Marville

Marville
region	Grand Est
Department	Meuse
Arrondissement	Verdun
Canton	Montmédy
Community association	Pays de Montmédy
Coordinates	49 ° 27 ' N , 5 ° 27' E Coordinates: 49 ° 27 ' N , 5 ° 27' E
height	197-313 m
surface	19.55 km 2
Residents	504 (January 1, 2017)
Population density	26 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code	55600
INSEE code	55324
	; Mairie Marville

Marville is a French commune with 504 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) in the Meuse department in the Grand Est region (until 2015 Lorraine ). It belongs to the Arrondissement of Verdun and the Pays de Montmédy municipal association founded in 1999 .

geography

Marville is located at 217 m above sea level, about ten kilometers south-east of the small town of Montmédy and about eleven kilometers west of the city of Longuyon in northwest Lorraine. The border with Belgium is about five kilometers north of Marville.

The 19.55 km² large municipal area includes a section of the Othaintal and the plateau between Othain and Loison , which can be counted as part of the southeastern foreland of the Ardennes . The river Othain, which marks the border between the departments of Meuse and Meurthe-et-Moselle in the Marville area , has cut 20 to 40 meters into the terrain. The Marville settlement was built on a spur at the confluence of the Ruisseau du Crédon in the Othain, sloping steeply 20 to 30 meters on three sides.

At the northern boundary of Flavigny, which partly follows an old Roman road, the highest point is reached at 313 m above sea level. The west of the municipality is less structured. This is where the Marville-Montmédy airfield is located ( Base aérienne de Marville-Montmédy ), which was used by the Royal Canadian Air Force from 1953 to 1967 and partly by the French Air Force until 2002 .

Fields and grassland determine large parts of the community area. The steep slopes on the river banks are mostly forested. A larger forest area can be found in the south ( Bois de Marville ).

The hamlets and farms of Maljouy, Choppey and Le Crédon belong to Marville .

Neighboring municipalities of Marville are Flassigny in the north, Villers-le-Rond in the north-east, Saint-Jean-lès-Longuyon in the east, Grand-Failly and Rupt-sur-Othain in the south-east, Delut in the south-west, Remoiville in the west and Iré-le- Sec to the northwest.

history

Archaeological finds in the area around Marville testify to a Celtic culture in the 5th century BC. At the beginning of the era, the area around Marville belonged to Roman Gaul between the cities of Virodunum ( Verdun ) and Orolanum ( Arlon ) in Belgium. In the Middle Ages, the area was part of Lorraine, since the peace treaty between France and Spain ( Peace in the Pyrenees in 1659), Marville has belonged to France.

In the late 12th century, the Count of Bar Theobald I built a fortress in Marville. The city that grew up around the fortress enjoyed privileges in the areas of trade, economy and justice.

With the marriage of Count Theobald to Ermesinde II of Luxembourg , daughter of Henry the Blind , Marville also came into the possession of the County of Luxembourg in 1197. The turmoil of the following centuries was not unfavorable due to belonging to the dominions of Bar and Luxemburg and the resulting neutrality in conflicts. Especially after the sale of the county of Luxembourg to Philip III. of Burgundy Marville flourished in 1441, which can be seen in the Renaissance buildings from the 16th and early 17th centuries that are still preserved today.

Renaissance style houses

Saint-Nicolas church

The expansion of the fortress in nearby and strategically important Montmédy by King Louis XIV also happened at the expense of the Marville fortress, which has now been demolished. Marville's importance was now gradually waning.

During the First World War, Marville was a few kilometers behind the German lines after an initial stabilization of the front, but it also suffered from bombing.

After the Second World War and until France left NATO, Marville was one of the Canadian Forces Network locations, the broadcasting service for Canadian military personnel stationed in Europe .

Population development

year	1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2007	2017
Residents	549	550	494	551	518	532	585	504
Sources: Cassini and INSEE

Attractions

The small community of Marville has 18 objects that have been classified as Monument historique or included in the additional directory of the Base Mérimée . These include:

the ensemble of the upper town with some Renaissance houses
the Saint-Nicolas church with an organ from 2010
the Saint-Hilaire chapel on a prominent hill northwest of the town center with an ossuary ( Ossuaire Saint-Hilaire )

Saint Hilaire Chapel

Ossuary

Economy and Infrastructure

The main occupation in Marville is tourism. Tour groups mainly visit the old town and the ossuary at the Saint-Hilaire chapel. A new tourist focus is the small reservoir on the Othain ( Plan d'eau de l'Othain ), where a campsite with an attached riding stables is located and which is to be expanded into a water sports center.

Eleven farms are located in the community (grain cultivation, poultry farming).

On the site of the former NATO airfield Marville-Montmédy ( Base aérienne de Marville-Montmédy ) a commercial area ( Zone industrial de Marville ) was established.

The trunk road from Longuyon via Montmédy to Sedan runs through Marville as part of the European route 44 (Koblenz-Luxembourg-Le Havre). Other roads connect the village with Flassigny, Rupt-sur-Othain and Delut. The nearest train stations are in Longuyon and Montmédy on the Lille - Thionville line .