Ceffonds

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Ceffonds
Coat of arms of Ceffonds
Ceffonds (France)
Ceffonds
region Grand Est
Department Haute-Marne
Arrondissement Saint-Dizier
Canton Wassy
Community association Saint-Dizier, Der et Blaise
Coordinates 48 ° 28 '  N , 4 ° 46'  E Coordinates: 48 ° 28 '  N , 4 ° 46'  E
height 119-173 m
surface 36.52 km 2
Residents 635 (January 1, 2017)
Population density 17 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code 52220
INSEE code 52088

Listed half-timbered house in Ceffonds

Ceffonds is a French commune with 635 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) in the Haute-Marne department in the Grand Est region (until 2015 Champagne-Ardenne ). The municipality belongs to the arrondissement of Saint-Dizier and to the municipal association of Saint-Dizier, Der et Blaise, founded in 2016 . The residents call themselves Ceffondais .

geography

Ceffonds is located in the sparsely populated southern Champagne , about 25 kilometers southwest of Saint-Dizier , 28 kilometers north of Bar-sur-Aube and eight kilometers south of Lac du Der-Chantecoq , the largest French reservoir. The upper reaches of the Voire and the parallel Ceffondet separate Ceffonds from the small town of Montier-en-Der opposite . Ceffonds is surrounded by the neighboring communities of Montier-en-Der in the northeast, Tilleux and Sommevoire in the southeast, Nully and Soulaines-Dhuys in the south, La Ville-aux-Bois and Louze in the southwest, Longeville-sur-la-Laines in the west and Puellemontier in the north-west.

history

The name of the village goes back to the narrow river of the same name ( le Ceffondet ), which flows into the Voire in Ceffonds. Ceffonds owes its existence to the monks who settled here in the forest of Der from the 7th century. A village called Ceffonds was first mentioned in 1020. The Bishop of Troyes initiated the construction of the first church in Ceffonds from the nearby Montier-en-Der Abbey in 1030, which was consecrated to Saint Remigius . The abbots of the Montier-en-Der monastery were lords of Ceffonds for a long time.

After devastation in the late Middle Ages, the population began to grow slowly as a result of the recruiting of migrants by monks and modest prosperity came from the agricultural yields of the villages of Jagée, Flancourt and La Grève , all of which were part of the Ceffonds parish. The numerous tanneries in Ceffonds were successful, some of which existed until the 19th century. ´ The formerly independent communities Anglus and Sauvage-Magny were incorporated into Ceffonds in 1972.

Population development

year 1962 1968 1975 1982 1990 1999 2008 2016
Residents 571 546 618 619 608 586 608 638
Sources: Cassini and INSEE

Attractions

  • Saint-Remy church , built from the middle of the 12th century in the Romanesque style to the 16th century in the Gothic and early Renaissance style, Monument historique
  • Saint-Éloi church in the Anglus district
  • Saint-Matthieu church in the Sauvage-Magny district
  • old half-timbered house from the 16th century, Monument historique
  • Saint-Remy church
  • Eglise-de-Ceffonds-DSC0143.jpg
  • Ceffonds Saint-Remi Fragments 535.JPG

Economy and Infrastructure

Organ is rural. There are three farms in the municipality of Ceffonds (mainly cereal).

The D 400 (former Route nationale 400 ) runs through the municipality of Ceffonds from Saint-Dizier to Brienne-le-Château . In Saint-Dizier, 50 kilometers away, there is a connection to the motorway-like Route nationale 4 from Paris to Nancy . The nearest train station is also in Saint-Dizier.

Personalities

supporting documents

  1. ↑ History abstract on www.paysduder.com (French)
  2. ↑ Ceffonds on cassini.ehess.fr
  3. ↑ Ceffonds on insee.fr
  4. ^ Entry in the Base Mérimée of the Ministry of Culture. Retrieved April 3, 2016 (French).
  5. ^ Entry in the Base Mérimée of the Ministry of Culture. Retrieved April 3, 2016 (French).
  6. ↑ Farms on annuaire-mairie.fr (French)

Web links

Commons : Ceffonds  - Collection of Images