Woël

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Woël
Woël coat of arms
Woël (France)
Woël
region Grand Est
Department Meuse
Arrondissement Verdun
Canton Etain
Community association Territoire de Fresnes-en-Woëvre
Coordinates 49 ° 2 ′  N , 5 ° 44 ′  E Coordinates: 49 ° 2 ′  N , 5 ° 44 ′  E
height 207-237 m
surface 13.21 km 2
Residents 200 (January 1, 2017)
Population density 15 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code 55210
INSEE code 55583

North-east side of the Saint-Gorgon church

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Woël (1801 still with the spelling Woel ) is a French commune with 200 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) in the Meuse department in the Grand Est region (until 2015: Lorraine ). The municipality belongs to the arrondissement of Verdun and the Territoire de Fresnes-en-Woëvre, founded in 1996 .

geography

Woël is located about 30 kilometers southeast of Verdun in the Woëvre region . Woël is surrounded by the neighboring communities of Les Grandes-Loges in the northeast, Juvigny in the southeast, Aulnay-sur-Marne in the south and Aigny in the west and northwest.

The former national route 404 runs through Woël .

Population development

year 1962 1968 1975 1982 1990 1999 2008 2017
Residents 300 273 241 222 183 208 177 200
Sources: Cassini and INSEE

Attractions

The parish church of Saint-Gorgon is a hall church with a short nave. At the western end of the nave there is a massive bell tower reminiscent of a fortified church. The tower is the remainder of the 12th century predecessor of the church. Parts of the central aisle in the nave also date from this period. In the following centuries the church underwent numerous structural changes. The choir was built in 1496, a side chapel in 1502. The choir was rebuilt in the 16th century and reconstructed again in 1714. Since July 1914, the Saint-Gorgon church has been classified as a Monument historique . The church was damaged in World War I and repaired from 1927 to 1932. After damage in the Second World War, it had to be restored in the 1950s.

Tower of the Saint-Gorgon church

Economy and Infrastructure

Nine farms are located in the community (cereal and fruit growing, dairy farming, cattle breeding).

The D 904 from Verdun to Toul runs through Woël . 15 kilometers northwest of Woël, near Ville-en-Woëvre, there is a connection to the A 4 autoroute from Paris to Strasbourg .

literature

  • Le Patrimoine des Communes de la Meuse. Flohic Editions, Volume 1, Paris 1999, ISBN 2-84234-074-4 , pp. 471-473.

supporting documents

  1. ↑ toponym on cassini.ehess.fr
  2. ↑ Woël on cassini.ehess.fr
  3. ↑ Woël on insee.fr
  4. ^ Entry in the Base Mérimée of the Ministry of Culture. Retrieved March 23, 2016 (French).
  5. ↑ Farms on annuaire-mairie.fr (French)

Web links

Commons : Woël  - collection of images