Celles-en-Bassigny

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Celles-en-Bassigny
Celles-en-Bassigny (France)
Celles-en-Bassigny
region Grand Est
Department Haute-Marne
Arrondissement Langres
Canton Bourbonne-les-Bains
Community association Community de communes du Grand Langres
Coordinates 47 ° 55 '  N , 5 ° 33'  E Coordinates: 47 ° 55 '  N , 5 ° 33'  E
height 263-372 m
surface 8.92 km 2
Residents 83 (January 1, 2017)
Population density 9 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code 52360
INSEE code

Celles-en-Bassigny is a French commune with 83 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) in the Haute-Marne department in the Grand Est region ; it belongs to the Arrondissement of Langres .

geography

Celles-en-Bassigny is located about 37 kilometers southeast of the city of Chaumont in the southeast of the Haute-Marne department.

history

Until 1789, the municipality was part of the Bailliage de Langres within the province of Champagne . The mechanization of agriculture led to heavy emigration in the late 19th and 20th centuries. Celles-en-Bassigny belonged to the Bourbonne district from 1793 to 1801. Also from 1793 to 1801 to the canton of Rançonnières and from 1801 to 2015 to the canton of Varennes-sur-Amance (name 1972–2011: canton Terre-Natale).

Population development

year 1793 1800 1806 1821 1836 1846 1851 1876 1962 1968 1975 1982 1990 1999 2006 2012
Residents 382 374 421 385 424 353 387 357 114 108 91 83 84 81 77 79
Sources: Cassini and INSEE

Attractions

  • Saint-Vinard village church from 1774
  • several wayside crosses in and near the village

Individual evidence

  1. Description of the church and photos (French)

Web links

Commons : Celles-en-Bassigny  - Collection of images, videos and audio files