Broussey-en-Blois

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Broussey-en-Blois
Broussey-en-Blois Coat of Arms
Broussey-en-Blois (France)
Broussey-en-Blois
region Grand Est
Department Meuse
Arrondissement Commercy
Canton Vaucouleurs
Community association Commercy-Void-Vaucouleurs
Coordinates 48 ° 38 '  N , 5 ° 33'  E Coordinates: 48 ° 38 '  N , 5 ° 33'  E
height 266-416 m
surface 11.04 km 2
Residents 59 (January 1, 2017)
Population density 5 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code 55190
INSEE code 55084

Broussey-en-Blois village church

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Broussey-en-Blois is a French commune with 59 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) in the Meuse department in the Grand Est region (until 2015 Lorraine ); it belongs to the Arrondissement Commercy and the community association Communauté de communes de Commercy-Void-Vaucouleurs . The municipality belonged to the canton of Void-Vacon until 2015 .

geography

Broussey-en-Blois is located around 26 kilometers west-southwest of the city of Toul in the south of the Meuse department. The municipality is located a few kilometers south of Route nationale 4 with the next connection in Void-Vacon. The place is west of the Méholle and the Canal de la Marne au Rhin . Large parts of the municipality are forested (Bois le Poil and le Haut Bois).

Neighboring municipalities are Naives-en-Blois in the north, Sauvoy in the east, Villeroy-sur-Méholle in the southeast, Mauvages in the south and Bovée-sur-Barboure in the west.

history

Like all towns in the area, Broussey-en-Blois suffered from conflict in the Middle Ages. The worst devastation was caused by the Hundred Years War and the Thirty Years War . The name of today's municipality was first mentioned in a document in 1354 under the name Broucey . In the Middle Ages the place belonged to the Barrois mouvant and was part of the Champagne .

Broussey-en-Blois was part of the District of Commercy from 1793 to 1801. Also from 1793 to 2015 to the canton of Void-Vacon. The parish has been assigned to the Arrondissement of Commercy since 1801.

Population development

year 1793 1836 1962 1968 1975 1982 1990 1999 2006 2011 2016
Residents 335 349 84 74 57 45 54 62 64 57 57
Sources: Cassini and INSEE

Attractions

  • Village church Église de la Nativité-de-la-Bienheureuse-Vierge-Marie
  • Memorial to the Fallen
  • Two wayside crosses south of the village and on Rue du Moulin at the eastern end of the village

literature

  • Le Patrimoine des Communes de la Meuse. Flohic Editions, Volume 2, Paris 1999, ISBN 2-84234-074-4 , p. 1223.

Web links

Commons : Broussey-en-Blois  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Name forms of the community
  2. ↑ Memorial to the Fallen