Bras-sur-Meuse
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| region | Grand Est | |
| Department | Meuse | |
| Arrondissement | Verdun | |
| Canton | Belleville-sur-Meuse | |
| Community association | Grand Verdun | |
| Coordinates | 49 ° 13 ' N , 5 ° 23' E | |
| height | 189-360 m | |
| surface | 13.69 km 2 | |
| Residents | 698 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 51 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 55100 | |
| INSEE code | 55073 | |
| Website | http://www.bras-sur-meuse.fr/ | |
 Town hall (Mairie) of Bras-sur-Meuse |
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Bras-sur-Meuse is a French commune with 698 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) in the Meuse department in the Grand Est region (before 2016: Lorraine ). The municipality belongs to the arrondissement Verdun and the canton Belleville-sur-Meuse (until 2015: canton Charny-sur-Meuse ). The inhabitants are called Brazil .
geography
Bras-sur-Meuse is about five kilometers from Verdun . The Meuse (French: Meuse) limits the municipality to the west. Bras-sur-Meuse is surrounded by the neighboring communities of Vacherauville in the north and north-west, Louvemont-Côte-du-Poivre in the north-east, Douaumont in the east, Fleury-devant-Douaumont in the east and south-east, Belleville-sur-Meuse in the south and Charny- sur-Meuse in the west.
Population development
| year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2013 |
| Residents | 261 | 310 | 483 | 513 | 486 | 550 | 686 | 715 |
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Attractions
- Saint-Maurice Church, originally built in 1792, rebuilt in 1928
- town hall
literature
- Le Patrimoine des Communes de la Meuse. Flohic Editions, Volume 1, Paris 1999, ISBN 2-84234-074-4 , pp. 158-162.
Web links
Commons : Bras-sur-Meuse - Collection of images, videos and audio files
