Nicey-sur-Aire

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Nicey-sur-Aire
Nicey-sur-Aire coat of arms
Nicey-sur-Aire (France)
Nicey-sur-Aire
region Grand Est
Department Meuse
Arrondissement Commercy
Canton Dieue-sur-Meuse
Community association Aire à l'Argonne
Coordinates 48 ° 53 '  N , 5 ° 20'  E Coordinates: 48 ° 53 '  N , 5 ° 20'  E
height 252-347 m
surface 11.01 km 2
Residents 123 (January 1, 2017)
Population density 11 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code 55260
INSEE code 55384

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Nicey-sur-Aire is a French commune with 123 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) in the Meuse department in the Grand Est region (before 2016 Lorraine ). It belongs to the Arrondissement Commercy and the canton Dieue-sur-Meuse (until 2015 the canton Pierrefitte-sur-Aire ).

geography

The municipality is located about 18 kilometers northeast of Bar-le-Duc in the center of the Meuse an der Aire department . The municipality consists of the towns of Latte and Nicey-sur-Aire. Large parts of the west and east of the municipality are forested. The most important forest areas are named Bois de la Dame and Bois de Habeyra . Neighboring municipalities are Pierrefitte-sur-Aire in the north, Fresnes-au-Mont in the northeast, Rupt-devant-Saint-Mihiel in the east, Ville-devant-Belrain in the south, Belrain in the southwest and Raival in the west.

history

The name of today's parish was first mentioned in a document in 1204 under the Latin name Niceium . In the Middle Ages the community belonged to the Duchy of Bar and then to the Duchy of Lorraine . More precisely to the Amt ( Bailliage ) Bar. With this rule Nicey-sur-Aire fell to France in 1766. Until the French Revolution , the community was in the Grand-gouvernement de Lorraine-et-Barrois . From 1793 to 1801 the parish was assigned to the Saint-Mihiel district. And from 1793 to 2015 part of the canton of Pierrefitte-sur-Aire. Nicey-sur-Aire has been part of the Arrondissement of Commercy since 1801. Until 1919 the municipality was called Nicey .

Population development

year 1793 1821 1851 1896 1921 1962 1968 1975 1982 1990 1999 2006 2011 2016
Residents 395 413 388 197 191 125 124 110 109 119 118 112 103 123
Source: Cassini (censuses up to 1999) and INSEE (official estimates as of January 1 from 2006)

Attractions

  • Village church Nativité de la Vierge
  • Memorial plaque for the fallen
  • Four wayside crosses; A wayside cross each southwest and east of the village, a wayside cross in Latte and the Croix Camorin in the forest area in the east of the municipality
  • Three former lavoirs (wash houses)
  • Vents des Forêts ; Wooden works of art in Nicey-sur-Aire and neighboring communities

literature

  • Le Patrimoine des Communes de la Meuse. Flohic Editions, Volume 2, Paris 1999, ISBN 2-84234-074-4 , pp. 752-753.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Name forms of the community
  2. ↑ Information on the population development and the political affiliation of the municipality
  3. ↑ Population 2006, 2011 and 2016
  4. ↑ Memorial plaque for the fallen

Web links

Commons : Nicey-sur-Aire  - Collection of images, videos and audio files