Belleau (Meurthe-et-Moselle)

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Belleau
Belleau Coat of Arms
Belleau (France)
Belleau
region Grand Est
Department Meurthe-et-Moselle
Arrondissement Nancy
Canton Entre Seille et Meurthe
Community association Seille et Mauchère-Grand Couronné
Coordinates 48 ° 50 ′  N , 6 ° 11 ′  E Coordinates: 48 ° 50 ′  N , 6 ° 11 ′  E
height 179-397 m
surface 20.38 km 2
Residents 746 (January 1, 2017)
Population density 37 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code 54610
INSEE code

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Belleau is a French commune with 746 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) in the Meurthe-et-Moselle department in the Grand Est region (until 2015 Lorraine ). The municipality belongs to the Arrondissement of Nancy and the canton Entre Seille et Meurthe (until 2015 canton Nomeny ).

location

Belleau is about 15 kilometers north of Nancy . Belleau is surrounded by the neighboring communities of Clémery in the north, Nomeny in the east and north-east, Jeandelaincourt and Sivry in the east, Faulx in the south and south-east, Custines in the south and south-west, Millery in the south-west and Ville-au-Val and Landremont in the west.

history

In 1047 the place was called Bella Aqua . In 1971 the municipality of Belleau was merged with the neighboring communes of Manoncourt-sur-Seilles , Morey , Lixières and Serrières .

Population development

year 1962 1968 1975 1982 1990 1999 2006 2013
Residents 182 194 539 621 678 722 720 781
Source: Cassini and INSEE

Worth seeing

  • Church of Sainte-Madeleine in Belleau, Romanesque tower, originally a chapel of the Knights Templar
  • Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption church in Lixières from the 18th and 19th centuries century
  • Saint-Etienne church in Manoncourt-sur-Seille, reconstruction after the First World War
  • Church of Saint Pierre in Morey, Romanesque tower
  • Sainte-Madeleine church in Serrières
  • Morey Castle from the 16./17. century
  • Colin Castle in Manoncourt-sur-Seille

Web links

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