Thillombois

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Thillombois
Coat of arms of Thillombois
Thillombois (France)
Thillombois
region Grand Est
Department Meuse
Arrondissement Commercy
Canton Dieue-sur-Meuse
Community association Aire à l'Argonne
Coordinates 48 ° 57 '  N , 5 ° 24'  E Coordinates: 48 ° 57 '  N , 5 ° 24'  E
height 234-352 m
surface 13.03 km 2
Residents 30 (January 1, 2017)
Population density 2 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code 55260
INSEE code 55506

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Thillombois is a French commune with 30 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) in the Meuse department in the Grand Est region (before 2016 Lorraine ). It belongs to the Arrondissement Commercy and the canton Dieue-sur-Meuse (until 2015 the canton Pierrefitte-sur-Aire ).

geography

The municipality is located about 27 kilometers northeast of Bar-le-Duc in the center of the Meuse department. The community consists only of the place Thillombois. Large parts of the community are forested. The most important forest area is the Bois de la Côte Brûlée . Neighboring municipalities are Tilly-sur-Meuse in the north, Bouquemont in the north-east, Woimbey in the east, Lahaymeix in the south-east and south, Courouvre in the south-west and west and Rambluzin-et-Benoite-Vaux in the north-west.

history

The name of today's community was first mentioned in a document in 1373 as Tillombois . In the Middle Ages the municipality belonged to the Trois-Évêchés area . With this rule, Thillombois actually fell to France in 1552 (officially not until 1648). Until the French Revolution , the community was in the Grand-gouvernement de Lorraine-et-Barrois . From 1793 to 1801 the municipality was assigned to the district of Saint-Mihiel and part of the canton of Dompcevin, then from 1801 to 2015 part of the canton of Pierrefitte-sur-Aire. Since 1801 Thillombois is assigned to the Arrondissement Commercy.

Population development

year 1793 1806 1821 1831 1926 1931 1962 1968 1975 1982 1990 1999 2006 2011 2016
Residents 223 280 269 210 135 83 69 46 32 29 36 35 34 38 30th
Source: Cassini (censuses up to 1999) and INSEE (official estimates as of January 1 from 2006)

Attractions

  • Medieval castle with an English park; restored in the 19th century (public property since 1961)
  • Saint-Martin village church from the 15th century
  • Memorial to the Fallen

  • Castle of Thillombois

  • Saint Martin Church

literature

  • Le Patrimoine des Communes de la Meuse. Flohic Editions, Volume 2, Paris 1999, ISBN 2-84234-074-4 , pp. 760-762.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Name forms of the community
  2. ↑ Information on the population development and the political affiliation of the municipality
  3. ↑ Population 2006, 2011 and 2016
  4. ↑ Memorial to the Fallen

Web links

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