Liny-devant-Dun

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Liny-devant-Dun
Coat of arms of Liny-devant-Dun
Liny-devant-Dun (France)
Liny-devant-Dun
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 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

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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

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