Berru

Berru
region	Grand Est
Department	Marne
Arrondissement	Reims
Canton	Bourgogne
Community association	Grand Reims
Coordinates	49 ° 16 ' N , 4 ° 9' E Coordinates: 49 ° 16 ' N , 4 ° 9' E
height	109-262 m
surface	13.65 km 2
Residents	574 (January 1, 2017)
Population density	42 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code	51420
INSEE code	51052
	; Town hall ( Mairie ) of Berru

Berru is a French commune with 574 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) in the Marne department in the Grand Est region (before 2016: Champagne-Ardenne ). The municipality belongs to the Arrondissement of Reims and the canton of Bourgogne (until 2015: canton Bein-Nauroy ). The inhabitants are called berruyats .

geography

Berru is about nine kilometers east-northeast of the city center of Reims . Berru is surrounded by the neighboring communities of Caurel in the north, Lavannes in the north and northeast, Époye in the east, bein-Nauroy in the southeast, Nogent-l'Abbesse in the south, Cernay-lès-Reims in the west and southwest and Witry-lès-Reims in the Northwest.

Around two kilometers west of Berru there is a German military cemetery for around 17,500 killed in the First World War.

Population development

year	1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2006	2017
Residents	279	287	296	320	459	454	497	574
Sources: Cassini and INSEE

Attractions

Saint Martin Church

Saint-Martin church from the 12th / 13th centuries Century, Monument historique since 1921

Trivia

The primate genus Berruvius , which was discovered here (in the so-called Cernay formation), is named after the place . It is assigned to the Paleocene and Eocene (58.7 and 55.8 million years before our time).

Web links

Commons : Berru - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

↑ Berru cemetery on volksbund.de, accessed on July 28, 2020

[1] Berru cemetery on volksbund.de, accessed on July 28, 2020