Bruville

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Bruville
Bruville Coat of Arms
Bruville (France)
Bruville
region Grand Est
Department Meurthe-et-Moselle
Arrondissement Briey
Canton Jarny
Community association Orne Lorraine Confluences
Coordinates 49 ° 8 '  N , 5 ° 55'  E Coordinates: 49 ° 8 '  N , 5 ° 55'  E
height 205-301 m
surface 10.81 km 2
Residents 226 (January 1, 2017)
Population density 21 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code 54800
INSEE code 54103

Memorial to the Fallen

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Bruville is a French commune with 226 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) in the Meurthe-et-Moselle department in the Grand Est region (before 2016 Lorraine ). It belongs to the Arrondissement of Briey and the canton of Jarny (until 2015 Conflans-en-Jarnisy ).

geography

The municipality is located about 19 kilometers west of Metz on the border with the Moselle department . Neighboring municipalities are Jarny in the north-west, Doncourt-lès-Conflans in the north, Saint-Marcel in the east, Rezonville-Vionville (in the Moselle department) in the south-east, Mars-la-Tour in the south and south-west and Ville-sur-Yron in the west. The parish consists of the village of Bruville and the hamlets of Butricourt and Urcourt.

history

Finds from the Gallo-Roman period prove an early settlement. Bruville was historically part of the Duchy of Bar , which fell to France in 1766. Until the French Revolution , the community was then in the Grand-gouvernement de Lorraine-et-Barrois . The municipality was in the old Moselle department until 1871, since then it has been part of the Meurthe-et-Moselle department .

Population development

year 1793 1800 1836 1962 1968 1975 1982 1990 1999 2007 2015
Residents 559 240 324 185 205 148 165 166 186 196 229
Source: Cassini and INSEE

Attractions

  • several farmhouses from the 18th and 19th centuries
  • Saint-Maurice village church from the 18th century
  • two wayside crosses (near the church and at the southern exit of the village)
  • numerous interesting tombs in the village cemetery
  • Memorial to the Fallen
  • Commemorative plaque for 850 French soldiers and memorial stone for fallen Germans who fell in the Franco-Prussian War
  • 19th century lavoir (wash house)

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ fixed sights
  2. ↑ moving sights
  3. ↑ Memorial to the Fallen
  4. ^ Memorial to 850 French soldiers who fell in the Franco-Prussian War in 1870
  5. ↑ Memorial stone for fallen Germans in the Franco-Prussian War in 1870

Web links

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