |
| INSEE code | 55015 | |
Aulnois-en-Perthois is a French commune with 506 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) in the Meuse department in the Grand Est region . It belongs to the Bar-le-Duc arrondissement and the Haute Saulx et Perthois-Val d'Ornois municipal association .
geography
location
The municipality of Aulnois-en-Perthois is located around 18 kilometers south of Bar-le-Duc at an altitude between 229 and 279 m above sea level. In the northeast, the community reaches a few hundred meters from the upper Saulx valley. Neighboring municipalities of Aulnois-en-Perthois are Lavincourt in the northeast, Stainville in the east, Savonnières-en-Perthois in the south, Cousances-les-Forges in the west and Rupt-aux-Nonains in the northwest.
topography
Located at the transition between the plateau-like landscapes of Barrois and Perthois , the 10.75 km² municipal area of Aulnois-en-Perthois shows only slight differences in altitude. However, some remaining holes from former limestone quarries are striking. One of these remaining holes - Mare Abotte - is filled with water. 146 hectares of the municipality (13.5%) are forested ( Bois Robin, Bois de Stainville, La Vermillère, Le Boistier, Bois de Saulx ).
history
The name of the place is derived from the Latin alnus for alder ; The place was first mentioned as Alnetus in 1402. The suffix en-Perthois was added in the late 18th century to distinguish the place from other communities of the same name. Parts of the village church of Saint-Martin could be dated to the 11th century. During the Ancien Régime , Aulnois was part of the Barony of Ancerville , later part of the Bailiwick of Bar-le-Duc and the Diocese of Toul . Limestone has been quarried around Aulnois since the Middle Ages. Its quality is said to have come close to Portland limestone . At the beginning of the 20th century, many of the more than 700 residents of the village were still working in the limestone quarries, which were gradually abandoned. After the decline of this industry, the population fell to 331 in 1975. The three last abandoned quarries Le Pu Portu, La Chopinotte and La Couleuvre can be visited southeast of the village center . The houses in the village are grouped along three streets that are connected to form an almost equilateral triangle. Continuing the northern tip of this triangle, a new village center was built in the middle of the 19th century with the Mairie and school building, a fountain and a lion statue reminiscent of the winter campaign of 1814 , to which the church and the old cemetery are also connected.
coat of arms
Blazon : "Diagonally divided by green and silver, each with an alder cone in mixed up colors, in the middle a red shield with five pinnacles, on top of which a silver goose head with a golden beak." The diagonal division symbolizes the quarries in which the stone blocks were once cut into slices. The shield in the middle represents the fortified village church with the battlements, the goose reminds of the church patron St. Martin. The coat of arms was created in January 2012 by Robert André Louis and accepted by the municipality.
Population development
| year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2016 | |
| Residents | 401 | 360 | 331 | 376 | 413 | 421 | 453 | 511 | |
| Sources: Cassini and INSEE | |||||||||
Attractions
- Church of St. Martin with Romanesque origins from the 11th century and baroque altarpieces
Economy and Infrastructure
The landscape around Aulnois, like in large parts of the Perthois and Barrois, is characterized by grain fields. In addition, cattle husbandry plays an important role. In Aulnois there are nine farms and three farms as well as small trading and service companies (food, tobacco, petrol station). Aulnois-en-Perthois has a kindergarten and is a primary school location.
The motorway-like RN 4 (Paris-Strasbourg) with a junction leads through the municipality . The D 25 crossing there connects Aulnois with Lavincourt in the Saulxtal and with Chevillon on the Marne. There is a connection to the railway network in Saint-Dizier train station, twelve kilometers away .
literature
- Le Patrimoine des Communes de la Meuse. Flohic Editions, Volume 1, Paris 1999, ISBN 2-84234-074-4 , pp. 38-39.
supporting documents
- ↑ Aulnois-en-Perthois on codecomsaulxperthois.fr (French)
- ↑ Description of the coat of arms on genealogie-lorraine.fr (French, no longer available since 2018)
- ↑ Aulnois-en-Perthois on cassini.ehess.fr
- ↑ Aulnois-en-Perthois on insee.fr
- ^ Farmers on annuaire-mairie.fr
