Iré-le-Sec

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Iré-le-Sec
Iré-le-Sec (France)
Iré-le-Sec
region Grand Est
Department Meuse
Arrondissement Verdun
Canton Montmédy
Community association Pays de Montmédy
Coordinates 49 ° 29 '  N , 5 ° 23'  E Coordinates: 49 ° 29 '  N , 5 ° 23'  E
height 220–331 m
surface 8.31 km 2
Residents 154 (January 1, 2017)
Population density 19 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code 55600
INSEE code 55252

St. Hubertus Church

Iré-le-Sec is a French commune with 154 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) in the Meuse department in the Grand Est region . It belongs to the Arrondissement of Verdun and the Pays de Montmédy municipal association founded in 1999 .

geography

Iré-le-Sec is 240 m above sea level, about six kilometers south of the small town of Montmédy and about 18 kilometers west of the city of Longuyon in northwest Lorraine. The border with Belgium is about eight kilometers away. The village extends in the south-eastern foothills of the Ardennes .

The municipality covers a section of the upper Chabottales. The small river Chabot rises east of Iré-le-Sec, is dammed in its upper reaches to form some ponds and flows a few kilometers north of Iré-le-Sec in Iré-les-Prés , a district of Montmédy, into the Chiers . The surrounding plateaus tower over the valley by about 50 meters, the highest point is reached at 331 m above sea level in the northeastern tip of the municipality. About a third of the parish area is forested ( Bois du Chabot, Bois Frater ). In the south, the community has a share in the Marville-Montmédy airfield ( Base aérienne de Marville-Montmédy ), which was used from 1953 to 1967 by the Royal Canadian Air Force , until 2002 in part by the French Air Force .

Neighboring municipalities of Iré-le-Sec are Bazeilles-sur-Othain in the northeast, Flassigny in the east, Marville in the southeast, Remoiville and Louppy-sur-Loison in the southwest, Juvigny-sur-Loison in the west and Montmédy in the northwest.

history

The place first appeared in 1096 as Ureia . About Iray, Yrai-la-Sèche (1402), Irey (1571), Iry-le-Sec (1607), Yvré-le-Secq (1656), Ires-le-Sec (1700) and Iré le Secq (1793) the place name developed into Iré-le-Sec, valid from 1800. The addition le sec stands for dry, arid, bitter, little rain in contrast to Iré-les-Prés (in the meadows) to the north .

Before 1790 Iré-le-Sec was part of the Duchy of Bar , later the place belonged to the county of Clermont-en-Beauvaisis , the provosts of Stenay and the abbey in Juvigny-sur-Loison .

Population development

year 1962 1968 1975 1982 1990 1999 2007 2017
Residents 178 178 177 153 133 132 154 154
Sources: Cassini and INSEE

Attractions

  • Church of St. Hubertus ( Saint-Hubert ), built in 1849
  • Lavoir on rue de Ladela

Economy and Infrastructure

There are two farms in the community (cereal cultivation).

The trunk road leads through Iré-le-Sec from Longuyon via Montmédy to Sedan as part of the European route 44 (Koblenz-Luxembourg-Le Havre). Other roads connect the village with Remoiville, Juvigny-sur-Loison and Jametz.

literature

  • Le Patrimoine des Communes de la Meuse. Flohic Editions, Volume 2, Paris 1999, ISBN 2-84234-074-4 , pp. 679-682.

supporting documents

  1. ↑ toponym on cassini.ehess.fr
  2. ↑ geneawiki.com with book source "Le patrimoine des communes de la Meuse" by Jocelyn Wolff et al, Verlag Flohic Editions, Paris 1999. Retrieved on November 5, 2011 (French).
  3. ↑ Iré-le-Sec on cassini.ehess.fr
  4. ↑ Iré-le-Sec on insee.fr
  5. ↑ Farms on annuaire-mairie.fr (French)

Web links

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