Laneuville-sur-Meuse

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Laneuville-sur-Meuse
Laneuville-sur-Meuse (France)
Laneuville-sur-Meuse
region Grand Est
Department Meuse
Arrondissement Verdun
Canton Stenay
Community association Pays de Stenay et du Val Dunois
Coordinates 49 ° 30 '  N , 5 ° 10'  E Coordinates: 49 ° 30 '  N , 5 ° 10'  E
height 162-246 m
surface 22.82 km 2
Residents 436 (January 1, 2017)
Population density 19 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code 55700
INSEE code 55279

Mairie (former brewery) and post

Laneuville-sur-Meuse is a French commune with 436 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) in the Meuse department in the Grand Est region . It belongs to the Arrondissement of Verdun and the local authority Pays de Stenay .

geography

Laneuville-sur-Meuse is located at an altitude of 168 m above sea level, 38 kilometers southeast of Sedan and 48 kilometers northwest of Verdun in the far north-west of Lorraine.

The village extends on the eastern edge of the Maas valley, which is about two kilometers wide , on both sides of the village stream Ruisseau de la Lieuse . The eastern boundary of the municipality is formed in part by the Wiseppe , a small river that flows into the Meuse at Laneuville. In this respect, the municipality does not reach the Meuse, although the municipality name uses the suffix -sur-Meuse ( on the Maas ). The strip between Laneuville and the left bank of the Meuse with the former train station and a paper mill belongs to the small town of Stenay , whose core is on the right side of the Meuse.

The 22.82 km² municipal area borders the Ardennes department in the west and includes large parts of the Forêt de Dieulet , which leads from the Meuse valley into the Argonne landscape . In addition to the Forêt de Dieulet , the forest areas Bois de Laneuville and parts of the Bois de la Haie in the south as well as parts of the Forêt de Jaulnay in the north belong to the municipality, so that a forest share of almost 80% (1,800 ha) results in the total area of ​​the municipality .

Neighboring municipalities of Laneuville-sur-Meuse are Luzy-Saint-Martin and Cesse in the north, Stenay in the east, Wiseppe in the south, Beauclair in the south-west, Beaufort-en-Argonne and Belval-Bois-les-Dames in the west and Beaumont-en- Argonne , Létanne and Pouilly-sur-Meuse in the north-west.

history

Laneuville was created as a suburb of Stenay ( la Ville neuve devant Stenay / the new city opposite Stenay ) in 1244. The community's abundance of forests has often led to disputes over the use of the area by residents, which were not settled until the 19th century.

Already in the 18th century there was a brewery and a malt house in Laneuville. Beer brewing ceased around 1850. The brewery from 1830 is now the mayor's house ( Mairie ). A soap factory existed in Laneuville until the First World War. Industrial activities shifted to the neighboring town of Stenay in the 20th century .

Despite the destruction in the First and Second World Wars (a bayonet-shaped memorial erected in 1966 commemorating the fighting in May and June 1940), some buildings from the 17th and 18th centuries have survived, including the Saint-Nicolas church.

St. Nicholas Church
Château de Laneuville

Population development

year 1962 1968 1975 1982 1990 1999 2007 2017
Residents 532 561 593 529 439 425 413 436
Sources: Cassini and INSEE

Attractions

  • Church of St. Nicholas ( Église Saint-Nicolas ), built between 1697 and 1704, Monument historique
  • Lavoir , Monument historique
  • Château de Laneuville , originally from the 17th century, rebuilt in the 19th century

Economy and Infrastructure

In the municipality of Laneuville-sur-Meuse there are eleven farms (dairy farming, horse and cattle breeding).

The trunk road from Vouziers via Stenay to Montmédy runs through Laneuville-sur-Meuse as part of the connection from Reims to Luxembourg . Other roads connect Laneuville with the neighboring communities of Cesse , Wiseppe and Beaumont-en-Argonne .

literature

  • Le Patrimoine des Communes de la Meuse. Flohic Editions, Volume 2, Paris 1999, ISBN 2-84234-074-4 , pp. 948-950.

supporting documents

  1. ↑ Laneuville-sur-Meuse on cassini.ehess.fr
  2. ↑ Laneuville-sur-Meuse on insee.fr
  3. ↑ Entry in the Base Mérimée of the Ministry of Culture (French)
  4. ↑ Entry in the Base Mérimée of the Ministry of Culture (French)
  5. ↑ Farms on annuaire-mairie.fr (French)

Web links

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