Sanzey
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region | Grand Est | |
Department | Meurthe-et-Moselle | |
Arrondissement | Toul | |
Canton | Le North Toulois | |
Community association | Terres Touloises | |
Coordinates | 48 ° 46 ′ N , 5 ° 50 ′ E | |
height | 223-239 m | |
surface | 3.58 km 2 | |
Residents | 144 (January 1, 2017) | |
Population density | 40 inhabitants / km 2 | |
Post Code | 54200 | |
INSEE code | 54492 | |
Mairie (Town Hall) of the parish |
Sanzey is a French commune with 144 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) in the Meurthe-et-Moselle department in the Grand Est region (until 2015 Lorraine ). It belongs to the arrondissement of Toul and the canton Le Nord-Toulois (until 2015 canton Toul-Nord ).
geography
Sanzey is about 11 kilometers northwest of Toul a few kilometers north of the N4 . The neighboring communities of Sanzey are Ménil-la-Tour in the north and east, Lagney in the south, Trondes in the south-west and Royaumeix in the west. The river Terrouin crosses the municipality and in parts forms the municipality boundary.
history
The name of today's municipality was first mentioned in a document in 1179 in the name Locus de Sanzeio . In 1625 a woman from the village was burned as a witch. And in the turmoil of the Thirty Years War the community was totally devastated and the majority of the inhabitants died from acts of war and starvation. The few survivors sought refuge in the city of Toul. In the Middle Ages the community belonged to the territory of the Duchy of Lorraine . More precisely to the office ( Bailliage ) Gommercy. With this rule, Sanzey fell to France in 1766. Until the French Revolution , the community was in the Grand-gouvernement de Lorraine-et-Barrois . From 1793 to 1801 the municipality was assigned to the district of Toul and part of the canton of Royaumeix, then from 1801 to 2015 part of the canton of Toul-Nord. With the exception of the years 1926 to 1943, when it belonged to the Arrondissement of Nancy, Sanzey has been assigned to the Arrondissement of Toul since 1801. Until 1871, the community was in the old Meurt (h) e. Since then it has been part of the Meurthe-et-Moselle department .
Population development
year | 1793 | 1821 | 1861 | 1931 | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2015 |
Residents | 235 | 233 | 312 | 140 | 105 | 100 | 95 | 91 | 119 | 138 | 138 | 131 |
Source: Cassini and INSEE |
Attractions
- Church Saint-Nicolas from 1852
- Church window with the portraits of the fallen
- two wayside crosses on the D10 west and south of the village
- several hand pumps for the village wells