Morgemoulin

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Morgemoulin
Morgemoulin (France)
Morgemoulin
region Grand Est
Department Meuse
Arrondissement Verdun
Canton Bouligny
Community association Pays d'Étain
Coordinates 49 ° 14 '  N , 5 ° 35'  E Coordinates: 49 ° 14 '  N , 5 ° 35'  E
height 205-227 m
surface 6.85 km 2
Residents 111 (January 1, 2017)
Population density 16 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code 55400
INSEE code 55357

Morgemoulin is a French commune with 111 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) in the Meuse department in the Grand Est region (until 2015 Lorraine ).

geography

The village Morgemoulin between Étain and Verdun .

history

The name of the village comes from the French word moulin , which means mill , and from the family name Morge , because the mill belonged to this family in 1610. The mill was destroyed in the First World War and then rebuilt.

Population development

year 1962 1968 1975 1982 1990 1999 2007
Residents 77 105 109 94 75 95 102

Attractions

The Church of St. Christopher (French L'église Saint-Christophe ), which replaces the destroyed church from 1852, was built in 1927.

The wrought iron memorial cross (in French Croix du Souvenir en fer forgé ) commemorates the victims who had to be buried in a hurry in the cemetery during the First World War. This cross towers over the graves. The stained glass window , created by Joseph Benoît in 1927, is a gift to the Church to remember the difficulties that the population had to face when they returned home after the First World War.

literature

  • Le Patrimoine des Communes de la Meuse. Flohic Editions, Volume 1, Paris 1999, ISBN 2-84234-074-4 , pp. 412-413.

Web links

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