Braquis

Braquis
region	Grand Est
Department	Meuse
Arrondissement	Verdun
Canton	Etain
Community association	Pays d'Étain
Coordinates	49 ° 9 '  N , 5 ° 38'  E Coordinates: 49 ° 9 '  N , 5 ° 38'  E
height	199-222 m
surface	4.95 km 2
Residents	119 (January 1, 2017)
Population density	24 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code	55400
INSEE code	55072
Saint-Georges church

Braquis is a French commune with 119 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) in the Meuse department in the Grand Est region . It belongs to the arrondissement of Verdun and the canton of Étain .

history

During the First World War , the painter Franz Marc was fatally wounded by a shrapnel on March 4, 1916 while exploring Braquis.

Population development

year	1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2013
Residents	114	105	104	106	87	85	109

Attractions

• Saint-Georges church, renovated in 1726, destroyed in 1860, destroyed in World War I and rebuilt in 1927.
• Notre-Dame-de-Fatima prayer chapel from 1958

literature

• Le Patrimoine des Communes de la Meuse. Flohic Editions, Volume 1, Paris 1999, ISBN 2-84234-074-4 , pp. 382-383.

Web links

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