Montsaugeon
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| local community | Le Montsaugeonnais | |
| region | Grand Est | |
| Department | Haute-Marne | |
| Arrondissement | Langres | |
| Coordinates | 47 ° 40 ′ N , 5 ° 19 ′ E | |
| Post Code | 52190 | |
| Former INSEE code | 52340 | |
| Incorporation | January 1, 2016 | |
Montsaugeon was an independent French commune with 78 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2013) in the Haute-Marne department in the Grand Est region .
With effect from January 1, 2016, the municipalities of Montsaugeon , Prauthoy and Vaux-sous-Aubigny were merged into a commune nouvelle called Le Montsaugeonnais .
geography
Montsaugeon is located on a hill called La Butte in the southeast of the Champagne-Ardenne region, 43 kilometers northeast of Dijon and 25 kilometers south of Langres .
history
During excavations in the 19th century, flint artifacts from the Neolithic Age (5500 to 4500 BC) were found. On the road to Prauthoy there are two barrows with tombs from the end of the Bronze Age (2200 to 1200 BC) and from the Gallo-Roman period (52 BC to 486). In addition, Montsaugeon was on a Roman road ( VR11 ) that led from Langres (Ademantunnum) via Til-Châtel (Tilena) to Chalon-sur-Saône (Cabillonum). A Roman milestone 2 meters high with the inscription "Langres in 12000 feet " stood on the D974 in the municipality until 1918 . It was destroyed by American troops during the First World War .
Montsaugeon was first mentioned in a document in 870.
Attractions
The Montsaugeon market hall was built in 1762 according to the plans of the architect Claude-Louis d'Aviler. It consists of four galleries that form a peristyle around an atrium . It was entered in the supplementary directory of the Monuments historiques in 1996.
The church de la Nativité de la Vierge (the birth of the mother of Jesus ) was built in the 12th century and entered in the supplementary directory of the Monuments historiques in 1926. The choir was added in the 13th century.
economy
Important occupations of the Montsaugeonnais (residents) are viticulture , agriculture and the breeding of domestic cattle .
Individual evidence
- ^ Itinéraires romains en France (French) Retrieved December 19, 2009
- ↑ Montsaugeon in Base Mérimée (French). Accessed December 19, 2009