Burlioncourt

Burlioncourt is a commune of 172 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2011 ) in the department of Moselle in the Lorraine region. It belongs to the district of Château- Salins, the eponymous canton and municipal association Communauté de communes du Saulnois.

Geography

Burlioncourt located 41 kilometers southeast of Metz and 34 kilometers north east of Nancy in Saulnois at an altitude 207-307 meters above sea level. The municipality covers 7.36 km ² ( 736 acres ).

History

The place name is, according to Ernest Nègre from the Germanic name Brodlonus and the local suffix -court, for " yard", emerged. He therefore means " courtyard of Brodlonus ". There is also a family name Burlion, is particularly common in the departments of Nord and Aisne, and in Belgium, and may also emerged from the Germanic name.

1266 Burlioncourt was first mentioned as Bruilloncort in the cartulary of the abbey of Salival, which is today in the municipality of Moyenvic documented. In the 15th century the town emerged as Brulloncuria again in this cartulary. The parish of Burlioncourt belonged to the Archpriest of Haboudange, which was subordinate to the Diocese of Metz. The village itself was part of the 1234 furnished castellany of Vic- sur- seille, which was also subordinate to the Diocese of Metz.

1793 Burlioncourt received the status of a municipality and in 1801 the right to local self-government in the wake of the French Revolution ( 1789-1799 ). It belonged from 1801 to 1871 to the former department of Meurthe, which was renamed in 1871 in Meurthe -et -Moselle. 1871, the community was incorporated into the newly created National Rural Alsace-Lorraine by the German Empire due to territorial changes through the course of the German - French War ( 1870-1871 ). The National Rural Alsace-Lorraine existed until the end of World War I (1914-1918) and was subsequently dissolved. Burlioncourt was at that time in the department of Moselle, this change was also maintained in 1918, when France was awarded Moselle again. Burlioncourt belonged as a French-speaking village to the last 247 municipalities whose name was Germanized on September 2, 1915. The name was changed to " Burlingshofen " and until 1918 was the official place name.

Demographics

Coat of arms

The municipal coat of arms is red with two silver salmon, which are back to back. Between them are located in the upper and lower part of the coat of arms two golden pebbles. The salmon are also found on the arms of the Abbey of Salival and the pebbles on the coat of arms of the Diocese of Metz.

Infrastructure

The nearest airport is Metz -Nancy- Lorraine, he is 27.3 kilometers north-west of Burlioncourt.