Vireux-Wallerand

Vireux-Wallerand
region	Grand Est
Department	Ardennes
Arrondissement	Charleville-Mezieres
Canton	Givet
Community association	Ardenne, Rives de Meuse
Coordinates	50 ° 5 ' N , 4 ° 44' E Coordinates: 50 ° 5 ' N , 4 ° 44' E
height	107-368 m
surface	21.07 km 2
Residents	1,962 (January 1, 2017)
Population density	93 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code	08320
INSEE code	08487

Vireux-Wallerand is a French commune with 1962 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) in the Ardennes department in the Grand Est region . It belongs to the canton of Givet and to the community association Communauté de communes Ardenne, Rives de Meuse .

geography

Vireux-Wallerand lies opposite the confluence of the Viroin into the Meuse on the right bank of the Meuse and borders directly on the neighboring municipality of Vireux-Molhain .

history

In Vireux-Wallerand, traces of metal extraction from the 1st century after the turn of the century were found. A fortification was built above the vicus of Vireux-Wallerand a little after the year 260, which was probably damaged or destroyed around 350. At the end of the 4th century the defense system was apparently equipped with a strong crew, mainly Germanic mercenaries. About 700 m away, at the end of the mountain spur, these were probably buried in the event of death, of which 47 graves from the end of the 4th and the first half of the 5th century testify. Among the graves were four cremation graves and two with Germanic women's jewelry, six graves contained weapons. Vireux-Wallerand belonged to the county of Luxembourg at the time when the Luxembourgers were also kings of Bohemia . Hence the tradition of calling its inhabitants Bayamons or Bohemons.

Population development

year	1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2007	2014
Residents	1,887	2,231	2.159	2,035	2,020	2,034	1.916	2,048
Source: Cassini and INSEE

Infrastructure

Meuse bridge between Vireux-Molhain and Vireux-Wallerand

The centers of both Vireux villages are connected by a bridge over the Meuse.

Of the traffic routes through the Meuse valley, the national road 51 and the railway line from Charleville to Givet run on the left bank of the Meuse, and the Voie Transardenne cycle path on the right . The old railway line to Mariembourg is used by the museum railway Chemin de fer à vapeur des 3 vallées ( three valleys steam railway ), but their trains end across the Belgian border in Viroinval- Treignes .

Individual evidence

^ Horst Wolfgang Böhme : Gallic hill settlements and Germanic mercenaries in the 4th / 5th. Century. In: Heiko Steuer , Volker Bierbrauer (Hrsg.): Hill settlements between antiquity and the Middle Ages from the Ardennes to the Adriatic Sea (= Reallexikon der Germanischen Altertumskunde . Supplementary volumes. 58). With the assistance of Michael Hoeper. de Gruyter, Berlin et al. 2008, ISBN 978-3-11-020235-9 , pp. 71-104.

Web links

Commons : Vireux-Wallerand - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Archaeological finds and cultural monuments (in French)

[1] Horst Wolfgang Böhme : Gallic hill settlements and Germanic mercenaries in the 4th / 5th. Century. In: Heiko Steuer , Volker Bierbrauer (Hrsg.): Hill settlements between antiquity and the Middle Ages from the Ardennes to the Adriatic Sea (= Reallexikon der Germanischen Altertumskunde . Supplementary volumes. 58). With the assistance of Michael Hoeper. de Gruyter, Berlin et al. 2008, ISBN 978-3-11-020235-9 , pp. 71-104.