Frécourt

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Frécourt
Frécourt (France)
Frécourt
region Grand Est
Department Haute-Marne
Arrondissement Langres
Canton Bourbonne-les-Bains
Community association Community de communes du Grand Langres
Coordinates 47 ° 57 '  N , 5 ° 27'  E Coordinates: 47 ° 57 '  N , 5 ° 27'  E
height 371-473 m
surface 6.22 km 2
Residents 96 (January 1, 2017)
Population density 15 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code 52360
INSEE code 52207

Frécourt is a French commune with 96 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) in the Haute-Marne department in the Grand Est region ; it belongs to the Arrondissement of Langres .

geography

Frécourt is located around 30 kilometers southeast of the city of Chaumont in the south of the Haute-Marne department.

history

Around 1140 a priest Coluns is mentioned in Frécourt. In the Hundred Years War the community is completely destroyed. The mechanization of agriculture led to heavy emigration in the late 19th and 20th centuries. Frécourt historically belongs to the Bailliage de Langres region within the Champagne province . The place belonged from 1793 to 1801 to the District Langres. Also from 1793 to 2015 to the canton of Neuilly-l'Évêque . Between 1972 and 1983 the municipality was a district of Neuilly-l'Évêque .

Population development

year 1793 1800 1821 1831 1876 1921 1962 1968 1990 1999 2006 2012
Residents 200 246 248 336 304 179 156 173 115 87 98 95
Sources: Cassini and INSEE

Attractions

  • Saint-Barthélemy village church from 1893
  • Notre-Dame de Pitié chapel from the 13th century in Lavrigny
  • two wayside crosses in the village and on Rue du Ru Martin
  • several springs and village wells

  • Lavrigny Chapel

  • The parish in winter

  • Saint Barthélemy village church

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Description of the church and photos (French)
  2. ↑ Description of the chapel and photos (French)

Web links

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