Girauvoisin
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| region | Grand Est | |
| Department | Meuse | |
| Arrondissement | Commercy | |
| Canton | Commercy | |
| Community association | Côtes de Meuse Woëvre | |
| Coordinates | 48 ° 48 ' N , 5 ° 38' E | |
| height | 237-370 m | |
| surface | 5.06 km 2 | |
| Residents | 77 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 15 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 55200 | |
| INSEE code | 55212 | |
Girauvoisin is a French commune with 77 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) in the Meuse department in the Grand Est region (until 2015 Lorraine ); it belongs to the Arrondissement Commercy and the municipality association Côtes de Meuse Woëvre .
geography
Girauvoisin is located around 42 kilometers west-northwest of Nancy in the east of the Meuse department. The place is located in the far west of the Lorraine Regional Nature Park . Large areas in the south and northeast of the municipality are forested.
Neighboring municipalities are Saint-Julien-sous-les-Côtes in the north-west and north, Apremont-la-Forêt in the north-east, Frémeréville-sous-les-Côtes in the east, Vignot in the south and south-west and Boncourt-sur-Meuse in the west.
history
Like all places in the area, Girauvoisin suffered from conflicts in the Middle Ages. The worst devastation was caused by the Hundred Years War and the Thirty Years War . The name of today's parish was first mentioned in a document in 1282 under the name Gerauvezin . In the Middle Ages, the place was in the Barrois non mouvant in the Duchy of Lorraine and belonged to the Bailliage Saint-Mihiel. From 1766 until the French Revolution , Girauvoisin was in the Grand-gouvernement de Lorraine-et-Barrois .
Girauvoisin (Gerardvoisin) belonged to District Commercy from 1793 to 1801. From 1793 to 1801 it was part of the canton of Vignot. It has been in the canton of Commercy since 1801 and is assigned to the Arrondissement of Commercy.
Population development
The population development is typical for a French rural community. The development between 1793 and 1851 is normal with strong growth. Then the rural exodus began in the community. Because of the war, the population fell sharply between 1911 and 1921. After further short-term population growth from 1921 to 1931, the population sank to a low point by 1982. From the peak in 1851 to 1982 the decrease was 75.2 percent. Since 1990 the number of inhabitants has always been between 70 and 80 people.
| year | 1793 | 1851 | 1911 | 1921 | 1931 | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2011 | 2016 |
| Residents | 178 | 242 | 162 | 100 | 130 | 93 | 81 | 69 | 60 | 72 | 75 | 77 | 73 | 73 |
| Sources: Cassini and INSEE | ||||||||||||||
Attractions
- Saint-André village church
- Memorial to the Fallen
- two wash houses ( lavoirs ) on Grande Rue
- three wayside crosses (the Croix des Auges on the D130 east of the village, at the western exit of the village and northeast of the village)
traffic
The community is located on the D130. The D958, which runs south, and the Route nationale 4 , which runs just a few kilometers to the south, with the next connection in Void-Vacon, are the most important national transport links for the community.
The closest train station is Commercy on the Paris – Strasbourg line , around five kilometers away. The Lérouville – Metz railway passes in the north of the municipality . The closest train station on this line is Lérouville. Girauvoisin and all other stops between Lérouville and Onville have been canceled.
literature
- Le Patrimoine des Communes de la Meuse. Flohic Editions, Volume 1, Paris 1999, ISBN 2-84234-074-4 , p. 301.
Web links
- Girauvoisin on the IGN website
- Saint-André village church
- Location of the place and brief information