Nançois-sur-Ornain

Nançois-sur-Ornain
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 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
	; View of Nançois-sur-Ornain

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

Town hall (Mairie) of Nançois-sur-Ornain
Saint-Remi village church
Statue of the Black Madonna
crossroads
Partial view of the village
Memorial to the Fallen
Nançois-Tronville train station

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

Commons : Nançois-sur-Ornain - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

[1] Name forms of the community

[2] Memorial to the Fallen