Herméville-en-Woëvre

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Herméville-en-Woëvre
Coat of arms of Herméville-en-Woëvre
Herméville-en-Woëvre (France)
Herméville-en-Woëvre
region Grand Est
Department Meuse
Arrondissement Verdun
Canton Etain
Community association Pays d'Étain
Coordinates 49 ° 11 ′  N , 5 ° 36 ′  E Coordinates: 49 ° 11 ′  N , 5 ° 36 ′  E
height 199-223 m
surface 14.64 km 2
Residents 241 (January 1, 2017)
Population density 16 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code 55400
INSEE code 55244

Entrance from the north

Herméville-en-Woëvre is a French commune with 241 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) in the Meuse department in the Grand Est region (until 2015 Lorraine ). It belongs to the Arrondissement of Verdun and the Pays d'Étain municipal association . The residents call themselves Hermévillois .

geography

The municipality of Herméville-en-Woëvre (until 1922 Herméville ) is located in the Woëvre region , about 17 kilometers east of Verdun and about 37 kilometers west-northwest of Metz . The Ruisseau d'Eix , a tributary of the Orne, flows through the 14.64 km² municipal area . With the exception of the Bois d'Herméville forest in the south-east, the predominantly flat municipal area is almost forest-free, with pastures and arable land dominating. Herméville-en-Woëvre borders on the neighboring municipalities of Fromezey in the north, Étain in the northeast, Warcq and Gussainville in the east, Braquis in the southeast, Ville-en-Woëvre in the south, Grimaucourt-en-Woëvre in the southwest, Moranville in the west and Abaucourt-Hautecourt in the north-west.

Population development

year 1962 1968 1975 1982 1990 1999 2006 2016
Residents 339 342 307 287 236 231 248 240
Sources: Cassini and INSEE

Attractions

  • Church of the Discovery [of the Bones] of St. Stephen ( Église de l'Invention-de-Saint-Étienne ), built in 1777, reconstructed in 1925
  • Statue of Our Lady Notre-Dame-de-la-Délivrance in front of the church.
  • Hall crosses
  • Fallen memorial
  • Water tower
  • Lavoir

  • Mairie Herméville-en-Woëvre

  • Stephanskirche

  • Virgin Mary statue

  • one of the hall crosses

  • Fallen memorial

Economy and Infrastructure

Herméville-en-Woëvre has a rural character. 16 farms are located in the community (grain cultivation, seed propagation, goat, sheep, cattle and pig breeding).

The D199 from Morainville to Warcq runs through the community . In the municipality of Ville-en-Woëvre , located six kilometers to the south, there is a connection to the A4 Autoroute from Paris to Strasbourg .

literature

  • Le Patrimoine des Communes de la Meuse. Flohic Editions, Volume 1, Paris 1999, ISBN 2-84234-074-4 , p. 406.

supporting documents

  1. ↑ toponym on cassini-ehess-fr
  2. ↑ Herméville-en-Woëvre on cassini.ehess.fr (French)
  3. ↑ Herméville-en-Woëvre on insee.fr (French)
  4. ↑ Farms on annuaire-mairie.fr

Web links

Commons : Herméville-en-Woëvre  - Collection of images