Bathelémont

Bathelémont is a commune with 60 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2011 ) in the department of Meurthe -et -Moselle in the Lorraine region. Administratively it belongs to the district Luneville and Canton Arracourt. She is also a member of the Association of Local Authorities was founded in 1998 Pays du Sânon.

Geography

Arracourt is located at 270 m above sea level, about twelve kilometers north of the town of Luneville and about 25 kilometers east of the city of Nancy.

The district includes a portion of the hill country between the Mosel tributaries Sânon in the south and in the north seille. The northern boundary of the municipality marks the watershed between the two rivers. Here, in the forest Bois du Sentier de Vie is achieved with 335 m above sea level, the highest point of the municipality. The sloping terrain to the south is drained by the streams Ruisseau de la Fossatte and Ruisseau de Haute Foucray towards Sânon. Except for small forest units in the North and fruit trees around the village of arable land dominate the area of the municipality.

Neighboring communities of Bathelémont are Arracourt in the north, Bures in the east, in the southeast Hénaménil, Bauzemont in the south, southwest, and Athienville Valhey in the northwest.

History

The name first appears Bathelémont in the late 11th century on in a deed of Countess Sophia of Bar.

In the Middle Ages, the village was divided into two dominions: one part was subject to the bishop of Metz, the other belonged to the Duke of Lorraine. Extensive lands around Bathelémont belonged to the house Ficquelmont, an old noble family of Lorraine in the 18th century. It was not until the French Revolution Bathelémont was reunited ..

1917, the first monument for fallen in World War I American was built on French soil in Bathelémont. It was destroyed during World War II and later rebuilt.

A second community called Lorraine Bathelémont existed until 1806., You went all in on Laxou, a suburb of Nancy. Today, on any map more, accounted for the reason for the name extension- lès- Bauzemont, so the Home Office an application for renaming the parish of Bathelémont -lès- Bauzemont after Bathelémont agreed on March 22, 2011.

Demographics

Attractions

• Church of St. John the Baptist ( Eglise Saint -Jean -Baptiste ), reconstructed after 1918

Infrastructure

Bathelémont is located off of the nationally important transport. West of the village, the highway of Luneville on Moyenvic runs to Château- Salins. Other roads connect the village with the neighboring communities of Bures and Bauzemont.

Personalities

On February 3, 1753 was born in Bathelémont Jean -Nicolas Stofflet, one of the leaders of the revolt in the Vendée.

Evidence