Ville-sur-Yron
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| region | Grand Est | |
| Department | Meurthe-et-Moselle | |
| Arrondissement | Briey | |
| Canton | Jarny | |
| Community association | Orne Lorraine Confluences | |
| Coordinates | 49 ° 7 ' N , 5 ° 52' E | |
| height | 190-252 m | |
| surface | 11.30 km 2 | |
| Residents | 295 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 26 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 54800 | |
| INSEE code | 54581 | |
 Mairie (Town Hall) of Ville-sur-Yron |
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Ville-sur-Yron is a French commune with 295 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) in the Meurthe-et-Moselle department in the Grand Est region (before 2016 Lorraine ). It belongs to the Arrondissement of Briey and the canton of Jarny (until 2015 Conflans-en-Jarnisy ).
geography
The community is about 23 kilometers west of Metz . The river Yron runs through the municipality and in parts forms the municipality boundary. Neighboring communities are Jarny in the northwest, north and northeast, Bruville in the east, Mars-la-Tour in the south, Hannonville-Suzémont in the southwest and Brainville in the west. The municipality consists of the merged districts of Ville-sur-Yron and Ville-aux-Prés and the hamlet of Grizières in the east of the municipality.
history
Originally, the Seigneur de Ville-sur-Yron ruled the two places. Their rulership rights later passed to the noble family de Gourcy . Ville-sur-Yron and Ville-aux-Prés historically belonged to the Duchy of Bar , which fell to France in 1766. Until the French Revolution , the communities were then in the Grand-gouvernement de Lorraine-et-Barrois . In 1810 what was then Ville-sur-Yron (1806: 175 inhabitants) and Ville-aux-Prés (1806: 227 inhabitants) merged to form today's municipality of Ville-sur-Yron. The unified municipality was in the old Moselle department until 1871, since then it has been part of the Meurthe-et-Moselle department .
Population development
| year | 1793 | 1841 | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2007 | 2015 |
| Residents | 448 | 380 | 258 | 240 | 209 | 259 | 284 | 293 | 287 | 300 |
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Attractions
- Castle Château de Ville-sur-Yron ; built in 1762 for Louis Joseph de Montmorency-Laval, Bishop of Metz
- La Grange-le-Châtelet castle from the 19th century
- several farmhouses from the 18th and 19th centuries
- Saint-Gorgon village church ; the oldest parts are (probably) from the 12th century
- 18th century mill
- Interesting tombs in the village cemetery (families Dubois, Crosse and Warin, Dominique Beaudoin)
- Memorial to the Fallen
- Cross and memorial stone for 41 German and French soldiers who died in the Franco-German War
- Chapel / house of prayer on the Route du Patis
Individual evidence
- ↑ fixed sights
- ↑ moving sights
- ↑ Memorial to the Fallen
- ^ Memorial to those who fell in the Franco-Prussian War in 1870
