Iré-le-Sec

Iré -le -Sec is a commune of 159 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2011 ) in the department of Meuse in the Lorraine region. Administratively it belongs to the district of Verdun and the Canton Montmédy. She is also a member of the local association, founded in 1999 Pays de Montmédy.

Geography

Iré -le -Sec is located at 240 m above sea level, about six kilometers south of the small town Montmédy and about 18 kilometers west of the city Longuyon in the northwest of Lorraine. The Belgian border is located about eight kilometers away. The village is located in the southeastern foothills of the Ardennes.

The municipality covers a portion of the upper Chabottales. The small river Chabot just East of Iré -le- Sec, is dammed in its upper reaches to some ponds and flows a few kilometers north of Iré -le -Sec in Iré ​​-les- Prés, a suburb of Montmédy, in the Chiers. The surrounding plateaus tower over the valley about 50 meters altitude, is the highest point is reached at 331 m above sea level in the northeastern tip of the municipality. About a third of the congregation brain area is forested ( Bois du Chabot, Bois Frater ). In the south, the municipality has a share of the airfield Marville - Montmédy ( Base aérienne de Marville - Montmédy ), which was partially used from 1953 to 1967 by the Royal Canadian Air Force until 2002 by the French Air Force.

Neighboring communities of Iré -le -Sec are Bazeilles -sur- Othain in the northeast, Flassigny in the east, in the southeast Marville, Remoiville and Louppy -sur- Loison the southwest, Juvigny -sur- Loison to the west and Montmédy in the northwest.

History

The place first appears in 1096 as a Ureia. About Iray, Yrai la Sèche (1402 ), Irey (1571 ), Iry -le- Sec ( 1607), Yvré -le- Escq ( 1656) and Ires -le- Sec ( 1700), the local name evolved to today's Iré -le -Sec. The addition le sec stands for dry, arid, dry, low rainfall in contrast to the northerly Iré -les- Prés ( in the meadows ).

1790 Before Iré -le -Sec was part of the duchy of Bar, later the place belonged to the county of Clermont -en- Beauvaisis, the provosts of Stenay and the Abbey in Juvigny -sur- Loison.

Demographics

Attractions

  • Church of St. Hubert ( Saint- Hubert ), built in 1849
  • Lavoir in the Rue de Ladela

Transport links

By Iré -le -Sec, the highway of Longuyon about Montmédy leads to Sedan as part of the European Route 44 ( Koblenz- Luxembourg -Le Havre). Other roads connect the village with Remoiville, Juvigny -sur- Loison and Jametz.

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