Warcq (Meuse)

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Warcq
Warcq Coat of Arms
Warcq (France)
Warcq
region Grand Est
Department Meuse
Arrondissement Verdun
Canton Etain
Community association Pays d'Étain
Coordinates 49 ° 12 '  N , 5 ° 39'  E Coordinates: 49 ° 12 '  N , 5 ° 39'  E
height 195-220 m
surface 4.99 km 2
Residents 196 (January 1, 2017)
Population density 39 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code 55400
INSEE code 55578

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Warcq is a French commune with 196 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) in the Meuse department in the Grand Est region (until 2015 Lorraine ). It belongs to the Arrondissement of Verdun and the Pays d'Étain municipal association .

geography

The municipality of Warcq is located about 20 kilometers east of Verdun and about 35 kilometers west-northwest of Metz . The municipality of almost 5 km² is traversed by the upper reaches of the Orne , into which the Lauret and Ruisseau d'Eix tributaries flow. Except for the remains of alluvial forests on the banks of the Orne, the municipal area is almost free of forests. Pasture and arable land dominate. The district L'Hôpital belongs to Warcq . Warcq borders on the neighboring communities of Étain in the north, Rouvres-en-Woëvre in the northeast, Boinville-en-Woëvre in the east, Gussainville in the south and Herméville-en-Woëvre .

Population development

year 1962 1968 1975 1982 1990 1999 2007 2016
Residents 205 183 176 163 112 144 200 205
Sources: Cassini and INSEE

In 1872 the highest number of inhabitants was determined with 271 inhabitants.

Attractions

Saint-Firmin church

Economy and Infrastructure

There are three farms in the municipality of Warcq (cereal cultivation, cattle breeding).

The D 603 trunk road runs through the municipality of Warcq from Verdun via Etain to Jarny . In the municipality of Ville-en-Woëvre , eight kilometers to the south, there is a connection to the A 4 autoroute from Paris to Strasbourg . In the small town of Étain, two kilometers away, the nearest train station is on the Saint-Hilaire-au-Temple-Hagondange railway line .

literature

  • Le Patrimoine des Communes de la Meuse. Flohic Editions, Volume 1, Paris 1999, ISBN 2-84234-074-4 , pp. 420-421.

supporting documents

  1. ↑ Warcq on cassini-ehess-fr
  2. ↑ Warcq on insee.fr
  3. ↑ Entry in the Base Mérimée of the Ministry of Culture (accessed on March 31, 2018; French)
  4. ↑ Farms on annuaire-mairie.fr (French)

Web links

Commons : Warcq  - Collection of Images