Bazincourt-sur-Saulx

Bazincourt-sur-Saulx
region	Grand Est
Department	Meuse
Arrondissement	Bar-le-Duc
Canton	Ancerville
Community association	Portes de Meuse
Coordinates	48 ° 41 ′  N , 5 ° 8 ′  E Coordinates: 48 ° 41 ′  N , 5 ° 8 ′  E
height	183-302 m
surface	10.34 km 2
Residents	147 (January 1, 2017)
Population density	14 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code	55170
INSEE code	55035
Bridge over the Saulx

Bazincourt-sur-Saulx is a French commune with 147 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) in the Meuse department in the Grand Est region (until 2015 Lorraine ). The municipality is part of the Bar-le-Duc arrondissement , the canton of Ancerville and the Portes de Meuse municipal association founded in 2016 .

geography

The municipality is located around thirty kilometers southwest of the Lorraine Regional Nature Park . It is crossed by the Saulx , a tributary of the Marne . Bazincourt-sur-Saulx is surrounded by the neighboring communities of Brillon-en-Barrois in the northwest, Montplonne in the north and east, Lavincourt in the south and Rupt-aux-Nonains and Haironville in the west.

Place name

The place name Bazincourt is probably due to the name Bazinicurtis , which means something like "The Land of Bazin".

Population development

year	1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2004	2009	2016
Residents	222	187	331	121	177	166	144	154	147
Source: Cassini and INSEE

Attractions

• Saint-Pierre-ès-Liens church, monument historique since 1968
• Château of Bazincourt-sur-Saulx

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  Saint-Pierre-ès-Liens church

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  Château of Bazincourt-sur-Saulx

literature

• Le Patrimoine des Communes de la Meuse. Flohic Editions, Volume 1, Paris 1999, ISBN 2-84234-074-4 , pp. 41-43.

Web links

Commons : Bazincourt-sur-Saulx  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Entry no.PA00106494 in the Base Mérimée of the French Ministry of Culture (French)