Sommelonne

Sommelonne
region	Grand Est
Department	Meuse
Arrondissement	Bar-le-Duc
Canton	Ancerville
Community association	Portes de Meuse
Coordinates	48 ° 40 ′  N , 5 ° 2 ′  E Coordinates: 48 ° 40 ′  N , 5 ° 2 ′  E
height	165-230 m
surface	10.22 km 2
Residents	455 (January 1, 2017)
Population density	45 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code	55170
INSEE code	55494
Town hall ( Mairie ) of Sommelonne

Sommelonne is a French commune with 455 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) in the Meuse department in the Grand Est region (until 2015 Lorraine ). The municipality is part of the Bar-le-Duc arrondissement , the canton of Ancerville and the Portes de Meuse municipal association founded in 2016 .

geography

The Ornel River in Sommelonne

The municipality is crossed by the small river Ornel. Surrounded Sommelonne of the neighboring communities Baudonvilliers in the northwest, L'Isle-en-Rigault in the north, Saudrupt in the Northeast, Haironville the east, Rupt-aux-Nonains in the southeast, the cantonal capital Ancerville in the southwest, as well as the in the Haute-Marne located community Chancenay in the west.

Origin of name

The name, which comes from Latin, means "The source of the Ornel". The place was mentioned in a document in 1146 as Summelongne and in 1181 with its current name.

Population development

year	1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2004	2009	2016
Residents	305	344	325	347	462	479	501	500	469
Source: Cassini and INSEE

Attractions

• Saint Vincent Church
• War memorial

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  Saint Vincent Church

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  Memorial to the war dead

literature

• Le Patrimoine des Communes de la Meuse. Flohic Editions, Volume 1, Paris 1999, ISBN 2-84234-074-4 , pp. 63-64.

Web links

Commons : Sommelonne  - collection of images, videos and audio files