Saint-Vrain (Marne)
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| region | Grand Est | |
| Department | Marne | |
| Arrondissement | Vitry-le-François | |
| Canton | Sermaize-les-Bains | |
| Community association | Saint-Dizier, Der et Blaise | |
| Coordinates | 48 ° 42 ' N , 4 ° 48' E | |
| height | 126-154 m | |
| surface | 11.57 km 2 | |
| Residents | 233 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 20 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 51340 | |
| INSEE code | 51521 | |
| Website | Saint-Vrain | |
 Saint-Vrain - Église Saint-Vrain |
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Saint-Vrain is a place and a municipality in northern France with 233 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) in the Marne department in the Grand Est region .
location
The town of Saint-Vrain is located on the Orconté river in the historic Perthois landscape a good 96 km southeast of Reims and approx. 20 km southeast of Vitry-le-François at an altitude of approx. 135 m . The climate is temperate; Rain (approx. 650 mm / year) usually falls over the whole year.
Population development
| year | 1800 | 1851 | 1901 | 1954 | 1999 |
| Residents | 251 | 263 | 221 | 173 | 217 |
Despite the abandonment of small farms and despite the mechanization of agriculture and the associated loss of jobs, the population trend has hardly declined.
economy
Agriculture is traditionally practiced in the community, which in earlier times mainly served the self-sufficiency of the residents. A large forest area also belongs to the community, in which charcoal and timber could be produced.
history
The first mention of the place name comes from the 12th century; the church was also built at this time. The Benedictine and Templar orders owned extensive estates in the region. For a long time the area belonged to the Counts of Navarre, who also became Counts of Champagne in the 13th century . . Theobald IV took in 1223 Saint-Vrain and nearby Cistercian - Trois-Fontaines Abbey under his protection. The Hundred Years War (1337-1453) played no role in this area of France, but in the Huguenot Wars (1562-1598) the place was briefly conquered by the Palatinate sovereign Johann Casimir .
Attractions
- The Église Saint-Vrain was built from the 11th to the 16th century; she is to St. Dedicated to the Veranus of Cavaillon . The nave, covered by a wooden flat ceiling, and the High Romanesque crossing tower are the oldest components; The crossing , choir and transept chapels are vaulted with ribs and are clearly based on the immoderate style of the early Gothic . The church building was recognized as a monument historique in 1934 .
- The church is surrounded by a cemetery with numerous more or less imposing tombs.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Saint-Vrain - Map with altitude information
- ↑ Saint-Vrain - Church in the Base Mérimée of the French Ministry of Culture (French)