Foug

Foug
region	Grand Est
Department	Meurthe-et-Moselle
Arrondissement	Toul
Canton	Toul
Community association	Terres Touloises
Coordinates	48 ° 41 '  N , 5 ° 47'  E Coordinates: 48 ° 41 '  N , 5 ° 47'  E
height	231-396 m
surface	25.49 km 2
Residents	2,663 (January 1, 2017)
Population density	104 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code	54570
INSEE code	54205
Mairie Foug

Foug is a French commune with 2,663 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 Toul and the canton of Toul (until 2015: canton of Toul-Nord ). The inhabitants are called Faouins .

geography

The municipality is located west of Toul on the Rhine-Marne Canal . The neighboring municipalities of Foug are Trondes in the north and northwest, Laneuveville-derrière-Foug in the north, Bruley in the northeast, Écrouves in the east, Choloy-Ménillot in the southeast, Rigny-la-Salle and Saint-Germain-sur-Meuse in the southwest and Pagny -sur-Meuse and Lay-Saint-Remy to the west.

The National Route 4 runs through the municipality .

history

Foug is located on the old Roman road from Reims ( Durocortorum ) to Metz ( Divodurum Mediomatricorum ). 770 the place appears as Faho .

Population development

year	1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2006	2017
Residents	3278	3415	3373	3048	2873	2740	2762	2663

Attractions

• Saint-Étienne church from 1703
• Ruins of the castle from 1218 (destroyed in 1634)
• House Kayser

Personalities

• Adolphe Manier (1851–1929), Bishop of Belley (1910–1929)
• Claude Schockert (* 1940), Bishop of Belfort-Montbéliard (since 2000)

Web links

Commons : Foug  - collection of images, videos and audio files