Villers-sur-Meuse
| Villers-sur-Meuse | ||
|---|---|---|
|
||
| region | Grand Est | |
| Department | Meuse | |
| Arrondissement | Verdun | |
| Canton | Dieue-sur-Meuse | |
| Community association | Val de Meuse-Voie Sacrée | |
| Coordinates | 49 ° 1 ′ N , 5 ° 25 ′ E | |
| height | 202-321 m | |
| surface | 7.3 km 2 | |
| Residents | 307 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 42 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 55220 | |
| INSEE code | 55566 | |
_mairie.JPG) Town hall (Mairie) of Villers-sur-Meuse |
||
Villers-sur-Meuse is a French commune with 307 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) in the Meuse department in the Grand Est region (before 2016 Lorraine ). It belongs to the Arrondissement of Verdun and the canton of Dieue-sur-Meuse (until 2015 Souilly ).
geography
Villers-sur-Meuse is located about 16 kilometers south of the city center of Verdun on the Maas (French: Meuse ). Villers-sur-Meuse is surrounded by the neighboring communities of Les Monthairons in the north and west, Génicourt-sur-Meuse in the north-east, Ambly-sur-Meuse in the east, Tilly-sur-Meuse in the south and south-east, and Récourt-le-Creux in the south and southwest.
Population development
| year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2013 |
| Residents | 185 | 199 | 181 | 186 | 230 | 206 | 219 | 294 |
| Source: Cassini and INSEE | ||||||||
Attractions
- Saint-Vanne church from 1832
Personalities
- Jean Charles François de Ladoucette (1772–1848), politician and writer, 1790 councilor of Villers-sur-Meuse
literature
- Le Patrimoine des Communes de la Meuse. Flohic Editions, Volume 2, Paris 1999, ISBN 2-84234-074-4 , p. 907.
Web links
Commons : Villers-sur-Meuse - Collection of images, videos and audio files
