Lemmes

Lemmes
region	Grand Est
Department	Meuse
Arrondissement	Verdun
Canton	Dieue-sur-Meuse
Community association	Val de Meuse-Voie Sacrée
Coordinates	49 ° 4 ′  N , 5 ° 17 ′  E Coordinates: 49 ° 4 ′  N , 5 ° 17 ′  E
height	238-320 m
surface	11.05 km 2
Residents	249 (January 1, 2017)
Population density	23 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code	55220
INSEE code	55286

Lemmes is a French commune with 249 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) in the Meuse department in the Grand Est region (before 2016 Lorraine ). It belongs to the Arrondissement of Verdun and the canton of Dieue-sur-Meuse (until 2015 Souilly ).

geography

Lemmes is located about twelve kilometers south-southwest of the city center of Verdun on the upper reaches of the Vadelaincourt river . Lemmes is surrounded by the neighboring communities of Landrecourt-Lempire in the north and northeast, Senoncourt-les-Maujouy in the east, Souilly in the south and southeast, Osches in the southwest, Vadelaincourt in the west and Les Souhesmes-Rampont in the west and northwest.

Population development

year	1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2006	2013
Residents	107	108	275	137	159	187	228	235
Source: Cassini and INSEE

Attractions

• Saint-Laurent church from the 18th and 19th centuries century

Saint Laurent Church

literature

• Le Patrimoine des Communes de la Meuse. Flohic Editions, Volume 2, Paris 1999, ISBN 2-84234-074-4 , pp. 888-889.

Web links

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