Sorcy-Saint-Martin

Sorcy-Saint-Martin
region	Grand Est
Department	Meuse
Arrondissement	Commercy
Canton	Vaucouleurs
Community association	Commercy-Void-Vaucouleurs
Coordinates	48 ° 43 '  N , 5 ° 38'  E Coordinates: 48 ° 43 '  N , 5 ° 38'  E
height	231-364 m
surface	21.72 km 2
Residents	1,105 (January 1, 2017)
Population density	51 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code	55190
INSEE code	55496
Sorcy-Saint-Martin town hall

Sorcy-Saint-Martin ( Eng.Sorsei ) is a French commune with 1,105 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) in the Meuse department in the Grand Est region (until 2015 Lorraine ). It belongs to the Arrondissement Commercy and the canton of Vaucouleurs (until 2015: canton of Void-Vacon ).

geography

Sorcy-Saint-Martin is located on the Meuse ( French: Meuse ) and the Canal de la Meuse . Sorcy-Saint-Martin is surrounded by the neighboring communities of Euville in the north, Boucq in the east and northeast, Troussey in the east and southeast, Void-Vacon in the south and Laneuville-au-Rupt in the west.

Population development

year	1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2006	2013
Residents	1246	1161	1018	1027	994	953	1001	1068
Source: Cassini and INSEE

Attractions

• Oppidum
• Church of Saint-Martin in the district of Saint-Martin, original construction part of an abandoned Benedictine monastery from the 9th century, monument historique since 1995
• Saint-Rémi church in the Sorcy-Village district from the 18th century
• Chapel of Le Chana
• Military cemetery

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  Saint Martin Church

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  Saint-Rémi church

Personalities

• Eudes II. De Sorcy (died 1230), Bishop of Toul from 1219/1220 to 1228

literature

• Le Patrimoine des Communes de la Meuse. Flohic Editions, Volume 2, Paris 1999, ISBN 2-84234-074-4 , pp. 1239-1242.

Web links

Commons : Sorcy-Saint-Martin  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

1. ↑ http://biblio.unibe.ch/web-apps/maps/zoomify.php?pic=Ryh_4301_7.jpg&col=ryh