La Neuveville-sous-Châtenois
La Neuveville -sous- Châtenois is a commune with 379 inhabitants ( 1 January 2011) in the department of Vosges in the Lorraine region. It belongs to the district Neufchâteau, for Canton Châtenois and founded in 1994, Local Government Association, Pays de Châtenois.
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Geography
The municipality of La Neuveville -sous- Châtenois is located at about 315 m above sea level in the south of Lorraine, about 18 kilometers southeast of Neufchâteau, more widely seen about 45 kilometers south of Toul. The village is located in the transition zone between the Bassigny as part of the plateau of Langres and the Xaintois. Characteristic of the area are the river valleys who strive for fan-shape of the upper Meuse.
The area of 7.41 km ² municipal area includes a portion of the gently undulating landscape in the area of the Meuse tributary Vair whose windungsreicher running limited the municipality to the east and north. The territory is the small streams Ruisseau de nievel, Ruisseau de Gerrerupt and Ruisseau du Bougney coming from the southwest flow into the Vair. The gentle valleys are flanked by partly wooded hills. The municipality of the woodlands Le Grand Maix in the north, La Goule belong in the middle, Le Quartier Notre -Dame in the southwest and Bois du Nouvéchamp in the southeast. The proportion of forests to the community area amounts to less than ten percent. By far the largest part of the community area is the agriculture.
Neighboring communities of La Neuveville -sous- Châtenois are Houécourt in the northeast and east, Dombrot -sur- Vair in the southeast, Sandaucourt the southwest, Longchamp -sous- Châtenois Châtenois in the west and the northwest.
History
La Neuveville belonged before the French Revolution to the Bailiwick Neufchâteau. The church was part of the Deanery of the Diocese of Toul in Châtenois, the tithe was given to the chapter Poussay.
An existing in the 10th century, to the southwest, and thus higher ground predecessor settlement was destroyed by Hungarian rider. In the following years, a new settlement was established on the river Vair, the mid-13th century was large enough to form their own parish and build the first church.
1306 granted Duke Theobald II already the La Nueveville desouz Chastenois place called the right to hold a weekly market covered. The street name Rue de la Halle is preserved.
It formed a division of the settlement area out, which still exists today: the Rue de la Halle as part of the trunk road Neufchâteau after Mirecourt was the economic center of the municipality, while the south-east a T-shaped structure developed at the upper ends of the Church and the water point at the Vair are.
The already locked due to disrepair Nativity Church ( Église de la Nativité- de -Notre -Dame) was reconstructed in 1789. After completion of the work, which fell in the time of the French Revolution in the middle, the church was closed. It was not until 15 years later, the first Mass was said in the converted church.
Demographics
Coat of arms
Blazon: " Azure, a silver brick arch bridge, on a red shield with the golden initials L and N, over the bridge a golden oak branch, upper left, the Lorraine coat of arms - in gold, a red slant right bar with three silver gestümmelten eagles ( Alérion ) occupied. "
The bridge is the crossing of the Vair, the initials for the place name. The Lorraine coat of arms symbolizes the membership of the coat of arms carrier, the oak leaf the vast forests in the southwest of Lorraine.
Economy and infrastructure
Agriculture plays an important role in La Neuveville even today. Some residents commute to the nearby industrial areas or the southern resorts Contrexévillenear and Vittel.
Transport links
The partial two-lane and intersection- free -developed D 166 of Epinal by Neufchâteau bypasses the town to the north. They crossed just west of La Neuveville the Autoroute A31 ( Toul -Dijon ). The fitted here Freeway Interchange is one of three ports in the department of Vosges and an important regional transport hub.