Damloup

Damloup
region	Grand Est
Department	Meuse
Arrondissement	Verdun
Canton	Belleville-sur-Meuse
Community association	Pays d'Étain
Coordinates	49 ° 12 ′  N , 5 ° 30 ′  E Coordinates: 49 ° 12 ′  N , 5 ° 30 ′  E
height	220-357 m
surface	5.28 km 2
Residents	131 (January 1, 2017)
Population density	25 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code	55400
INSEE code	55143

Damloup is a French commune with 131 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) in the Meuse department in the Grand Est region (before 2016: Lorraine ). The municipality belongs to the arrondissement of Verdun and the canton of Belleville-sur-Meuse (until 2015: canton of Étain ).

During the First World War , the community was completely destroyed during the Battle of Verdun in 1916.

geography

Damloup is about eight kilometers east-northeast of Verdun . Damloup is surrounded by the neighboring communities of Vaux-devant-Damloup in the north and west, Dieppe-sous-Douaumont in the north and north-east, Abaucourt-Hautecourt in the east and south-east, Eix in the south and Fleury-devant-Douaumont in the west and south-west.

Population development

year	1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2006	2013
Residents	116	112	90	95	109	131	143	137
Source: Cassini and INSEE

Sights and remarkable buildings

Saint-Loup church

• Saint-Loup Church, built in 1765, rebuilt in 1928
• Fort de Vaux and Ouvrage de la Laufée in the Verdun fortress ring

literature

• Le Patrimoine des Communes de la Meuse. Flohic Editions, Volume 1, Paris 1999, ISBN 2-84234-074-4 , pp. 388-389.

Web links

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