Willeroncourt
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| region | Grand Est | |
| Department | Meuse | |
| Arrondissement | Bar-le-Duc | |
| Canton | Vaucouleurs | |
| Community association | Commercy-Void-Vaucouleurs | |
| Coordinates | 48 ° 43 ' N , 5 ° 22' E | |
| height | 237-386 m | |
| surface | 7.89 km 2 | |
| Residents | 107 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 14 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 55500 | |
| INSEE code | 55581 | |
Willeroncourt is a French commune with 107 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) in the Meuse department in the Grand Est region (until 2015 Lorraine ). The municipality is part of the Bar-le-Duc arrondissement and the Commercy-Void-Vaucouleurs municipal association formed in 2017 .
geography
Willeroncourt is located in the historic Barrois landscape in a side valley of the Ornain , about 18 kilometers east-southeast of Bar-le-Duc and about 20 kilometers west-southwest of Commercy . The village of Willeroncourt is located at the confluence of the Ruisseau du Clocher and Ruisseau du Petit Pas streams , which from here form the Ornain tributary Malval , at 260 m above sea level. North and south of the Malval valley floor, the terrain rises by about 120 meters . The partly wooded slopes ( Bois Malval ) stretch up to flattened plateaus, which are partly also wooded ( Bois de Gondormont ). A south-sloping slope immediately north of the village is planted with grapevines. On the plateau southwest of the village, the highest point in the municipality is reached at 386 m above sea level. Here is a 200 m high transmission mast next to a 56 m high radio tower.
Willeroncourt is surrounded by the neighboring communities Erneville-aux-Bois in the north, Nançois-le-Grand in the east, Chanteraine in the south, Ligny-en-Barrois in the southwest and Velaines and Nançois-sur-Ornain in the west.
history
The place appeared for the first time in 1103 in a document as Wuillerumcort . Via Willeruncurt (1180) and Vuilleroncourt (1756) the spelling changed from 1801 to Villeroncourt, which is still used today . Willeroncourt belonged to the Duchy of Bar until the 18th century .
coat of arms
The coat of arms designed by the heraldist RA Louis and only accepted by the community in 2014 is described as follows: “Under the curved golden head of the shield, inside a red boar's head looking to the right, a golden fig leaf in blue, underneath two golden pickaxes shaped like a W against each other. “Willeroncourt was derived from the old German will - the fig leaf symbolizes the will to survive and natural wealth. The pickaxes refer to the earlier local iron ore mining. The boar's head is reminiscent of Basolus von Verzy , the patron saint of the parish.
Population development
| year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2007 | 2017 | |
| Residents | 178 | 141 | 117 | 103 | 110 | 119 | 126 | 107 | |
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Attractions
Economy and Infrastructure
There are two farms in the municipality.
Willeroncourt is located away from the nationally important traffic axes. Two département roads provide connections to three neighboring communities. The Malval valley in Willeroncourt is followed by the railway line from Nançois - Tronville to Neufchâteau ( Ligne de Nançois - Tronville à Neufchâteau ), which in the area around Willeroncourt only serves goods traffic. Immediately south of the municipal area, the motorway-like Route nationale 4 runs from Saint-Dizier to Toul .
literature
- Le Patrimoine des Communes de la Meuse. Flohic Editions, Volume 1, Paris 1999, ISBN 2-84234-074-4 , pp. 564-565.
supporting documents
- ↑ Photos of the transmitter systems
- ^ Ernest Nègre : Toponymie générale de la France, Volume 2. In: Toponymie générale de la France . Archived from the original on May 27, 2018 ; accessed on May 28, 2018 (French).
- ↑ Description of the coat of arms on genealogie-lorraine.fr (French)
- ↑ Willeroncourt on cassini.ehess.fr
- ↑ Willeroncourt on insee.fr
- ↑ Farms on annuaire-mairie.fr (French)
