Pulney
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| region | Grand Est | |
| Department | Meurthe-et-Moselle | |
| Arrondissement | Toul | |
| Canton | My au Saintois | |
| Community association | Pays de Colombey et du Sud Toulois | |
| Coordinates | 48 ° 24 ' N , 6 ° 2' E | |
| height | 319-510 m | |
| surface | 4.40 km 2 | |
| Residents | 59 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 13 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 54115 | |
| INSEE code | 54438 | |
Pulney is a French commune with 59 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) in the Meurthe-et-Moselle department in the Grand Est region (until 2015 Lorraine ). It belongs to the arrondissement of Toul and the canton of Meine au Saintois ( canton Colombey-les-Belles until 2015 ).
geography
Pulney is about 33 kilometers southeast of Toul and about 35 kilometers southwest of Nancy . The neighboring municipalities of Pulney are Dommarie-Eulmont in the north, They-sous-Vaudemont in the northeast, Gugney in the east, Fraisnes-en-Saintois in the southeast, Courcelles in the south, Grimonviller in the west and Fécocourt in the northwest. Several forest areas cover parts to the south and east of the municipality. The Brénon River crosses the municipality in a northerly direction.
history
The name of today's parish was first mentioned in a document in 1332 in the forms Purnez and Purnelz . In the Middle Ages the community belonged to the territory of the Duchy of Lorraine . More precisely to the office ( Bailliage ) Vézelise. With this rule, Pulney fell to France in 1766. Until the French Revolution , the community was in the Grand-gouvernement de Lorraine-et-Barrois . From 1793 to 1801 the municipality was assigned to the district of Vézelise and part of the canton of Vandeléville, then from 1801 to 2015 part of the canton of Colombey-les-Belles. With the exception of the years 1926 to 1943, when it belonged to the Arrondissement of Nancy, Pulney has been assigned to the Arrondissement of Toul since 1801. Until 1871, the community was in the old Meurt (h) e. Since then it has been part of the Meurthe-et-Moselle department .
Population development
| year | 1793 | 1831 | 1906 | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2015 |
| Residents | 285 | 337 | 200 | 106 | 81 | 70 | 59 | 59 | 49 | 63 | 59 |
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Attractions
- Church Église de la Nativité-de-la-Vierge from the 18th century
- Notre-Dame-de-Bonne-Espérance chapel from the 19th century
- Memorial to the Fallen
- former lavoir (wash house)
- a wayside cross on the D128 south of the village
