Battigny
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| region | Grand Est | |
| Department | Meurthe-et-Moselle | |
| Arrondissement | Toul | |
| Canton | My au Saintois | |
| Community association | Pays de Colombey et du Sud Toulois | |
| Coordinates | 48 ° 27 ' N , 5 ° 59' E | |
| height | 296-469 m | |
| surface | 6.41 km 2 | |
| Residents | 142 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 22 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 54115 | |
| INSEE code | 54052 | |
 Village church and cemetery |
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Battigny is a French commune with 142 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 Toul and the canton of Meine au Saintois ( canton Colombey-les-Belles until 2015 ).
geography
Battigny is located about 26 kilometers southeast of Toul and about 31 kilometers southwest of Nancy . The neighboring communities of Battigny are Gélaucourt in the north, Thorey-Lyautey in the east, Vandeléville in the south and Favières in the west. Large areas in the west of the municipality are forested.
history
The name of today's municipality was (probably) first mentioned indirectly in a document in the name of Garsirius de Bateneis in 1176 . A secured form of the name is Betegnex in a document from the year 1248. In the years 1595 and 1608 a total of eight people were accused of witchcraft. Four of them - Hannix Jannel, Claudin Nicodemus, Marie Marcaire and Nicolas Gerard - died in flames. In the 17th century the Thirty Years War hit the community. In the Middle Ages the community belonged to the territory of the Duchy of Lorraine . More precisely to the office ( Bailliage ) Vézelise. With this rule Battigny fell to France in 1766. Until the French Revolution , the community was in the Grand-gouvernement de Lorraine-et-Barrois . From 1793 to 1801 the municipality was assigned to the district of Vézelise and part of the canton of Favières, then from 1801 to 2015 part of the canton of Colombey-les-Belles. With the exception of the years 1926 to 1943, when it belonged to the Arrondissement of Nancy, Battigny has been assigned to the Arrondissement of Toul since 1801. Until 1871, the community was in the old Meurthe department . Since then it has been part of the Meurthe-et-Moselle department .
Population development
| year | 1793 | 1806 | 1861 | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2015 |
| Residents | 374 | 413 | 371 | 112 | 97 | 94 | 104 | 94 | 91 | 103 | 132 |
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Attractions
- Church Saint-Germain from the Middle Ages (12th to 16th century), Monument historique since 2013 Saint-Germain
- Rectory from the 17th century
- Maison-forte ( fixed house ) from the Middle Ages
- Commemorative plaque for the fallen on the town hall wall
- two former lavoirs (wash houses)
- three wayside crosses; a wayside cross at the church and two wayside crosses on the D5 near Les Vignottes and on the eastern parish boundary
