Saint-Laurent-sur-Othain

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Saint-Laurent-sur-Othain
Coat of arms of Saint-Laurent-sur-Othain
Saint-Laurent-sur-Othain (France)
Saint-Laurent-sur-Othain
region Grand Est
Department Meuse
Arrondissement Verdun
Canton Bouligny
Community association Damvillers Spincourt
Coordinates 49 ° 24 '  N , 5 ° 32'  E Coordinates: 49 ° 24 '  N , 5 ° 32'  E
height 196-286 m
surface 16.79 km 2
Residents 506 (January 1, 2017)
Population density 30 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code 55150
INSEE code

Town hall (Mairie) of Saint-Laurent-sur-Othain

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Saint-Laurent-sur-Othain is a French commune with 506 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) in the Meuse department in the Grand Est region (until 2015 Lorraine ). It belongs to the Arrondissement of Verdun and the Canton of Bouligny (until 2015: Canton of Spincourt ).

geography

Saint-Laurent-sur-Othain is located about 54 kilometers northwest of Metz and about 37 kilometers northeast of Verdun am Othain . Saint-Laurent-sur-Othain is surrounded by the neighboring communities of Grand-Failly in the north and west, Sorbey in the east, Pillon in the south-east, Mangiennes and Villers-lès-Mangiennes in the south and Merles-sur-Loison in the south-west.

Population development

year 1962 1968 1975 1982 1990 1999 2006 2013
Residents 484 452 442 432 377 370 467 497
Source: Cassini and INSEE

Attractions

  • Saint-Laurent church from the 18th century
  • Notre-Dame-de-Bon-Secours chapels (built in 1832) and Notre-Dame-du-Luxembourg (built in 1872)
  • Wash house
  • Mill at Othain

literature

  • Le Patrimoine des Communes de la Meuse. Flohic Editions, Volume 2, Paris 1999, ISBN 2-84234-074-4 , pp. 924-925.

Web links

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