Baslieux

Baslieux
region	Grand Est
Department	Meurthe-et-Moselle
Arrondissement	Briey
Canton	Mont-Saint-Martin
Community association	Terre Lorraine du Longuyonnais
Coordinates	49 ° 26 ' N , 5 ° 46' E Coordinates: 49 ° 26 ' N , 5 ° 46' E
height	244-392 m
surface	10.17 km 2
Residents	581 (January 1, 2017)
Population density	57 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code	54620
INSEE code	54049
Website	http://www.baslieux.fr/
	; Baslieux Town Hall

Baslieux is a French commune with 581 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) in the Meurthe-et-Moselle department in the Grand Est region (before 2016 Lorraine ). It belongs to the Arrondissement of Briey and is part of the canton of Mont-Saint-Martin (until 2015 Villerupt ).

geography

Baslieux is about thirty kilometers west-northwest of Thionville and 15 kilometers south-southwest of Longwy near the border area with Belgium and Luxembourg . Baslieux is surrounded by the neighboring communities Ugny in the north and northwest, Chenières in the north and northeast, Laix in the east, Ville-au-Montois in the southeast, Bazailles in the south, Pierrepont in the south and southwest and Doncourt-lès-Longuyon in the west.

Population development

year	1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2006	2013
Residents	1,051	1,054	962	780	493	534	564	587
Source: Cassini and INSEE

Attractions

Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul church, rebuilt in 1560, monument historique
Notre-Dame-de-Bonté chapel, built in 1664
Rectory from 1773
French military cemetery

Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul church
Notre-Dame-de-Bonté chapel

Web links

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