Sivry-sur-Meuse
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| region | Grand Est | |
| Department | Meuse | |
| Arrondissement | Verdun | |
| Canton | Clermont-en-Argonne | |
| Community association | Pays de Stenay et du Val Dunois | |
| Coordinates | 49 ° 19 ′ N , 5 ° 16 ′ E | |
| height | 177-376 m | |
| surface | 22.24 km 2 | |
| Residents | 337 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 15 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 55110 | |
| INSEE code | 55490 | |
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Sivry-sur-Meuse is a French commune with 337 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) in the Meuse department in the Grand Est region (until 2015 Lorraine ). It belongs to the Arrondissement of Verdun , to the canton of Clermont-en-Argonne (until 2015: canton of Montfaucon-d'Argonne ) and to the municipal association Le Val Dunois .
geography
Sivry-sur-Meuse is located in the southeast of the Argonne , about 19 kilometers north-northwest of Verdun . The Meuse (French: Meuse ) limits the municipality to the west. Sivry-sur-Meuse is surrounded by the neighboring municipalities of Fontaines-Saint-Clair in the north, Vilosnes-Haraumont in the north-west and north-east, Réville-aux-Bois in the east, Consenvoye in the south and south-east, Dannevoux in the west and south-west.
Population development
| year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2013 |
| Residents | 478 | 490 | 425 | 387 | 358 | 343 | 361 | 397 |
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Attractions
- Saint-Rémi church from the 18th century
- American military cemetery with a 1928 memorial
Saint-Rémi church
American Military Cemetery Memorial
literature
- Le Patrimoine des Communes de la Meuse. Flohic Editions, Volume 1, Paris 1999, ISBN 2-84234-074-4 , pp. 588-589.
