Les Monthairons

Les Monthairons
region	Grand Est
Department	Meuse
Arrondissement	Verdun
Canton	Dieue-sur-Meuse
Community association	Val de Meuse-Voie Sacrée
Coordinates	49 ° 3 '  N , 5 ° 25'  E Coordinates: 49 ° 3 '  N , 5 ° 25'  E
height	201-319 m
surface	12.22 km 2
Residents	374 (January 1, 2017)
Population density	31 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code	55320
INSEE code	55347
Website	http://www.communedesmonthairons.fr/accueil
Town Hall (Mairie) of Les Monthairons

Les Monthairons is a French commune with 374 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 ). The inhabitants are called Monthaironnais .

geography

Les Monthairons is about twelve kilometers south of the city center of Verdun on the Meuse (French: Meuse ). Les Monthairons is surrounded by the neighboring communities of Ancemont in the north, Dieue-sur-Meuse in the north-east, Génicourt-sur-Meuse in the east, Villers-sur-Meuse in the south, Récourt-le-Creux in the south and south-west and Souilly in the west and south-west .

Population development

year	1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2006	2013
Residents	447	433	360	408	367	388	361	389
Source: Cassini and INSEE

Attractions

• Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul church from 1827
• Les Monthairons castle with a chapel from the 18th century

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  Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul church

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  Les Monthairons Castle

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  chapel

literature

• Le Patrimoine des Communes de la Meuse. Flohic Editions, Volume 2, Paris 1999, ISBN 2-84234-074-4 , pp. 889-891.

Web links

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