Jouy-en-Argonne

Jouy-en-Argonne
region	Grand Est
Department	Meuse
Arrondissement	Verdun
Canton	Clermont-en-Argonne
Community association	Argonne-Meuse
Coordinates	49 ° 8 ' N , 5 ° 13' E Coordinates: 49 ° 8 ' N , 5 ° 13' E
height	217-336 m
surface	6.30 km 2
Residents	47 (January 1, 2017)
Population density	7 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code	55120
INSEE code	55257
	; Town hall ( Mairie ) of Jouy-en-Argonne

Jouy-en-Argonne is a French commune with 47 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) in the Meuse department in the Grand Est region (before 2016: Lorraine ). The municipality belongs to the Arrondissement Verdun , the canton Clermont-en-Argonne and the municipal association Argonne-Meuse .

geography

Entering Jouy-en-Argonne

The village of Jouy-en-Argonne is located on the eastern edge of the Argonne Forest in a deep valley which is surrounded by hills except in the south-west. The municipality is crossed by the Vadelaincourt river, a tributary of the Cousances . The neighboring communities of Jouy-en-Argonne are Brocourt-en-Argonne in the west, Dombasle-en-Argonne in the north-west and north, the commune of Sivry-la-Perche in the north-east and east, which belongs to the canton Verdun-1 , and the commune in the canton Dieue- sur-Meuse located municipality Nixéville-Blercourt in the south.

Saint-Grégoire-le-Grand church

Le Patrimoine des Communes de la Meuse. Flohic Editions, Volume 1, Paris 1999, ISBN 2-84234-074-4 , pp. 252-254.

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