Saulx-lès-Champlon
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| region | Grand Est | |
| Department | Meuse | |
| Arrondissement | Verdun | |
| Canton | Etain | |
| Community association | Territoire de Fresnes-en-Woëvre | |
| Coordinates | 49 ° 4 ′ N , 5 ° 39 ′ E | |
| height | 211-238 m | |
| surface | 7.81 km 2 | |
| Residents | 118 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 15 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 55160 | |
| INSEE code | 55473 | |
Saulx-lès-Champlon is a French commune with 118 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) in the Meuse department in the Grand Est region (until 2015: Lorraine ). The municipality belongs to the arrondissement of Verdun , the canton Étain (until 2015: canton Fresnes-en-Woëvre ) and the municipality association Territoire de Fresnes-en-Woëvre .
geography
The municipality is located in the Lorraine Regional Nature Park, founded in 1974 . Saulx-lès-Champlon is surrounded by the neighboring communities of Trésauvaux in the west, Fresnes-en-Woëvre in the north, Riaville in the northeast, Marchéville-en-Woëvre in the east, Saint-Hilaire-en-Woëvre in the southeast, Herbeuville in the south and Combres- sous-les-Côtes in the south-west.
history
On January 1, 1973, the two previously independent communities Saulx-en-Woëvre and Champlon merged to form Saulx-lès-Champlon.
Population development
| year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2013 | 2016 |
| Residents | 104 | 91 | 121 | 120 | 121 | 124 | 128 | 126 | 121 |
| Source: Cassini and INSEE | |||||||||
Attractions
- Church of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin (Église de l'Assomption-de-la-Sainte-Vierge), built in 1770, destroyed in World War I and rebuilt in 1929
literature
- Le Patrimoine des Communes de la Meuse. Flohic Editions, Volume 1, Paris 1999, ISBN 2-84234-074-4 , pp. 463-464.
