Blessonville
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region | Grand Est | |
Department | Haute-Marne | |
Arrondissement | Chaumont | |
Canton | Châteauvillain | |
Community association | Trois Forêts | |
Coordinates | 48 ° 4 ' N , 5 ° 1' E | |
height | 273-329 m | |
surface | 9.76 km 2 | |
Residents | 196 (January 1, 2017) | |
Population density | 20 inhabitants / km 2 | |
Post Code | 52120 | |
INSEE code | 52056 |
Blessonville is a French commune with 1584 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) in the Haute-Marne department in the Grand Est region ; it belongs to the arrondissement of Chaumont and the canton of Châteauvillain . Blessonville is eleven kilometers southwest of Chaumont and seven kilometers northeast of Châteauvillain between the A5 and the former Chaumont-Semoutiers Air Base .
history
Blessonville is an old town. Between the places Blessonville and Bricon there is a Lingon settlement whose name is unknown . Sigerich von Canterbury recorded the place Blaecuile in his record of the Via Francigena as a stage place LXIV.
Population development
year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2014 |
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Residents | 186 | 205 | 168 | 167 | 186 | 190 | 216 | 217 |
Source: Cassini and INSEE |
Web links
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