Azannes-et-Soumazannes

Azannes-et-Soumazannes
region	Grand Est
Department	Meuse
Arrondissement	Verdun
Canton	Montmédy
Community association	Damvillers Spincourt
Coordinates	49 ° 18 '  N , 5 ° 28'  E Coordinates: 49 ° 18 '  N , 5 ° 28'  E
height	208-354 m
surface	18.11 km 2
Residents	165 (January 1, 2017)
Population density	9 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code	55150
INSEE code	55024

Azannes-et-Soumazannes is a French commune with 165 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) in the Meuse department in the Grand Est region (until 2015 Lorraine ). It belongs to the arrondissement of Verdun and is part of the canton of Montmédy . The inhabitants are called the Azannois .

geography

Azannes-et-Soumazannes is located about 25 kilometers north-northeast of Verdun . Azannes-et-Soumazannes is surrounded by the neighboring communities Chaumont-devant-Damvillers in the north and north-west, Romagne-sous-les-Côtes in the north, Mangiennes in the north-east, Billy-sous-Mangiennes in the east and north-east, Gremilly in the east and south-east, Ornes in the south, Beaumont-en-Verdunois in the southwest and Ville-devant-Chaumont in the west.

Population development

year	1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2006	2011	2016
Residents	241	221	180	177	165	169	174	158	166
Source: Cassini and INSEE

Attractions

• Saint-André church, built in 1784
• German military cemeteries in Azannes (4,750 graves) and Le Bochet (817 graves)

Saint-André church

literature

• Le Patrimoine des Communes de la Meuse. Flohic Editions, Volume 1, Paris 1999, ISBN 2-84234-074-4 , pp. 315-316.

Web links

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