Marchéville-en-Woëvre

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Marchéville-en-Woëvre
Marchéville-en-Woëvre (France)
Marchéville-en-Woëvre
region Grand Est
Department Meuse
Arrondissement Verdun
Canton Etain
Community association Territoire de Fresnes-en-Woëvre
Coordinates 49 ° 5 '  N , 5 ° 45'  E Coordinates: 49 ° 5 '  N , 5 ° 45'  E
height 207-225 m
surface 5.63 km 2
Residents 68 (January 1, 2017)
Population density 12 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code 55160
INSEE code 55320

Marchéville-en-Woëvre is a French commune with 68 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) in the Meuse department in the Grand Est region (until 2015: Lorraine ). The municipality belongs to the arrondissement of Verdun , the canton of Étain (until 2015: canton Fresnes-en-Woëvre ) and the Territoire de Fresnes-en-Woëvre, founded in 1996 .

geography

The municipality is located around 23 kilometers southeast of Verdun in the Woëvre region . Marchéville-en-Woëvre is surrounded by the neighboring communities of Riaville in the north-west, Maizeray in the north-east, Harville in the east, Saint-Hilaire-en-Woëvre in the south-east and Saulx-lès-Champlon in the south-west.

history

The village is located on a former Gallo-Roman site. The name of the village Marchéville is derived from the word Marchia , which means border. There were three consecutive churches in Marchéville, the first of which was built in the 12th century. It was burned down in 1591 during the Huguenot Wars . The second church was badly damaged by the Swedish army during the Thirty Years' War in 1639 and destroyed in the First World War.

Population development

year 1962 1968 1975 1982 1990 1999 2006 2013 2016
Residents 73 78 66 67 70 65 74 79 69
Source: Cassini and INSEE

Attractions

  • Saint-Pierre church

  • Memorial stele for Louis Pergaud

Personalities

literature

  • Le Patrimoine des Communes de la Meuse. Flohic Editions, Volume 1, Paris 1999, ISBN 2-84234-074-4 , pp. 452-453.

Web links

Commons : Marchéville-en-Woëvre  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Marchéville-en-Woëvre. In: codecom-fresnes.com. Communauté de Communes du Territoire de Fresnes-en-Woëvre, accessed on July 6, 2019 (French).