Bouquemont

Bouquemont
region	Grand Est
Department	Meuse
Arrondissement	Commercy
Canton	Dieue-sur-Meuse
Community association	Aire à l'Argonne
Coordinates	48 ° 57 ' N , 5 ° 24' E Coordinates: 48 ° 57 ' N , 5 ° 24' E
height	209-348 m
surface	7.49 km 2
Residents	111 (January 1, 2017)
Population density	15 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code	55300
INSEE code	55064
	; Rue Hautte de Bouquemont

Bouquemont is a French commune with 111 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) in the Meuse department in the Grand Est region (before 2016 Lorraine ). It belongs to the Arrondissement Commercy and the canton Dieue-sur-Meuse (until 2015 the canton Pierrefitte-sur-Aire ).

geography

The municipality is located about 20 kilometers south-southeast of Verdun in the center of the Meuse department on the Maas . The municipality consists only of the village Bouquemont. Large parts of the west of the municipality are forested. The most important forest area is the Bois de Bouquemont . Neighboring communities are Troyon in the north-east, Woimbey in the south-east and south, Thillombois in the south-west and west and Tilly-sur-Meuse in the north-west and north.

history

The name of today's community was first used in 962 as Bucconis-mons in a bull by Pope John XII. mentioned. In the Middle Ages the place belonged to the Trois-Évêchés area . With this rule Bouquemont actually fell to France in 1552 (officially not until 1648). Until the French Revolution , the place was in the Grand-gouvernement de Lorraine-et-Barrois . From 1793 to 1801 the municipality was assigned to the district of Saint-Mihiel and part of the canton of Dompcevin, then from 1801 to 2015 part of the canton of Pierrefitte-sur-Aire. Since 1801 Bouquemont has been assigned to the Arrondissement of Commercy.

Population development

year	1793	1806	1876	1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2006	2011	2016
Residents	328	396	310	146	130	111	100	101	107	94	124	113
Source : Cassini (censuses up to 1999) and INSEE (official estimates as of January 1 from 2006)