Vaudeville-le-Haut

Vaudeville-le-Haut
region	Grand Est
Department	Meuse
Arrondissement	Commercy
Canton	Ligny-en-Barrois
Community association	Portes de Meuse
Coordinates	48 ° 27 ' N , 5 ° 36' E Coordinates: 48 ° 27 ' N , 5 ° 36' E
height	300-451 m
surface	9.71 km 2
Residents	55 (January 1, 2017)
Population density	6 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code	55130
INSEE code	55534
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Vaudeville-le-Haut is a French commune with 55 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) in the Meuse department in the Grand Est region (until 2015 Lorraine ); it belongs to the Arrondissement Commercy and the municipality of Portes de Meuse . The community belonged to the canton of Gondrecourt-le-Château until 2015 . The residents call themselves Vaudevillois / Vaudevilloises .

geography

Vaudeville-le-Haut is located around 50 kilometers southwest of Nancy in the very south of the Meuse department on the border with the Vosges department . Large parts of the municipal area are forested (Bois de Baconvaux, Bois de Vaudeville, La Cumine).

Neighboring municipalities are Vouthon-Haut in the north, Les Roises in the east, Seraumont and Chermisey (both in the Vosges department) in the south, Avranville (in the Vosges department) in the south-west, Dainville-Bertheléville in the west and Gondrecourt-le-Château in the north-west.

history

Like all places in the area, Vaudeville-le-Haut suffered from conflicts in the Middle Ages. The worst devastation was caused by the Hundred Years War and the Thirty Years War . The name of today's municipality was first mentioned in a document in 965 under the name Woldesinguesilla / Woldesingesvilla . In the Middle Ages, the community belonged to the Barrois mouvant and was part of the Champagne . It was subordinate to the Kastlanei Bassigny in the Bailliage Chaumont. Vaudeville-le-Haut belonged to the Gondrecourt district from 1793 to 1801. From 1793 to 1801 it was in the canton of Goussaincourt. From 1801 to 2015, Vaudeville-le-Haut was part of the canton of Gondrecourt-le-Château . The parish has been assigned to the Arrondissement of Commercy since 1801.

Population development

Because of its remoteness, the rural exodus was pronounced, as in many small communities in France. The population shrank from the high in 1851 to 1982 by 81.4 percent. After a short growth phase between 1990 and 1999, a further decline followed in recent years.

year	1793	1851	1866	1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2006	2011	2016
Residents	271	279	262	57	64	53	52	52	54	65	66	56
Sources: Cassini and INSEE