Velaines

Velaines
region	Grand Est
Department	Meuse
Arrondissement	Bar-le-Duc
Canton	Ancerville
Community association	Bar-le-Duc Sud Meuse
Coordinates	48 ° 42 '  N , 5 ° 18'  E Coordinates: 48 ° 42 '  N , 5 ° 18'  E
height	213-364 m
surface	10.71 km 2
Residents	950 (January 1, 2017)
Population density	89 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code	55500
INSEE code	55543
Town Hall (Mairie) of Velaines

Velaines is a French commune with 950 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) in the Meuse department in the Grand Est region (until 2015 Lorraine ). It belongs to the Bar-le-Duc arrondissement and is part of the canton of Ancerville . The inhabitants are called the Velainois .

geography

Velaines is located 15 kilometers southeast of Bar-le-Duc on the Ornain River and the Canal de la Marne au Rhin . Velaines is surrounded by the neighboring communities of Tronville-en-Barrois in the north and west, Nançois-sur-Ornain in the north, Willeroncourt in the east and north-east, Ligny-en-Barrois in the south and east and Nant-le-Grand in the west and south-west.

The national route 135 runs through the municipality .

Population development

year	1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2006	2012
Residents	729	743	976	1,135	1,140	979	944	897
Source: Cassini and INSEE

Attractions

Saint-Rémi church

• Saint-Rémi church

literature

• Le Patrimoine des Communes de la Meuse. Flohic Editions, Volume 1, Paris 1999, ISBN 2-84234-074-4 , pp. 562-564.

Web links

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