Ourches-sur-Meuse

Ourches-sur-Meuse
region	Grand Est
Department	Meuse
Arrondissement	Commercy
Canton	Vaucouleurs
Community association	Commercy-Void-Vaucouleurs
Coordinates	48 ° 39 ′ N , 5 ° 41 ′ E Coordinates: 48 ° 39 ′ N , 5 ° 41 ′ E
height	240–334 m
surface	10.35 km 2
Residents	221 (January 1, 2017)
Population density	21 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code	55190
INSEE code	55396
	; Partial view of Ourches-sur-Meuse

Ourches-sur-Meuse is a French commune with 221 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) in the Meuse department in the Grand Est region (until 2015 Lorraine ); it belongs to the Arrondissement Commercy and the community association Communauté de communes de Commercy-Void-Vaucouleurs . Until 2015 the municipality belonged to the canton of Void-Vacon . The residents call themselves Orc (h) adiens / Orc (h) adiennes .

geography

Ourches-sur-Meuse is located around 14 kilometers west-southwest of the small town of Toul in the south of the Meuse department. The place is on the Meuse , which in parts forms the eastern municipal boundary. In contrast to many municipalities in the region, only small parts of the municipality are forested.

Neighboring communities are Pagny-sur-Meuse in the north-east and east, Saint-Germain-sur-Meuse in the south-east and south, Vaucouleurs in the south-west, Void-Vacon in the west and Troussey in the north-west.

history

The remains of a Roman fort and the remains of two Roman roads that crossed here are evidence of early settlement. 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 parish was first mentioned in a document in 884 under the Latin name Orcadæ . In the Middle Ages, today's community had two dominions until 1766. Part of Ourches-sur-Meuse was within the Champagne region and belonged to the Bailliage Chaumont. The other part to the Bailliage Toul in the Duchy of Lorraine . From 1766 until the French Revolution , the community was in the Grand-gouvernement de Lorraine-et-Barrois . Ourches-sur-Meuse belonged to the District of Commercy from 1793 to 1801. Also from 1793 to 2015 to the canton of Void-Vacon. The parish has been assigned to the Arrondissement of Commercy since 1801. Until 1919 the community was called Ourches (without today's addition).

Population development

The parish shares the fate of many rural parishes in France. In the first half of the 19th century there were only minor fluctuations in the population. The rural exodus began later than in other places in the region. From the high in 1836 to the low in 1990, the number of residents decreased by 72 percent. In the last few decades the population has grown again sharply (1990–2016: +33.7 percent).

year	1793	1836	1861	1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2006	2011	2016
Residents	547	583	540	203	207	190	169	163	168	191	198	218
Sources: Cassini and INSEE

Attractions

Remains of two Roman roads from Grand to Metz and from Naix-aux-Forges (Nasium) to Toul
Country seat, formerly a castle; oldest parts of the building from the 14th century
Saint-Martin village church

former watermill on Rue du Moulin

Memorial to the Fallen

five wayside crosses in the village or on the arterial roads

two wash houses (lavoirs)

Saint-Martin village church
Town hall (Mairie) of the municipality
Memorial to the Fallen
Bridge over the Meuse and the Meuse
former mill
a lavoir
Wayside cross at the bridge
Access to the former castle

traffic

The community is located on the D144. The nearby D964 and the northerly route nationale 4 with the next connection in the neighboring municipality of Pagny-sur-Meuse are the most important transport links for the municipality.

The closest train station is Pagny-sur-Meuse on the Paris – Strasbourg line , around five kilometers away.

literature

Le Patrimoine des Communes de la Meuse. Flohic Editions, Volume 2, Paris 1999, ISBN 2-84234-074-4 , pp. 1230-1232.

Web links

Commons : Ourches-sur-Meuse - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

[1] Name forms of the community

[2] Memorial to the Fallen