Jametz

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Jametz
Jametz coat of arms
Jametz (France)
Jametz
region Grand Est
Department Meuse
Arrondissement Verdun
Canton Montmédy
Community association Pays de Montmédy
Coordinates 49 ° 26 '  N , 5 ° 23'  E Coordinates: 49 ° 26 '  N , 5 ° 23'  E
height 187-281 m
surface 17.44 km 2
Residents 257 (January 1, 2017)
Population density 15 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code 55600
INSEE code 55255

Remains of the castle, which was destroyed in 1673

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Jametz is a French commune with 257 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) in the Meuse department in the Grand Est region (until 2015 Lorraine ). The municipality belongs to the Arrondissement of Verdun and the Pays de Montmédy municipal association founded in 1998 . The inhabitants are called Jamessins .

geography

Jametz is located in the south-eastern foreland of the Ardennes on the central reaches of the Loison River , about 45 kilometers north of Verdun and ten kilometers from the Belgian border. Jametz is surrounded by the neighboring communities of Remoiville in the west, north and east, Delut in the south-east, Vittarville in the south and Bréhéville in the south-west.

Several highways cross in Jametz. There are connections to Stenay , Montmédy , Longuyon , Étain and Verdun .

Immediately north of Jametz is the Marville-Montmédy airfield ( Base aérienne de Marville-Montmédy ), which was used by the Royal Canadian Air Force from 1953 to 1967 and partly by the French Air Force until 2002 .

Population development

In 1831 there were still 951 residents in Jametz.

year 1962 1968 1975 1982 1990 1999 2008 2016
Residents 345 277 300 298 241 243 255 255
Sources: Cassini and INSEE

Attractions

  • Remains of the 15th century castle, destroyed in 1673 (walls from 1543)
  • Notre-Dame-du-Mont chapel in the cemetery from 1560
  • Saint-Pierre-es-Liens church from 1803
  • Notre-Dame-de-la-Prairie chapel from 1913
  • Lavoir

  • Notre-Dame-du-Mont chapel

  • Saint-Pierre-es-Liens church

  • Notre-Dame-de-la-Prairie chapel

coat of arms

The coat of arms shows a brick lighthouse on a silver background in black , which symbolizes the large tower of Jametz Castle, which went down in 1673.

Economy and Infrastructure

Ten farms are located in the municipality of Jametz (grain cultivation, cattle and horse breeding).

The D 905 road from Verdun to Montmédy runs through the municipality of Jametz . Near the city of Verdun, 45 kilometers away, there is a connection to the A 4 autoroute from Paris to Strasbourg . Montmédy train station, eleven kilometers north of Jametz, is on the Mohon – Thionville railway line .

Personalities

  • Jean Errard de Bar-le-Duc (1554–1610), French mathematician, engineer and fortress builder: After training in Italy, he entered the service of the Catholic Duke of Bar and Lorraine, Charles III in 1580 . When he joined the Catholic League in 1584 , Errard had to leave Lorraine because of his religious affiliation and went to Sedan , where in 1585 the Duke of Bouillon, Henri-Robert de La Marck , who was also Prince of Sedan, took him into his service. He sent him to Jametz in 1587, where he used his knowledge to provide valuable defense services during the siege of the city by the Catholic League until 1589. Although Jametz had to surrender to the besiegers on July 24, 1589, Errard had made such a good name for himself in France that the French King Henry IV called him to court.

literature

  • Le Patrimoine des Communes de la Meuse. Flohic Editions, Volume 2, Paris 1999, ISBN 2-84234-074-4 , pp. 682-684.

supporting documents

  1. ↑ Jametz on cassini.ehess.fr
  2. ↑ Jametz on insee.fr
  3. ↑ Description of the coat of arms on genealogie-lorraine.fr (French)
  4. ↑ Farms on annuaire-mairie.fr (French)
  5. ↑ http://www.deregulo.com/facetation/2006_03_19_archives.html ( Memento from June 6, 2008 in the Internet Archive )

Web links

Commons : Jametz  - Collection of Images