Blanche-Église
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| region | Grand Est | |
| Department | Moselle | |
| Arrondissement | Sarrebourg-Château-Salins | |
| Canton | Le Saulnois | |
| Community association | Saulnois | |
| Coordinates | 48 ° 48 ' N , 6 ° 40' E | |
| height | 203-238 m | |
| surface | 6.89 km 2 | |
| Residents | 113 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 16 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 57260 | |
| INSEE code | 57090 | |
Blanche-Église (German Weißkirchen ) is a French commune with 113 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) in the Moselle department in the Grand Est region (until 2015 Lorraine ). It belongs to the arrondissement of Sarrebourg-Château-Salins , to the canton of Le Saulnois and to the communal association Communauté de communes du Saulnois .
geography
Blanche-Église is located in the Saulnois about 50 kilometers southeast of Metz , about 40 kilometers northeast of Nancy and 26 kilometers northeast of Lunéville in the Lorraine Regional Nature Park , between the neighboring communities of Mulcey in the northwest and Guéblange-lès-Dieuze in the southeast at an altitude between 203 and 238 meters above sea level. The municipal area covers 6.89 square kilometers. The Seille flows north of the town center through the municipality.
history
Blanche-Église was first mentioned in a document in 1314 in the copy book of the Hauteseille monastery under the Latin name Alba Ecclesia . In the 18th century it was mentioned in the livre terrier ( seigneurial land register) of Saint-Jean-de-Bassel as Veiskirchen .
In the Middle Ages, Blanche-Église belonged to the Imperial Abbey of St. Maximin in Trier and was subordinate to the Bailliage of Dieuze .
In 1793, Blanche-Église received as Blanche Eglise in the course of the French Revolution (1789-1799) the status of a municipality and in 1801 the right to local self-government under its current name. From 1801 to 1871 it belonged to the former Meurthe department , which was renamed the Meurthe-et-Moselle department in 1871 . In 1871 the community was incorporated into the newly created realm of Alsace-Lorraine of the German Empire due to changes in territory due to the course of the Franco-German War (1870–1871) . The realm of Alsace-Lorraine existed until the end of the First World War (1914–1918) and was then dissolved. Blanche-Église was in the Moselle department at that time, this change was retained in 1918, when the Moselle department was again awarded to France.
Population development
| year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2007 |
| Residents | 99 | 83 | 93 | 110 | 115 | 115 | 134 |
coat of arms
The coat of arms of the municipality is a talking coat of arms , Blanche-Église is the French expression for "white" church. The coat of arms shows on the heraldic right side a silver church on a red background, because the coloring in heraldry equates silver with white, and on the heraldic left side a black bear with a red collar on a golden background. The bear stands for the Imperial Abbey of St. Maximin, whose coat of arms has a golden shield with a black bear in the middle.
See also
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Blanche-Église on annuaire-mairie.fr (French). Retrieved March 19, 2010
- ^ Henri Lepage: Dictionnaire topographique du département de la Meurthe . In: Société d'archéologie lorraine et du Musée historique lorrain (ed.): Dictionnaire topographique de la France . 6th edition. tape 14 , no. 18 . Imprimerie impériale, Paris 1862, p. 18 ( in Google Books [accessed March 19, 2010]). (French)
- ↑ Blanche-Église on quid.fr ( Memento of the original from September 20, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (French) Retrieved February 2010
- ^ Blanche-Église on cassini.ehess.fr (French). Retrieved March 19, 2010
- ↑ Union of Cercles GENEALOGIQUES Lorrain (French) Accessed on 19 March 2010
