Juvanzé

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Juvanzé
Juvanzé (France)
Juvanzé
region Grand Est
Department Aube
Arrondissement Bar-sur-Aube
Canton Brienne-le-Château
Community association Lacs de Champagne
Coordinates 48 ° 19 ′  N , 4 ° 34 ′  E Coordinates: 48 ° 19 ′  N , 4 ° 34 ′  E
height 136-170 m
surface 4.94 km 2
Residents 35 (January 1, 2017)
Population density 7 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code 10140
INSEE code 10183

Saint-Gengoult church

Juvanzé (1793 and 1801 still with the spellings Juvanzey and Juvauzé ) is a French commune with 35 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) in the Aube department in the Grand Est region (until 2015 Champagne-Ardenne ). The municipality is part of the Bar-sur-Aube arrondissement and the Lacs de Champagne municipal association founded in 2014 . The residents call themselves Vandois .

geography

The municipality of Juvanzé is located on the Aube River , about 50 kilometers east of Troyes in the Forêt d'Orient Regional Nature Park . The 4.94 km² large community includes a section of the left bank of the Aube and a gently sloping terrain extending four kilometers to the northeast, which includes the Bois de Beaulieu forest . Between this forest in the east and the Aube in the west lies a strip of fertile farmland. The village of Juvanzé wedges itself in a narrow bend in the Aube, on the banks of which there are still remains of alluvial forests.

Juvanzé is surrounded by the neighboring communities of Unienville in the southwest, west and northwest, La Rothière in the north and east and Trannes in the south.

Population development

year 1962 1968 1975 1982 1990 1999 2006 2016
Residents 43 36 32 22nd 27 37 32 34
Sources: Cassini and INSEE

Attractions

  • Romanesque church of Saint-Gengoult with portal and triumphal arch from the second half of the 12th century; on a real angular level nave and choir, above the Romanesque portal a small square church tower covered with slate; Alterations in the 18th century (openings of the nave, under the nave in 1774, traces of painted decorations) - Church since 2003 as historique monument reported
  • small hydroelectric power station, built around 1915 on the site of a former water mill, since 1998 designated as a monument historique
  • Floor cross
  • Remnants of an old Roman road

Economy and Infrastructure

Two farms are located in Juvanzé (grain cultivation, cattle breeding).

Juvanzé is on the D396 from Vitry-le-François to Bar-sur-Aube . 17 kilometers south of Juvanzé there is a connection to the Autoroute A5 from Paris to Langres .

supporting documents

  1. ↑ toponym on cassini.ehess.fr
  2. ↑ Juvanzé on cassini.ehess.fr
  3. ↑ Juvanzé on insee.fr
  4. ^ Church in the Base Mérimée of the Ministry of Culture. Retrieved October 18, 2019 (French).
  5. ^ Power plant in the Base Mérimée of the Ministry of Culture. Retrieved October 18, 2019 (French).
  6. ↑ Farms on annuaire-mairie.fr (French)

Web links

Commons : Juvanzé  - collection of images