Bainville-aux-Miroirs

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Bainville-aux-Miroirs
Coat of arms of Bainville-aux-Miroirs
Bainville-aux-Miroirs (France)
Bainville-aux-Miroirs
region Grand Est
Department Meurthe-et-Moselle
Arrondissement Nancy
Canton My au Saintois
Community association Pays du Saintois
Coordinates 48 ° 26 '  N , 6 ° 17'  E Coordinates: 48 ° 26 '  N , 6 ° 17'  E
height 250-366 m
surface 6.76 km 2
Residents 305 (January 1, 2017)
Population density 45 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code 54290
INSEE code

Ruins of the Bainville Castle

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Bainville-aux-Miroirs is a French commune with 305 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) in the Meurthe-et-Moselle department in the Grand Est region (until 2015 Lorraine ). It belongs to the Arrondissement of Nancy and the Pays du Saintois municipality .

geography

The community is located on the D570 departmental road on the Moselle, around 30 kilometers south of Nancy and ten kilometers north of Charmes . On the left, parallel to the Moselle, the Canal des Vosges runs through the municipality. The ruins of the castle lie south of the town center over the left bank of the Moselle. Bainville-aux-Miroirs includes the hamlets of Les Chaussottes in the west and Bingerville and Montauban in the east, on the right of the Moselle.

Neighboring municipalities to Bainville-aux-Mirroirs (clockwise, starting from the north) are: Mangonville , Virecourt , Villacourt , Chamagne , Gripport , Lebeuville and Leménil-Mitry .

Toponymy and History

The place name Babanivilla , which appeared in the year 836, is derived from the Germanic personal name Babano . The lords of Bainville were the Counts of Vaudémont . Belonging to Burgundy in the 14th century , Bainville fell to Lorraine when the castle was destroyed in 1468. Until 1801 the parish was called Bainville .

Population development

year 1962 1968 1975 1982 1990 1999 2006 2017
Residents 291 263 276 277 298 316 337 305
Sources: Cassini and INSEE

Attractions

Castle ruins at the foot of the donjon
  • Ruins of the Bainville Castle ( Château de Bainville-aux-Miroirs ) with the remains of the 25 m high donjon
  • Castle Bingerville, 1844 by Claude-Emile Binger, a cousin of the explorer Louis Gustave Binger built
  • Saint-Maurice church, a former Benedictine priory with a Romanesque tower from the 11th century; the nave dates from the 18th century

Economy and Infrastructure

There are three farms in the municipality (cattle breeding, tree nursery).

The D 570 trunk road leads through Bainville-aux-Miroirs along the left bank of the Moselle. A few kilometers to the west, the motorway-like RN 57 runs from Nancy to Épinal .

supporting documents

  1. ↑ toponym on cassini.ehess.fr
  2. Bainville-aux-Miroirs on cassini.ehess.fr
  3. Bainville-aux-Miroirs on insee.fr
  4. ↑ Farms on annuaire-mairie.fr (French)

Web links

Commons : Bainville-aux-Miroirs  - Collection of Images