Saint-Marcel (Meurthe-et-Moselle)

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Saint-Marcel
Saint-Marcel coat of arms
Saint-Marcel (France)
Saint-Marcel
region Grand Est
Department Meurthe-et-Moselle
Arrondissement Briey
Canton Jarny
Community association Orne Lorraine Confluences
Coordinates 49 ° 7 '  N , 5 ° 57'  E Coordinates: 49 ° 7 '  N , 5 ° 57'  E
height 250-314 m
surface 11.35 km 2
Residents 151 (January 1, 2017)
Population density 13 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code 54800
INSEE code

Saint-Marcel village church

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Saint-Marcel is a French commune with 151 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) in the Meurthe-et-Moselle department in the Grand Est region (before 2016 Lorraine ). It belongs to the Arrondissement of Briey and the canton of Jarny (until 2015 Conflans-en-Jarnisy ).

geography

The municipality is located about 16 kilometers west of Metz on the border with the Moselle department . Neighboring municipalities are Jouaville in the north, Vernéville (in the Moselle department) in the east, Gravelotte (in the Moselle department) in the southeast, Rezonville-Vionville (in the Moselle department) in the south, Bruville in the west and Doncourt-lès-Conflans in the northwest. The parish consists of the village of Saint-Marcel and the hamlet of Caulre.

history

The place was called Ibliodurum in Roman times and was on the Roman road from Metz to Reims. Historically, Saint-Marcel belonged to the province of Trois-Évêchés (Three Bishoprics), which in fact fell to France in 1552. The municipality was in the old Moselle department until 1871, since then it has been part of the Meurthe-et-Moselle department . From 1871 to 1918 and from 1940 to 1944, Saint-Marcel was a border town with Germany due to its location.

Population development

year 1793 1800 1841 1962 1968 1975 1982 1990 1999 2007 2015
Residents 154 100 207 125 102 105 111 114 146 184 155
Sources: Cassini and INSEE

Attractions

  • Castle ruins of Château de Villers-aux-Bois
  • several farmhouses from the 18th and 19th centuries
  • Saint-Marcel village church from the 18th and 19th centuries
  • Sainte-Agathe chapel from the 18th century in Caulre
  • several wayside crosses in the village center and in Caulre
  • numerous interesting tombs in the village cemetery
  • Commemorative plaque for the fallen
  • Symbolic communal grave for fallen Germans from the Franco-German War
  • 19th century Lavoir (wash house) on Route de Mars la Tour

Individual evidence

  1. fixed sights
  2. moving sights
  3. Commemorative plaque for the fallen
  4. ^ Symbolic communal grave for fallen Germans in the Franco-Prussian War in 1870

Web links

Commons : Saint-Marcel  - Collection of images, videos and audio files