Ronvaux

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Ronvaux
Ronvaux Coat of Arms
Ronvaux (France)
Ronvaux
region Grand Est
Department Meuse
Arrondissement Verdun
Canton Etain
Community association Territoire de Fresnes-en-Woëvre
Coordinates 49 ° 8 '  N , 5 ° 33'  E Coordinates: 49 ° 8 '  N , 5 ° 33'  E
height 217-362 m
surface 2.63 km 2
Residents 88 (January 1, 2017)
Population density 33 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code 55160
INSEE code 55439

Town hall ( Mairie ) and school of Ronvaux

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Ronvaux is a French commune with 88 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 , the canton Étain (until 2015: canton Fresnes-en-Woëvre ) and the municipality association Territoire de Fresnes-en-Woëvre

geography

The municipality is located in the Lorraine Regional Nature Park, founded in 1974 . Ronvaux is surrounded by the neighboring municipalities of Watronville in the north, Manheulles in the east and Haudiomont in the south and west.

Population development

year 1962 1968 1975 1982 1990 1999 2006 2011 2017
Residents 100 61 60 69 75 83 86 95 88
Source: Cassini and INSEE

Attractions

  • Church of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin (Église de l'Assomption-de-la-Sainte-Vierge), built in 1781, destroyed in World War I and rebuilt in 1928
  • Memorial to the dead of the First World War

  • Church of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin

  • Memorial to the war dead at Ronvaux

literature

  • Le Patrimoine des Communes de la Meuse. Flohic Editions, Volume 1, Paris 1999, ISBN 2-84234-074-4 , pp. 458-460.

Web links

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