Bréhain-la-Ville

Bréhain-la-Ville
region	Grand Est
Department	Meurthe-et-Moselle
Arrondissement	Briey
Canton	Villerupt
Community association	Pays de l'Audunois et du Bassin de Landres
Coordinates	49 ° 26 '  N , 5 ° 53'  E Coordinates: 49 ° 26 '  N , 5 ° 53'  E
height	339-441 m
surface	10.08 km 2
Residents	412 (January 1, 2017)
Population density	41 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code	54190
INSEE code	54096
Saint-Denys church

Bréhain-la-Ville ( German  Bergheim and Luxemburgish Leit-Bierchem ) is a French commune with 412 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) in the Meurthe-et-Moselle department in the Grand Est region ( Lorraine until 2015 ).

geography

The municipality is located twelve kilometers southeast of Longwy and about eight kilometers south of the border with Luxembourg . The districts of Bréhain-la-Cour (Haff-Bierchem) belong to Bréhain-la-Ville . Neighboring municipalities are Tiercelet in the north, Villerupt in the northeast, Crusnes in the east, Errouville in the south, Fillières in the southwest, Morfontaine in the west and Villers-la-Montagne in the northwest. The A30 autoroute runs through the municipality .

history

The name is derived from the German word Bergheim (house on the mountain). The place was first mentioned in 1169 as Berchem (1341: Bergheim , 1400: Brehein la ville and 1793: Bréhain-la-cour or Haff-Bierchem). In 1524 the place came to France as Villers-la-Montagne . Under Louis XIV it was renamed Bréhain-la-cour (Haff-Bierchem). Since 1793 it has officially been given the French name Bréhain-la-Ville .

Pierre Lamotte was mayor from 2001 to 2008, and since then it has been Bernardino Pallotta.

Population development

year	1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2005	2010	2014
Residents	197	225	223	175	183	227	254	298	351
Source: Cassini and INSEE

Web links

Commons : Bréhain-la-Ville  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

1. ^ Ernest Nègre - Toponymie générale de la France: Tome 3, Formations dialectales et françaises.