Arracourt
Arracourt is a commune with 245 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 is capital of the canton Arracourt. She is also a member of the local association was founded in 1998 Pays du Sânon.
Geography
Arracourt is located at 230 m above sea level, about 18 kilometers north of the city and about 28 km east-northeast Luneville the city of Nancy. In the north the territory of the municipality is bordered by the Moselle department.
The municipality covers a portion of the Loutre Noire valley. The nearly 18 -kilometer-long Loutre Noire just East of Arracourt and flows Pettoncourt in the Mosel Creek seille. North and south of Talbereiches the terrain gradually rises. In the north, the terrain passes dorsal skin of the Monts and the large forest area Domaniale Forêt de Bezange -la-Grande on the Seilletal; in the south the hills of the Bois de Bénamont form the border of the catchment area of the Sânon. Except for the forests in the north and the south, the municipality area is characterized by large areas of arable land.
To Arracourt include the hamlet Vaudrecourt and Riouville - the latter consisting of the courts Basse Riouville, Haute Riouville and La Quittaine.
Neighboring communities of Arracourt are Vic- sur -Seille in the north, Juvrecourt in the northeast, Réchicourt -la -Petite in the east, in the southeast Bures, Bathelémont in the south, the west and Athienville Bezange -la -Grande in the northwest.
History
The village Arracourt was from 1871 to 1914 on the border of the German Reich.
The destroyed at the beginning of World War objects in Arracourt included the castle of the 18th century, the church and a chapel. The castle was not rebuilt, the chapel Notre- Dame-de- Pitié was reconstructed in 1918, the Church of St. Mauritius was created in 1920 new. In the fighting in Arracourt fell among others Richard Deeken, founder of the German Society Samoa, writer and colonial politicians.
In September 1944 a tank battle took place at Arracourt, in which the 4th Division, 3rd U.S. Army and the 5th Panzer Army, the Wehrmacht faced each other. She has gone down in history as the Battle of Arracourt ( Battle of Arracourt ).
- Monument to the fallen of the two world wars
- Sherman tank in memory of the Battle of Arracourt 1944
Demographics
Attractions
- Church of St. Mauritius ( Église Saint- Maurice)
- Chapel of Notre -Dame-de - Pitié with a carved sculpture of Mary
Infrastructure
Arracourt is a primary school and kindergarten - site ( École élémentaire publique ).
By Arracourt the highway of Luneville on Moyenvic leads to Château- Salins. Other roads connect the village with the neighboring communities Juvrecourt, Réchicourt -la -Petite, Athienville and Bezange -la -Grande.