Guerpont
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region | Grand Est | |
Department | Meuse | |
Arrondissement | Bar-le-Duc | |
Canton | Ancerville | |
Community association | Bar-le-Duc Sud Meuse | |
Coordinates | 48 ° 44 ′ N , 5 ° 15 ′ E | |
height | 200–352 m | |
surface | 6.12 km 2 | |
Residents | 249 (January 1, 2017) | |
Population density | 41 inhabitants / km 2 | |
Post Code | 55000 | |
INSEE code | 55221 | |
Town Hall ( Mairie ) and School of Guerpont |
Guerpont is a French commune with 249 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) in the Meuse department in the Grand Est region (until 2015 Lorraine ). The municipality is part of the Bar-le-Duc arrondissement , the Ancerville canton (until 2016: Ligny-en-Barrois canton ) and the Bar-le-Duc Sud Meuse community association founded in 2016 .
geography
![](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ce/Guerpont10.jpg/220px-Guerpont10.jpg)
View of the Ornain
The municipality is crossed by the Ornain and the Rhine-Marne Canal . Guerpont is surrounded by the neighboring communities of Tronville-en-Barrois in the east, Nant-le-Grand in the south, Tannois in the southwest and west, Silmont in the northwest and the municipality of Culey in the canton of Vaucouleurs in the north.
Population development
year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2013 | 2016 |
Residents | 250 | 266 | 272 | 274 | 286 | 300 | 267 | 254 | 250 |
Source: Cassini and INSEE |
Attractions
- Saint-Evre church
- War memorial
The Ornain River
literature
- Le Patrimoine des Communes de la Meuse. Flohic Editions, Volume 1, Paris 1999, ISBN 2-84234-074-4 , pp. 514-516.
Web links
Commons : Guerpont - collection of images, videos and audio files