Osches
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| region | Grand Est | |
| Department | Meuse | |
| Arrondissement | Verdun | |
| Canton | Dieue-sur-Meuse | |
| Community association | Meuse-Voie Sacrée | |
| Coordinates | 49 ° 3 ' N , 5 ° 15' E | |
| height | 266–336 m | |
| surface | 9.14 km 2 | |
| Residents | 55 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 6 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 55220 | |
| INSEE code | 55395 | |
Osches is a French commune with 55 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) in the Meuse department in the Grand Est region (before 2016: Lorraine ). The municipality belongs to the arrondissement of Verdun and the canton of Dieue-sur-Meuse (until 2015: canton of Souilly ).
geography
Osches is located about 16 kilometers southwest of Verdun . Osches is surrounded by the neighboring communities of Vadelaincourt in the north, Lemmes in the northeast, Souilly in the south and east and Ippécourt in the west.
history
Osches formed together with Lemmes , Senoncourt-les-Maujouy and Vadelaincourt from 1973 to 1984 the municipality of Les Quatre-Vents .
Population development
| year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2011 | 2016 |
| Residents | 52 | 50 | (31) | 41 | 45 | 44 | 90 | 97 | 54 |
| Source: Cassini and INSEE | |||||||||
Attractions
- Saint-Martin church from the 18th century
literature
- Le Patrimoine des Communes de la Meuse. Flohic Editions, Volume 2, Paris 1999, ISBN 2-84234-074-4 , pp. 893-894.
Web links
Commons : Osches - collection of images, videos and audio files
