Vraincourt

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Vraincourt
Vraincourt (France)
Vraincourt
region Grand Est
Department Haute-Marne
Arrondissement Chaumont
Canton Bologne
Community association Chaumont, Bassin Nogentais et Bassin de Bologne Vignory Froncles
Coordinates 48 ° 15 '  N , 5 ° 8'  E Coordinates: 48 ° 15 '  N , 5 ° 8'  E
height 227-288 m
surface 3.48 km 2
Residents 92 (January 1, 2017)
Population density 26 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code 52310
INSEE code 52548

Old postcard from Vraincourt (around 1925)

Vraincourt (1793 and 1801 still with the spellings Veraincourt and Vrincourt ) is a French commune with 92 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) in the Haute-Marne department in the Grand Est region (until 2015 Champagne-Ardenne ). It belongs to the Arrondissement Chaumont and to the community association Chaumont, Bassin Nogentais et Bassin de Bologne Vignory Froncles, founded in 2016 . The inhabitants call themselves Vraincourtois .

geography

The small community of Vraincourt is located on the upper Marne west of the Bassigny countryside , 13 kilometers north of the departmental capital Chaumont . The 3.48 km² large municipal area extends from the left bank of the Marne in the east over the flat, about one kilometer wide Marne valley to the edges of two chains of hills in the southwest. Except for the woods on the slopes of these hills, the municipality is forestless. In Vraincourt, the two rivers Ruisseau d'Oudincourt and Ruisseau du Pré le Prêtre flow into the Marne from the southwest and west. To the east, the municipal area touches the Canal entre Champagne et Bourgogne, which runs parallel to the Marne . Neighboring municipalities to Vraincourt (clockwise, starting from the north) are: Soncourt-sur-Marne , Viéville , Bologne , Lamancine and Oudincourt .

Residents

year 1962 1968 1975 1982 1990 1999 2007 2017
Residents 82 68 84 103 108 92 95 92
Sources: Cassini and INSEE

Attractions

  • Saint-Pierre-ès-Liens church
  • Wayside cross in the southwest of the village

Economy and Infrastructure

There are two farms in the municipality (cultivation of grain, pulses and oilseeds).

Vraincourt is connected to the neighboring municipality of Viéville by the road bridge over the Marne . A motorway-like section of Route nationale 67 (from Saint-Dizier to Chaumont ) runs through the municipality of Vraincourt . The Vraincourt-Viéville stop is on the Blesme-Haussignémont – Chaumont railway line .

supporting documents

  1. ↑ toponym on cassini-ehess-fr
  2. ↑ Vraincourt on cassini-ehess-fr
  3. ↑ Vraincourt on insee.fr
  4. ↑ Farms on annuaire-mairie.fr (French)

Web links

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