Vacqueville

Vacqueville
region	Grand Est
Department	Meurthe-et-Moselle
Arrondissement	Luneville
Canton	Baccarat
Community association	Territoire de Lunéville à Baccarat
Coordinates	48 ° 29 ′ N , 6 ° 49 ′ E Coordinates: 48 ° 29 ′ N , 6 ° 49 ′ E
height	264-386 m
surface	9.96 km 2
Residents	238 (January 1, 2017)
Population density	24 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code	54540
INSEE code	54539

Vacqueville is a French commune with 238 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) in the Meurthe-et-Moselle department in the Grand Est region (before 2016 Lorraine ). It belongs to the Arrondissement of Lunéville and the Canton of Baccarat . The inhabitants call themselves Vacquevillois (es) .

geography

The municipality is located about 52 kilometers southeast of Nancy in the southeast of the Meurthe-et-Moselle department. Neighboring communities are Sainte-Pôle in the northeast, Pexonne in the east, Neufmaisons in the southeast, Veney in the south, Merviller in the southwest and west and Montigny in the northwest. The community consists of the villages of Vacqueville and Xermamont as well as some groups of houses and individual farms. The Verdurette river crosses the municipality and in parts forms the municipal boundary. Large parts of the municipality are forested.

history

The current community is first mentioned in a document in 1120 under the Latin name Episcopi villa . A French form as Vaskevile appears in 1179 in a document from the Abbey of Haute-Seille. Historically, Vacqueville belonged to the Bailiwick of Vic within the province of Trois-Évêchés (Three Bishoprics), which in fact fell to France in 1552. Until the French Revolution , the community was then in the Grand-gouvernement de Lorraine-et-Barrois . From 1793 to 1801 the municipality was assigned to the district of Blâmont and the canton of Badonviller (Badouviller). It has been part of the canton of Baccarat since 1801. Since 1801 it has also been assigned to the Arrondissement of Lunéville. Until 1871, the community was in the old Meurt (h) e. Since then it has been part of the Meurthe-et-Moselle department .

Population development

year	1793	1836	1911	1921	1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2007	2015
Residents	553	739	555	463	306	271	254	224	211	240	241	245
Source: Cassini and INSEE

traffic

Vacqueville is close to the Lunéville-Saint-Dié-des-Vosges railway and the Baccarat train station. The N59 with a full connection leads past Bertrichamps near the municipality . The D167, D167a and D168 are important for regional traffic.

Attractions

Saint-Étienne village church from the 18th century
Saint-Étienne chapel (on the southern border of the municipality towards Veney)
former flour mill (now a farmhouse)
an old factory
several wayside crosses and village fountain
Memorial to the Fallen