Val-de-Meuse

Val-de-Meuse
region	Grand Est
Department	Haute-Marne
Arrondissement	Langres
Canton	Bourbonne-les-Bains
Community association	Community de communes du Grand Langres
Coordinates	48 ° 0 ′ N , 5 ° 30 ′ E Coordinates: 48 ° 0 ′ N , 5 ° 30 ′ E
height	308-458 m
surface	77.48 km 2
Residents	1,861 (January 1, 2017)
Population density	24 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code	52140, 52240
INSEE code	52332
Website	http://www.mairie-val-de-meuse.fr/
	; Saint-Brice church in Lénizeul

Val-de-Meuse is a French commune with 1,861 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) in the Haute-Marne department in the Grand Est region ; it belongs to the Arrondissement of Langres .

geography

Val-de-Meuse is located about 20 kilometers northeast of Langres on the Langres plateau and about 30 kilometers southeast of Chaumont on the A31 autoroute (exit 8). The Meuse flows through the municipality and rises in the neighboring municipality of Le Châtelet-sur-Meuse .

history

The place name has been Montigny-le-Roi since early times . During the French Revolution it was changed to Montigny-Source-Meuse .

In 1966 the place Meuse was incorporated. In 1972 the place was named Le Val-de-Meuse with the incorporation of the villages of Avrecourt , Épinant , Lécourt , Maulain , Provenchères-sur-Meuse , Ravennefontaines , Récourt and Saulxures . In 1974 Lénizeul was incorporated and the community was given its current name. In 2012 the towns of Avrecourt and Saulxures were released from the municipality as independent municipalities.

Population development

1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2006	2016
2,071	1,942	2,200	2.148	2.167	2.211	1.915	1,875
Sources: Cassini and INSEE \| today's municipal area ; only 1975, 1982, 1990 and 1999 with Avrecourt and Saulxures

Attractions

Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption village church in Épinant (built 1841/1842)
Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption village church in Lécourt (15th and 16th centuries)
Saint-Brice village church in Lénizeul (13th-16th centuries)
Village church Saint-Félix in Maulain (1885; choir 13th and 15th centuries, nave 18th century)
Village church Saint-Laurent in Meuse (church 1837; nave 12th / 13th century, parts of the bell tower 1899)
Sainte-Madeleine village church in Montigny (built 1825–1828; choir and transept mid-16th century)
Notre-Dame de Victoires chapel in Montigny (built 1852)
Chapel of Sainte-Clotilde in Montigny
Chapel of Sainte-Madeleine in Montigny (built 1853)
Village church of Saint-Évre in Provonchères-sur-Meuse (15th and 16th centuries; sacristy 1728)
Village church of Saint-Pierre et Saint-Paul in Ravennefontaines (12th century; transept 15th century)
Village church of Saint-Christophe in Récourt (18th century)
Chesnoy Park from 1850
Wayside cross at Chemin de Bassancourt in Lénizeul (17th century)
numerous other wayside crosses (in almost all districts)
Lavoirs in almost all districts

Community partnerships

Lierneux in the Province of Liège (Belgium)

Personalities

Félix Boisselier (1776–1811), painter
Camille Flammarion (1842–1925), astronomer
Léon Mougeot (1857–1928), politician

Web links

Commons : Val-de-Meuse - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

[1] Description of the church and photos (French)

[2] Description of the church and photos (French)

[3] Description of the church and photos (French)

[4] Description of the church and photos (French)

[5] Description of the church and photos (French)

[6] Description of the church and photos (French)

[7] Description of the chapel and photos (French)

[8] Description of the chapel and photos (French)

[9] Description of the church and photos (French)

[10] Description of the church and photos (French)

[11] Description of the church and photos (French)

[12] Brief information about the park (French)

[13] This wayside cross is a Monument historique (French)