Liny-devant-Dun
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region | Grand Est | |
Department | Meuse | |
Arrondissement | Verdun | |
Canton | Stenay | |
Community association | Pays de Stenay et du Val Dunois | |
Coordinates | 49 ° 21 ' N , 5 ° 12' E | |
height | 172-282 m | |
surface | 10.9 km 2 | |
Residents | 190 (January 1, 2017) | |
Population density | 17 inhabitants / km 2 | |
Post Code | 55110 | |
INSEE code | 55292 |
Liny-devant-Dun is a French commune with 190 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) in the Meuse department in the Grand Est region (before 2016: Lorraine ). The municipality belongs to the arrondissement of Verdun and the canton of Stenay (until 2015: canton of Dun-sur-Meuse ).
geography
Liny-devant-Dun is about 30 kilometers north-north-west of Verdun on the Meuse (French: Meuse ). Liny-devant-Dun is surrounded by the neighboring municipalities of Dun-sur-Meuse in the north, Fontaines-Saint-Clair in the northeast, Vilosnes-Haraumont in the south and east, Brieulles-sur-Meuse in the south and west and Cléry-le-Petit in the Northwest.
Population development
year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2011 | 2016 |
Residents | 237 | 241 | 201 | 199 | 148 | 181 | 167 | 190 | 191 |
Source: Cassini and INSEE |
Attractions
- Saint-Julien church from the 12th century, monument historique since 1921
- Notre-Dame-du-Salut chapel from the 18th century
- Saint-Lié chapel
- German military cemetery
literature
- Le Patrimoine des Communes de la Meuse. Flohic Editions, Volume 1, Paris 1999, ISBN 2-84234-074-4 , pp. 358-361.
Web links
Commons : Liny-devant-Dun - collection of pictures, videos and audio files