Boncourt (Meurthe-et-Moselle)

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Boncourt
Boncourt Coat of Arms
Boncourt (France)
Boncourt
region Grand Est
Department Meurthe-et-Moselle
Arrondissement Briey
Canton Jarny
Community association Orne Lorraine Confluences
Coordinates 49 ° 10 ′  N , 5 ° 50 ′  E Coordinates: 49 ° 10 ′  N , 5 ° 50 ′  E
height 186-226 m
surface 6.73 km 2
Residents 174 (January 1, 2017)
Population density 26 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code 54800
INSEE code 54082

Saint Laurent Church

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Boncourt is a French commune with 174 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) in the Meurthe-et-Moselle department in the Grand Est region (before 2016 Lorraine ). It belongs to the Arrondissement of Briey and the canton of Jarny (until 2015 Conflans-en-Jarnisy ). The inhabitants call themselves Boncourtois (es) .

geography

The community is located about 26 kilometers northwest of Metz . The river Orne runs through the municipality and in parts forms the municipal boundary. Neighboring communities are Thumeréville in the north, Abbéville-lès-Conflans in the northeast, Conflans-en-Jarnisy in the east and southeast, Friauville in the south, Puxe in the southwest and Jeandelize in the west.

history

Boncourt was historically part of the Duchy of Bar , which fell to France in 1766. Until the French Revolution , the community was then in the Grand-gouvernement de Lorraine-et-Barrois . The municipality was in the old Moselle department until 1871, since then it has been part of the Meurthe-et-Moselle department .

Population development

year 1793 1841 1962 1968 1975 1982 1990 1999 2007 2015
Residents 233 267 194 188 141 136 197 194 187 191
Source: Cassini and INSEE

Attractions

  • several 18th and 19th century farmhouses on Grande Rue and Rue Albert Gilles
  • 19th century village church of Saint-Laurent
  • 18th century bridge
  • more old houses in the village center
  • Tomb on the Route de Thumeréville
  • Plaque for the fallen soldiers of the First World War
  • Plaque for the fallen of the colonial wars

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ fixed sights
  2. ↑ moving sights
  3. ↑ Table for the fallen of the First World War
  4. ↑ Table for the fallen of the colonial wars

Web links

Commons : Boncourt  - collection of images, videos and audio files