Custines
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| region | Grand Est | |
| Department | Meurthe-et-Moselle | |
| Arrondissement | Nancy | |
| Canton | Entre Seille et Meurthe | |
| Community association | Bassin de Pompey | |
| Coordinates | 48 ° 48 ' N , 6 ° 9' E | |
| height | 182-395 m | |
| surface | 11.76 km 2 | |
| Residents | 3,079 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 262 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 54670 | |
| INSEE code | 54150 | |
| Website | http://www.ville-custines.fr | |
.JPG) Church Saint-Léger |
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Custines is a French commune with 3,079 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) in the Meurthe-et-Moselle department in the Grand Est region (until 2015 Lorraine ). It belongs to the Arrondissement of Nancy and the Canton of Entre Seille et Meurthe (until 2015: Canton of Malzéville ).
geography
Custines is on the Moselle , into which the Meurthe flows. Custines is surrounded by the neighboring communities Millery in the north, Belleau in the northeast, Malleloy in the east, Bouxières-aux-Dames in the south and southeast, Frouard in the south and southwest, Pompey in the west and Marbache in the west and northwest.
The A31 autoroute runs through the municipality .
history
Because of the confluence (lat. Condatum ) of the Moselle and Meurthe, the name of the place was until 1719 Condé-sur-Moselle . It was then named after Count Custine. During the revolutionary years the place was called Port-sur-Moselle and from 1800 Custines .
Population development
| year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2017 |
| Residents | 2639 | 3046 | 2900 | 2841 | 2813 | 2991 | 3001 | 3079 |
Attractions
- Church Saint-Léger , Romanesque bell tower from the 12th century, the choir from the 15th century chapel of the 16th century
- Ruins of the old castle, originally built between 1261 and 1263, besieged several times, razed in 1637 on the orders of Cardinal Richelieu
- House Les Lombards , fortified house of the 16th century
- Clévant castle from the 19th century with dovecote
- numerous houses in the center from the 15th and 16th centuries
Personalities
- Claude de Lorraine, duc de Guise (1496–1550), born in the old castle
- Jean Rouppert (1887–1979), painter and sculptor
