Val d'Ornain

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Val d'Ornain
Coat of arms of Val-d'Ornain
Val-d'Ornain (France)
Val d'Ornain
region Grand Est
Department Meuse
Arrondissement Bar-le-Duc
Canton Revigny-sur-Ornain
Community association Bar-le-Duc Sud Meuse
Coordinates 48 ° 48 '  N , 5 ° 4'  E Coordinates: 48 ° 48 '  N , 5 ° 4'  E
height 159-249 m
surface 24.16 km 2
Residents 988 (January 1, 2017)
Population density 41 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code 55000
INSEE code
Website http://val-dornain.a3w.fr/

Mosaic on the Saint-André church in Bussy-la-Côte

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Val-d'Ornain is a French commune with 988 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) in the Meuse department in the Grand Est region (until 2015 Lorraine ). It belongs to the Arrondissement of Bar-le-Duc and the canton of Revigny-sur-Ornain .

geography

The municipality is located on the Ornain , a few kilometers northwest of the arrondissement capital Bar-le-Duc .

history

Val-d'Ornain was formed on January 1, 1973 from the municipalities of Mussey, Bussy-la-Côte and Varney.

Population development

year 1962 1968 1975 1982 1990 1999 2011 2014
Residents 411 391 647 875 933 897 976 979

Attractions

  • Church of Saint Nicolas in Mussey (12th / 13th century, Monument historique )
  • Manor house in Varney (15th century, Monument historique)
  • Hunting pavilion of the banker Varin-Bernier in Bussy (Monument historique)
  • Saint-Hould farm, the structure of which is the rest of the abbey of the same name, which was demolished after the revolution

Personalities

literature

  • Le Patrimoine des Communes de la Meuse. Flohic Editions, Volume 2, Paris 1999, ISBN 2-84234-074-4 , pp. 790-792.

Web links

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