Parnoy-en-Bassigny
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| region | Grand Est | |
| Department | Haute-Marne | |
| Arrondissement | Langres | |
| Canton | Bourbonne-les-Bains | |
| Community association | Pays de Chalindrey, de Vannier Amance et de la Région de Bourbonne-les-Bains | |
| Coordinates | 48 ° 0 ′ N , 5 ° 39 ′ E | |
| height | 279-451 m | |
| surface | 40.75 km 2 | |
| Residents | 299 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 7 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 52400 | |
| INSEE code | 52377 | |
 Chapel of Sainte-Ursule of the Abbey of Morimond |
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Parnoy-en-Bassigny is a French commune with 299 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) in the Haute-Marne department in the Grand Est region ; it belongs to the Arrondissement of Langres .
geography
Parnoy-en-Bassigny is located around 40 kilometers east-southeast of the city of Chaumont in the southeast of the Haute-Marne department.
history
The mechanization of agriculture led to heavy emigration in the late 19th and 20th centuries. Parnoy-en-Bassigny part of the Bailliage de Langres within the royal province of Champagne . The place belonged from 1793 to 1801 to the District Bourbonne. Also from 1793 to 1801 to the canton of Parnot and from 1801 to the canton of Bourbonne-les-Bains . The municipality of Morimont was incorporated between 1790 and 1794, and in 1973 the municipality of Fresnoy-en-Bassigny (1968: 216 inhabitants). Until 1973 the municipality was called Parnot . Since then the current name.
Population development
| year | 1793 | 1846 | 1866 | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2012 |
| Residents | 715 | 880 | 823 | 298 | 248 | 388 | 352 | 338 | 310 | 315 | 299 |
| Sources: Cassini and INSEE | |||||||||||
Attractions
- Castle Château de Fresnoy 18th century
- Notre-Dame-de-la-Nativité village church in Parnot (built 1776)
- Notre-Dame-de-la-Nativité village church in Fresnoy-en-Bassigny (16th century; sacristy 18th century)
- former Morimond abbey with Sainte-Ursule chapel
- Notre-Dame des Ruaux chapel
- Wegkreuz Croix du Grand Patis
- other wayside crosses in Fresnoy and Parnot
