Courcelles-en-Barrois

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Courcelles-en-Barrois
Courcelles-en-Barrois Coat of Arms
Courcelles-en-Barrois (France)
Courcelles-en-Barrois
region Grand Est
Department Meuse
Arrondissement Commercy
Canton Dieue-sur-Meuse
Community association Aire à l'Argonne
Coordinates 48 ° 50 '  N , 5 ° 27'  E Coordinates: 48 ° 50 '  N , 5 ° 27'  E
height 268-357 m
surface 7.27 km 2
Residents 38 (January 1, 2017)
Population density 5 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code 55260
INSEE code 55127

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Courcelles-en-Barrois is a French commune with 38 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) in the Meuse department in the Grand Est region (before 2016 Lorraine ). It belongs to the Arrondissement Commercy and the canton Dieue-sur-Meuse (until 2015 the canton Pierrefitte-sur-Aire ).

geography

The municipality is located about 22 kilometers northeast of Bar-le-Duc in the center of the Meuse department. The municipality consists only of the place Courcelles-en-Barrois. Large parts of the community are forested. The most important forest area is the Bois de Lavallée . Neighboring municipalities are Kœur-la-Petite in the north, Sampigny in the east and south-east, Ménil-aux-Bois in the south, Lignières-sur-Aire in the south-west and west and Baudrémont in the west and north-west.

history

The name of today's municipality was first mentioned in a document in the 10th century as Corcellas . In the Middle Ages, the place belonged to the area of ​​the Duchy of Bar and then to the Duchy of Lorraine . More precisely to the Office ( Bailliage ) Saint-Mihiel. With this rule Courcelles-en-Barrois fell to France in 1766. Until the French Revolution , the place was in the Grand-gouvernement de Lorraine-et-Barrois .

From 1793 to 1801 the municipality was assigned to the Saint-Mihiel district and part of the canton of Sampigny. And from 1801 to 2015 part of the canton of Pierrefitte-sur-Aire. Courcelles-en-Barrois has been part of the Arrondissement of Commercy since 1801. From 1801 to 1934 the municipality was called Courcelles-aux-Bois .

Population development

year 1793 1800 1831 1856 1962 1968 1975 1982 1990 1999 2006 2011 2016
Residents 79 185 153 172 40 31 30th 36 48 38 31 31 37
Source: Cassini (censuses up to 1999) and INSEE (official estimates as of January 1 from 2006)

Attractions

  • Saint-Simplice village church
  • Commemorative plaque for the fallen
  • Wayside cross on Grande Rue at the southern exit of the village

literature

  • Le Patrimoine des Communes de la Meuse. Flohic Editions, Volume 2, Paris 1999, ISBN 2-84234-074-4 , pp. 738-739.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Name forms of the community
  2. ↑ Information on the population development and the political affiliation of the municipality
  3. ↑ Population 2006, 2011 and 2016
  4. ↑ Commemorative plaque for the fallen

Web links

Commons : Courcelles-en-Barrois  - collection of images, videos and audio files