Ménil-aux-Bois

Ménil-aux-Bois
region	Grand Est
Department	Meuse
Arrondissement	Commercy
Canton	Dieue-sur-Meuse
Community association	Sammiellois
Coordinates	48 ° 48 ' N , 5 ° 27' E Coordinates: 48 ° 48 ' N , 5 ° 27' E
height	256-357 m
surface	6.71 km 2
Residents	42 (January 1, 2017)
Population density	6 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code	55260
INSEE code	55333
	; Partial view of the village

Ménil-aux-Bois is a French commune with 42 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) in the Meuse department in the Grand Est region (before 2016 Lorraine ). It belongs to the Arrondissement Commercy and the canton Dieue-sur-Meuse (until 2015 the canton Pierrefitte-sur-Aire ).

geography

The municipality is located about 21 kilometers east-northeast of Bar-le-Duc in the center of the Meuse department between Aire and Maas . The municipality consists only of the place Ménil-aux-Bois. Large parts of the community are forested. The most important forest areas are named Bois Defoy and La Belle Étoile . Neighboring municipalities are Courcelles-en-Barrois in the north, Sampigny in the east, Grimaucourt-près-Sampigny in the south-east, Cousances-lès-Triconville in the south, Dagonville in the south-west and west, and Lignières-sur-Aire in the west and north-west.

history

The name of today's parish was first mentioned in a document in 1571 under the name Le Manel . In the Middle Ages the community belonged to the Duchy of Bar and then to the Duchy of Lorraine . More precisely to the office ( Bailliage ) Commercy. With this rule Ménil-aux-Bois fell to France in 1766. Until the French Revolution , the community was in the Grand-gouvernement de Lorraine-et-Barrois . From 1793 to 1801 the municipality was assigned to the Saint-Mihiel district and part of the canton of Sampigny. And from 1801 to 2015 part of the canton of Pierrefitte-sur-Aire. Since 1801 Ménil-aux-Bois has been assigned to the Arrondissement of Commercy.

Population development

year	1793	1821	1856	1906	1911	1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2006	2011	2016
Residents	178	232	232	127	89	57	45	29	30th	39	40	39	44	42
Source: Cassini (censuses up to 1999) and INSEE (official estimates as of January 1 from 2006)