Inor (Meuse)

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In or
Inor (France)
In or
region Grand Est
Department Meuse
Arrondissement Verdun
Canton Stenay
Community association Pays de Stenay et du Val Dunois
Coordinates 49 ° 33 '  N , 5 ° 10'  E Coordinates: 49 ° 33 '  N , 5 ° 10'  E
height 161–326 m
surface 6.46 km 2
Residents 185 (January 1, 2017)
Population density 29 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code 55700
INSEE code 55250

Mairie Inor

Inor is a French commune with 185 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 municipal association Pays de Stenay et du Val Dunois .

geography

The municipality of Inor is located on the Meuse , about 25 kilometers southeast of Sedan and about 15 kilometers southwest of the border with Belgium . A section of the Canal de la Meuse , which branches off from the Maas in Stenay, seven kilometers to the south, runs east parallel to the Maas and ends at the Inor lock. It significantly shortens the route for ships compared to the Meuse, which has numerous bends in the river.

The municipality of Inor in the far north-west of Lorraine extends from the right bank of the Meuse to the heights of the plateau between the valleys of the Maas and Chiers rivers . The higher elevations and some slopes are covered by forests ( Bois d'Inor, Le Ligant ), arable and pasture land dominate around the village of Inor and on the Meuse.

Inor's neighboring municipalities are Malandry in the northeast, Olizy-sur-Chiers in the east, Martincourt-sur-Meuse in the southeast, Luzy-Saint-Martin in the south, Pouilly-sur-Meuse in the west and Autréville-Saint-Lambert in the northwest.

history

Viticulture had a long tradition in Inor. In 1830 the area under vines was 78 hectares on the southern slopes over the Maas. It was cultivated among other things Pinot Noir , after 1850 black Riesling . The phylloxera crisis between 1865 and 1885 led to great devastation, and the First World War finally led to the abandonment of the vineyards in the entire Maas region.

While the village was largely spared in the First World War, it was almost completely destroyed at the beginning of the Second World War - Inor was directly behind the Maginot Line . Imécourt Castle ( Château d'Imécourt ), originally a medieval castle, was not rebuilt but converted into a palace-like residence in 1688 by the Vassinhac family . The restoration of the Saint-Pierre church from 1719 was completed after the destruction of the war in 1954.

Population development

year 1962 1968 1975 1982 1990 1999 2007 2017
Residents 262 267 248 214 183 204 214 185
Sources: Cassini and INSEE

Attractions

In the church of St. Peter ( Saint-Pierre ) there is a carved altar from 1765 and the burial chapel of the von Vassinhac family, who also produced one of the abbots of the Cistercian abbey of La Chalade .

St. Peter's Church

Economy and Infrastructure

There are six farms in the community (grain and fruit growing, cattle breeding).

The trunk road leads through Inor from Sedan via Stenay to Verdun . Other roads connect Inor with the neighboring communities of Malandry and Luzy-Saint-Martin.

literature

  • Le Patrimoine des Communes de la Meuse. Flohic Editions, Volume 2, Paris 1999, ISBN 2-84234-074-4 , pp. 946-947.

supporting documents

  1. ↑ inor.stenay.com. Archived from the original on July 14, 2014 ; Retrieved July 21, 2011 (French).
  2. ↑ Inor on cassini.ehess.fr
  3. ↑ Inor on insee.fr
  4. ↑ Farms on annuaire-mairie.fr (French)

Web links

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