Nançois-sur-Ornain
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region | Grand Est | |
Department | Meuse | |
Arrondissement | Bar-le-Duc | |
Canton | Vaucouleurs | |
Community association | Bar-le-Duc Sud Meuse | |
Coordinates | 48 ° 43 ' N , 5 ° 18' E | |
height | 212-364 m | |
surface | 7.98 km 2 | |
Residents | 384 (January 1, 2017) | |
Population density | 48 inhabitants / km 2 | |
Post Code | 55500 | |
INSEE code | 55372 | |
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Nançois-sur-Ornain is a French commune with 384 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) in the Meuse department in the Grand Est region (until 2015 Lorraine ); it belongs to the District Bar-le-Duc and the Association of Municipalities Bar-le-Duc Meuse Sud . The municipality was part of the canton of Ligny-en-Barrois until 2015 . The residents call themselves Nançoisiens / Nançoisiennes.
geography
Nançois-sur-Ornain is located around 12 kilometers southeast of the city of Bar-le-Duc in the south of the Meuse department. The place is on the Ornain . Large parts of the municipality are forested (Bois de la Hoche and Bois de Nançois-le-Petit).
Neighboring municipalities are Salmagne in the north, Erneville-aux-Bois in the northeast, Willeroncourt in the east, Velaines in the south and Tronville-en-Barrois in the west and northwest.
history
Like all parishes in the area, the parish suffered from conflict in the Middle Ages. The worst devastation was caused by the Hundred Years War and the Thirty Years War . The name of today's municipality was first mentioned in a document in the 7th century under the Latin name Nasitum in pago Ardornensi . In the Middle Ages, the community belonged to the Barrois mouvant and was part of the Champagne . More precisely to the County of Ligny in the Bailliage Bar. Nançois-sur-Ornain belonged to the District of Bar-sur-Ornain (today Bar-le-Duc) from 1793 to 1801. From 1793 to 2015 it was part of the canton of Ligny-en-Barrois . The municipality has been assigned to the Arrondissement of Bar-sur-Ornain (today Bar-le-Duc) since 1801. Until 1935 the municipality was named Nançois or Nançois-le-Petit.
Population development
Thanks to its proximity to the small town of Bar-le-Duc and its good transport connections, the rural exodus is not as pronounced as in many small communities in France. The population has nevertheless shrunk by 28.3 percent from its peak in 1851 to the present day.
year | 1793 | 1851 | 1931 | 1946 | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2011 | 2016 |
Residents | 496 | 538 | 489 | 367 | 412 | 400 | 472 | 454 | 445 | 421 | 375 | 388 | 386 |
Sources: Cassini and INSEE |
Attractions
- Saint-Remi village church
- Statue of the Black Madonna (Vierge noire); officially Notre-Dame-de-Châtillon
- Memorial to the Fallen
- several wayside crosses around the village
- Wash house ( Lavoir ) on the Malval river
traffic
The community is located a few kilometers north of Route nationale 4 with the next connection in Ligny-en-Barrois. The N135, which runs past the western municipal border, is important for regional traffic.
On the territory of the neighboring municipality of Tronville-en-Barrois, the Nançois-Tronville station is on the Nancy-Bar-le-Duc railway, which is served by the TER Lorraine .
literature
- Le Patrimoine des Communes de la Meuse. Flohic Editions, Volume 1, Paris 1999, ISBN 2-84234-074-4 , pp. 540-541.
Web links
- Nançois-sur-Ornain on the IGN side
- Saint-Remi village church
- Location of the place and brief information