Velaine-en-Haye
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| local community | Bois-de-Haye | |
| region | Grand Est | |
| Department | Meurthe-et-Moselle | |
| Arrondissement | Toul | |
| Coordinates | 48 ° 42 ' N , 6 ° 1' E | |
| Post Code | 54840 | |
| Former INSEE code | 54557 | |
| Incorporation | 1st January 2019 | |
| status | Commune déléguée | |
| Website | http://www.velaine-en-haye.fr/ | |
Velaine-en-Haye is a village and a commune déléguée in the French commune of Bois-de-Haye with 1,879 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) in the Meurthe-et-Moselle department in the Grand Est region (until 2015 Lorraine ). The inhabitants are called the Velainois .
The municipality of Velaine-en-Haye merged with Sexey-les-Bois on January 1, 2019 to form the Commune nouvelle Bois-de-Haye. Since then it has had the status of a Commune déléguée. The municipality of Velaine-en-Haye belonged to the arrondissement of Toul and the canton of Le Nord-Toulois (until 2015: canton of Domèvre-en-Haye ).
geography
Velaine-en-Haye is located about 20 kilometers north of Toul in the forest of Haye . The municipality of Velaine-en-Haye was surrounded by the neighboring municipalities of Bois-de-Haye with Sexey-les-Bois in the north, Liverdun in the northeast, Champigneulles in the east, Maron in the south, Gondreville in the west and southwest and Fontenoy-sur-Moselle in the West and northwest. The A31 autoroute runs through the municipality .
Population development
| year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2013 |
| Residents | 365 | 410 | 798 | 867 | 1.310 | 1,495 | 1,525 | 1,671 |
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Attractions
- Sainte-Madeleine church, rebuilt after 1945
- Lorraine Automobile Museum
Personalities
- Antonin Michel (* 1977), master of scribbles
