Nixéville-Blercourt

Nixéville-Blercourt
region	Grand Est
Department	Meuse
Arrondissement	Verdun
Canton	Dieue-sur-Meuse
Community association	Val de Meuse-Voie Sacrée
Coordinates	49 ° 7 ' N , 5 ° 17' E Coordinates: 49 ° 7 ' N , 5 ° 17' E
height	220-347 m
surface	19.54 km 2
Residents	494 (January 1, 2017)
Population density	25 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code	55120
INSEE code	55385
	; Town hall (Mairie) of Nixéville-Blercourt

Nixéville-Blercourt is a French commune with 494 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) in the Meuse department in the Grand Est region (before 2016 Lorraine ). It belongs to the Arrondissement of Verdun and the canton of Dieue-sur-Meuse (until 2015 Souilly ).

geography

Nixéville-Blercourt is about nine kilometers southwest of the city center of Verdun . Nixéville-Blercourt is surrounded by the neighboring communities of Sivry-la-Perche in the north, Verdun in the northeast, Landrecourt-Lempire in the east, Les Souhesmes-Rampont in the south, Brocourt-en-Argonne in the west and Jouy-en-Argonne in the northwest.

1973 the localities of Nixéville and Blercourt were merged to form today's municipality.

Saint-Léger church in Nixéville, originally from the 12th century, rebuilt in 1825
Saint-Pierre-ès-Liens church in Blercourt from 1740
Military cemetery

Le Patrimoine des Communes de la Meuse. Flohic Editions, Volume 2, Paris 1999, ISBN 2-84234-074-4 , pp. 891-892.

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