Jeugny

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Jeugny
Jeugny (France)
Jeugny
region Grand Est
Department Aube
Arrondissement Troyes
Canton Les Riceys
Community association Troyes Champagne Métropole
Coordinates 48 ° 8 '  N , 4 ° 2'  E Coordinates: 48 ° 8 '  N , 4 ° 2'  E
height 138-188 m
surface 15.85 km 2
Residents 490 (January 1, 2017)
Population density 31 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code 10320
INSEE code 10179

Saint Barthélemy Church

Jeugny is a French commune with 490 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) in the Aube department in the Grand Est region . It belongs to the Arrondissement of Troyes and the canton of Les Riceys .

geography

The municipality of Jeugny is located on the Mogne , a small tributary of the Hozain , about 20 kilometers south of Troyes . Two thirds of the municipality consist of forest ( Forêt de Jeugny ). The route of the railway line from Troyes to Saint-Florentin, which was closed in 1996, runs through the territory of the municipality .

Neighboring municipalities of Jeugny are Machy in the north, Maupas and La Vendue-Mignot in the northeast, Les Loges-Margueron in the southeast, La Loge-Pomplin in the south, Saint-Phal in the southwest, Fays-la-Chapelle in the west and Crésantignes in the northwest.

history

Between 1900 and 1910 André Ouvre founded a sawmill in Jeugny, later operating under the name SARL scierie de Jeugny . In 1996 the sawmill, which last had 30 employees, was closed. An attraction in front of the sawmill on Rue de la Gare was a steam engine with a governor and a cast-iron flywheel. The machine without the boiler was set in motion by a small electric motor for demonstration purposes. When the company and the railway line closed, the steam engine was brought to the Nigloland amusement park in Dolancourt .

Population development

year 1962 1968 1975 1982 1990 1999 2007 2016
Residents 315 324 261 325 368 387 449 499

Attractions

  • Saint-Barthélemy church built in 1865 with an organ from the same year

Individual evidence

  1. ^ History of the Troyes - Saint-Florentin railway line. Retrieved March 24, 2011 (French).
  2. ↑ Entry on the steam engine on culture.gouv.fr. Retrieved March 24, 2011 (French).
  3. ↑ Saint-Barthélemy Church on aubetdh.free.fr. Retrieved March 24, 2011 (French).

Web links

Commons : Jeugny  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files