Serqueux (Haute-Marne)

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Serqueux
Serqueux coat of arms
Serqueux (France)
Serqueux
region Grand Est
Department Haute-Marne
Arrondissement Langres
Canton Bourbonne-les-Bains
Community association Pays de Chalindrey, de Vannier Amance et de la Région de Bourbonne-les-Bains
Coordinates 48 ° 0 ′  N , 5 ° 44 ′  E Coordinates: 48 ° 0 ′  N , 5 ° 44 ′  E
height 269-485 m
surface 25.63 km 2
Residents 413 (January 1, 2017)
Population density 16 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code 52400
INSEE code 52470

Serqueux is a French commune with 413 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) in the Haute-Marne department in the Grand Est region ; it belongs to the Arrondissement of Langres .

geography

Serqueux is located about 35 kilometers northeast of Langres in the area of the plateau of the same name . On the northeastern edge of the municipality, the Saône tributary Apance rises in a wooded area ( Bois Communal de Serqueux ) at about 470 m above sea level.

history

A priory existed as early as 990 . Several plagues hit the community in the Middle Ages. Serqueux was completely devastated twice in the 17th century (in the Thirty Years War and in 1650). In a major fire in 1802, almost the entire village burned down. On October 19, 1917 there was an emergency landing of the Zeppelin L49 and in 1959 a fighter plane crashed in the municipality.

The mechanization of agriculture led to heavy emigration in the late 19th and 20th centuries. Serqueux was part of the Bailliage de Langres within the royal province of Champagne . The place belonged from 1793 to 1801 to the District Bourbonne. Also from 1793 to 1801 to the canton of Sergneux and since 1801 to the canton of Bourbonne-les-Bains . Between 1790 and 1801 the community was named Sergneux and was the canton capital. Since then it has had its current name.

Population development

year 1793 1851 1856 1866 1962 1968 1975 1982 1990 1999 2006 2012
Residents 984 1,630 1,458 1,553 653 587 531 535 515 463 468 451
Sources: Cassini and INSEE

Attractions

  • Church of St. Blaise ( Église Saint-Blaise ) (oldest parts from the 12th century; north portal 1706, bell tower 1736 and choir 1840)
  • Municipal House (Mairie) of Serqueux
  • Memorial to the Fallen
  • several lavoirs
  • old houses on Grande Rue and Rue Fourgueneau
  • Summit cross on a hill north of the village

  • Saint Blaise village church

  • Municipal House (Mairie) of Serqueux

  • Lavoir and Serqueux Fire Station

  • Rue Fourgueneau in Serqueux

  • Memorial to the Fallen

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Description of the church and photos (French)

Web links

Commons : Serqueux  - Collection of images, videos and audio files