Rupt-aux-Nonains

Rupt-aux-Nonains
region	Grand Est
Department	Meuse
Arrondissement	Bar-le-Duc
Canton	Ancerville
Community association	Portes de Meuse
Coordinates	48 ° 40 ′  N , 5 ° 7 ′  E Coordinates: 48 ° 40 ′  N , 5 ° 7 ′  E
height	173-271 m
surface	20.40 km 2
Residents	371 (January 1, 2017)
Population density	18 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code	55170
INSEE code	55447
Mairie Rupt-aux-Nonains

Rupt-aux-Nonains is a French commune with 371 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) in the Meuse department in the Grand Est region (until 2015 Lorraine ). The municipality is part of the Bar-le-Duc arrondissement and the Portes de Meuse municipal association founded in 2016 .

geography

The Saulx in Rupt-aux-Nonains

The municipality of Rupt-aux-Nonains is located in the Barrois countryside on the Saulx River , about 16 kilometers south of Bar-le-Duc and 13 kilometers east-northeast of Saint-Dizier . The 20.4 square kilometer municipal area is characterized by the narrow Saulx valley and the partially wooded plateaus that rise north and south of the valley and tower over the river valley by 80 meters . The small Marne tributary Ornel rises in the forest area of Grand Bois de Rupt in the west of the municipality , which feeds several reservoirs used for fish farming ( Étang de la Carpière, Étang des Moines, Étangs Franchot ). The municipality includes the hamlets of La Houpette and Bayé, three kilometers southwest of the village of Rupt-aux-Nonains . Rupt-aux-Nonains is surrounded by the neighboring communities of Bazincourt-sur-Saulx in the north-east and east, Lavincourt in the south-east, Aulnois-en-Perthois in the south, Cousances-les-Forges and Ancerville in the south-west, Sommelonne in the west and Haironville in the north-west.

Place name

The place name appeared for the first time in 1136 in connection with a monastery Rivi ad Nonas , which was confirmed again in 1371 as Rus les Dames . Rivi and Rus as well as Rupt go back to the word ru = Bach . Thus the place on the brook [Saulx] was owned by a (Benedictine) nunnery. From its foundation in 1793 to 1801, the municipality was called Rupt-sur-Saux .

Population development

year	1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2007	2016
Residents	424	411	384	359	359	353	361	365
Sources: Cassini and INSEE

Attractions

• Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul church, monument historique since 1970
• Bridge over the Saulx from 1557, Monument historique since 1975
• Lookout point on Calvaire approx. 70 m above the village
• Lavoir
• crossroads
• Fallen memorial

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  Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul church

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  Bridge over the Saulx

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  Lavoir

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  crossroads

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  Fallen memorial

Economy and Infrastructure

There is a swimming pool, a post office and a few small shops in the community. Six farms are located in Rupt-aux-Nonains (grain cultivation, dairy farming).

The D 997 trunk road from Contrisson to Stainville runs through Rupt-aux-Nonains, which follows the Saulx Valley . In the south of the municipality, a section of the motorway-like route nationale 4 runs from Saint-Dizier to Toul with a junction and the “Barrois” rest area. The nearest train station is in the town of Saint-Dizier, 13 kilometers away, on the Blesme-Haussignémont-Chaumont railway line .

Personalities

The tomb of the inventor Charles-Louis-Félix Franchot (1809-1881) is located on the banks of one of the reservoirs named after him (Étangs Franchot) in the west of the municipality of Rupt-aux-Nonains.

literature

• Le Patrimoine des Communes de la Meuse. Flohic Editions, Volume 1, Paris 1999, ISBN 2-84234-074-4 , pp. 58-60.

supporting documents

1. ^ Albert Dauzat and Charles Rostaing : "Dictionnaire étymologique des noms de lieu en France, Librairie Guénégaud, Paris, 1989" ( ISBN 2-85023-076-6 )
2. ^ Abrégé chronologique de l'histoire de Lorraine, Jean Henriquez, 1775
3. ↑ toponym on cassini.ehess.fr
4. ↑ Rupt-aux-Nonains on cassini.ehess.fr (French)
5. ^ Rupt-aux-Nonains on INSEE
6. ^ Entry in the Base Mérimée of the Ministry of Culture. Retrieved May 18, 2019 (French). 
7. ^ Entry in the Base Mérimée of the Ministry of Culture. Retrieved May 18, 2019 (French). 
8. ↑ Farms on annuaire-mairie.fr (French)

Web links

Commons : Rupt-aux-Nonains  - Collection of Images

• Population statistics