Spincourt
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region | Grand Est | |
Department | Meuse | |
Arrondissement | Verdun | |
Canton | Bouligny | |
Community association | Damvillers Spincourt | |
Coordinates | 49 ° 20 ′ N , 5 ° 40 ′ E | |
height | 225-318 m | |
surface | 26.78 km 2 | |
Residents | 841 (January 1, 2017) | |
Population density | 31 inhabitants / km 2 | |
Post Code | 55230 | |
INSEE code | 55500 | |
Spincourt Town Hall |
Spincourt is a French commune with 841 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 and the canton of Bouligny (until 2015 the capital of the canton of Spincourt ). The inhabitants are called Spincourtois or Spinosiens .
geography
Spincourt is about 42 kilometers northwest of Metz and about 30 kilometers northeast of Verdun am Othain . Spincourt is surrounded by the neighboring communities of Nouillonpont in the north and northwest, Saint-Pierrevillers in the north, Saint-Supplet in the northeast, Xivry-Circourt in the east and northeast, Domprix and Avillers in the east, Dommary-Baroncourt and Domremy-la-Canne in the south, Gouraincourt in the southwest, Vaudoncourt in the west and Muzeray in the west and northwest.
Population development
year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2013 |
Residents | 457 | 465 | 722 | 729 | 637 | 667 | 764 | 838 |
Source: Cassini and INSEE |
Attractions
- Saint-Hubert church in Haucourt-la-Rigole from the 19th century
- Saint-Gorgon church in Houdelaucourt-sur-Othain from the 18th century
- Saint-Clément church in Ollières from the 18th century
- Saint-Martin church in Réchicourt from the 18th century
- Saint-Pierre church in Spincourt from 1753
Personalities
- Louis Bertrand (1866–1941), writer
literature
- Le Patrimoine des Communes de la Meuse. Flohic Editions, Volume 2, Paris 1999, ISBN 2-84234-074-4 , pp. 929-932.