Thiaucourt-Regniéville
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| region | Grand Est | |
| Department | Meurthe-et-Moselle | |
| Arrondissement | Toul | |
| Canton | Le North Toulois | |
| Community association | Mad et Moselle | |
| Coordinates | 48 ° 57 ' N , 5 ° 52' E | |
| height | 202-347 m | |
| surface | 19.01 km 2 | |
| Residents | 1,132 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 60 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 54470 | |
| INSEE code | 54518 | |
 Chapel in the lost village of Regniéville |
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Thiaucourt-Regniéville is a French commune with 1,132 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) in the Meurthe-et-Moselle department in the Grand Est region (until 2015 Lorraine ). It is the capital of the canton of Le Nord-Toulois (until 2015: Thiaucourt-Regniéville ) in the arrondissement of Toul .
geography
Thiaucourt-Regniéville is located in the valley of the left-hand Moselle tributary Rupt de Mad , about 30 kilometers southwest of Metz , halfway between Metz and Commercy . The TGV line from Lorraine to Paris crosses the river valley between Thiaucourt and neighboring Jaulny on the highest bridge on the route. A few kilometers to the west is the Lac de Madine . The municipality is located in the Lorraine Regional Nature Park . The municipality consists of the two separate parts Thiaucourt and Regniéville. Between them lies the municipality of Viéville-en-Haye .
history
Thiaucourt was founded by a Franconian named Theobald at the time of the Merovingians . The name "Theobaldi-curtis" ( Theobalds Hof ) changed over time to Thiaucourt.
In 761 the place belonged to the monastery of Gorze . After several changes of ownership, it belonged to the Count of Bar in 1279 . Thiaucourt achieved prosperity through the use of the dense Woëvre forests (known since 1285) and the cultivation of wine (first mentioned in 1178).
In 1393, Duke Robert de Bar raised his vassal Vivien de Thiaucourt to the nobility. In 1580 the duchy transferred the regional jurisdiction from Lachaussée to Thiaucourt. Later Thiaucourt also took over other privileges from Lachaussée: 1661 the seat of the Prévôt ( Vogt ), 1751 the seat of the Bailliage ( Bellistum ).
The place and castle were devastated several times. The population was decimated by the plague (1348) and the Thirty Years War (1618-1648). During the First World War, Thiaucourt also suffered from the vicinity of great carnage, such as the Battle of Verdun . With 35,000 graves of soldiers of various nationalities, Thiaucourt is one of the largest military cemeteries in France.
The current district of Regnièville is reminiscent of the village of the same name, which was completely destroyed in the First World War. Thiaucourt changed its name to Thiaucourt-Regniéville on March 27, 1961.
Population development
| year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2007 | 2017 |
| Residents | 1054 | 1093 | 1078 | 1106 | 1054 | 1039 | 1183 | 1132 |
Worth seeing
- Saint-Remy church
- World War I American military cemetery
- German military cemetery from 1870 and 1914–1918
Saint-Remy church
TGV viaduct over the Rupt de Mad
Personalities
- Henry Poulet (1874–1941), politician (including Head of Cabinet of the President of the Republic), author, born in Thiaucourt
literature
- Édouard Becus: Le Canton de Thiaucourt: histoire, situation agricole et vinicole, notices biographiques de ses hommes marquants , Paris, Res universis, 1993 (Fac-sim. De "Thiaucourt", Nancy: A. Voirin, 1892)
- Abbé Joseph Marange: Thiaucourt et ses habitants au cours de l'histoire , Thiaucourt, 1968, 231 p.
- Henry Poulet: Les Habitants d'une petite ville lorraine au XVIIIe [Thiaucourt] , Le Pays lorrain (Nancy), 1907
