Spincourt

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Spincourt

Spincourt Coat of Arms

Spincourt (France)

Community association

Damvillers Spincourt

49 ° 20 ′ N , 5 ° 40 ′ E Coordinates: 49 ° 20 ′ N , 5 ° 40 ′ E

225-318 m

surface

26.78 km ²

841 (January 1, 2017)

Population density

31 inhabitants / km ²

55230

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

Saint-Hubert church
Saint-Gorgon Church
Saint-Clément church
Saint Martin Church
Saint-Pierre church

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.

Web links

Commons : Spincourt - collection of pictures, videos and audio files