Void-Vacon
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| region | Grand Est | |
| Department | Meuse | |
| Arrondissement | Commercy | |
| Canton | Vaucouleurs | |
| Community association | Commercy-Void-Vaucouleurs | |
| Coordinates | 48 ° 41 ′ N , 5 ° 37 ′ E | |
| height | 231-374 m | |
| surface | 35.58 km 2 | |
| Residents | 1,639 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 46 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 55190 | |
| INSEE code | 55573 | |
| Website | http://www.void-vacon.fr/ | |
Void-Vacon is a French commune with 1639 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) in the Meuse department in the Grand Est region (until 2015 Lorraine ). It belongs to the Arrondissement Commercy and until 2015 was the capital of the canton of the same name Void-Vacon , since then the municipality has belonged to the canton of Vaucouleurs . The municipality of Void-Vacon was created in 1972 by merging the municipalities of Void and Vacon.
Neighboring municipalities of Void-Vacon are Sorcy-Saint-Martin in the north, Troussey in the northeast, Pagny-sur-Meuse in the east, Ourches-sur-Meuse and Vaucouleurs in the southeast, Sauvoy in the south, Broussey-en-Blois in the southwest, Ménil- la-Horgne and Naives-en-Blois to the west and Laneuville-au-Rupt to the northwest.
Population development
| year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2008 | 2014 |
| Residents | 1118 | 1214 | 1200 | 1457 | 1622 | 1574 | 1670 | 1646 |
Attractions
- Pigeon tower ( Tour aux Pigeons ) and gate tower ( Tour de la Poterne ), 14th century, as relics of the castle of Void
- Church Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption in Void (from 10th century)
- Church Saint-Nicolas in Vacon (18th century)
- Market halls (1740)
Tour de la Poterne and church tower
Tour aux Pigeons
Mairie
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Personalities
- Nicholas Cugnot (1725–1804), engineer, born in Void
- Gaston Broquet (1880–1947), sculptor, born in Void
- Michel Parisse (1936–2020), historian, born in Void
Partner communities
- Ciplet, since 1965, district of Braives (Belgium) since 1977
literature
- Le Patrimoine des Communes de la Meuse. Flohic Editions, Volume 2, Paris 1999, ISBN 2-84234-074-4 , pp. 1245-1249.
