Ormoy-lès-Sexfontaines

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Ormoy-lès-Sexfontaines
Ormoy-lès-Sexfontaines (France)
Ormoy-lès-Sexfontaines
region Grand Est
Department Haute-Marne
Arrondissement Chaumont
Canton Bologne
Community association Chaumont, Bassin Nogentais et Bassin de Bologne Vignory Froncles
Coordinates 48 ° 13 '  N , 5 ° 5'  E Coordinates: 48 ° 13 '  N , 5 ° 5'  E
height 274-368 m
surface 5.53 km 2
Residents 43 (January 1, 2017)
Population density 8 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code 52310
INSEE code

Entrance

Ormoy-lès-Sexfontaines is a French commune with 43 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) in the Haute-Marne department in the Grand Est region (until 2015 Champagne-Ardenne ). It belongs to the Arrondissement Chaumont and the municipality association Chaumont, Bassin Nogentais et Bassin de Bologne Vignory Froncles .

The name affix -lès-Sexfontaines (near Sexfontaines ) was given to the community in 1801 to better distinguish it from several other communities of the same name .

geography

View of Ormoy-lès-Sexfontaines

The municipality is located between the Barrois landscapes in the north and the Langres plateau in the south, around 15 kilometers north of the departmental capital Chaumont . The 5.53 km² area of ​​the municipality is shaped by forest in the north (part of the 30 km² Forêt de l'Étoile ), in the south there is arable land. In the village of Ormoy, the small Marne tributary Ruisseau d'Oudincourt has its source in a stone spring .

Neighboring municipalities to Ormoy-lès-Sexfontaines (clockwise, starting from the north) are: Soncourt-sur-Marne , Oudincourt , Annéville-la-Prairie , Meures and Sexfontaines .

Residents

year 1962 1968 1975 1982 1990 1999 2007 2016
Residents 65 93 78 56 53 50 42 45
Sources: Cassini and INSEE

Attractions

  • Church of Our Lady and Her Birth ( Église Notre-Dame-en-sa-Nativité )
  • Fallen memorial
  • Floor cross

Economy and Infrastructure

Ormoy-lès-Sexfontaines is dominated by agriculture. Ten agricultural businesses are located in the municipality (grain cultivation, cattle breeding).

Ormoy-lès-Sexfontaines is connected by roads to the communes of Oudincourt , Annéville-la-Prairie and Sexfontaines . Six kilometers to the east there is a connection to the Route nationale 67, which is partially developed like a motorway . The train station in Bologne, eight kilometers away, is on the Blesme-Haussignémont-Chaumont railway line .

supporting documents

  1. ↑ toponym on cassini.ehess.fr
  2. Ormoy-lès-Sexfontaines on cassini-ehess-fr
  3. Ormoy-lès-Sexfontaines on insee.fr
  4. ↑ Farms on annuaire-mairie.fr (French)

Web links

Commons : Ormoy-lès-Sexfontaines  - collection of images