Louvergny

Louvergny is a commune with 75 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2011 ) in the Ardennes department in the Champagne- Ardenne region; it belongs to the district Vouziers and the District of Le Chesne. The inhabitants of Louvergny be called Marinettes.

Geography

Louvergny is on the edge of the Argonne on a vorjurassischen ridge that divides the geology department. A large forest extending between Louvergny in the south and Omont and Vendresse in the north.

Demographics

History

The place is first attested in the early 13th century. The Lords of Louvergny were vassals of the Counts of Rethel, including Jean de Louvergny 1234, Raymond and Estevin de Louvergny 1322, Richard de Louvergny 1397th In the 17th century, the name was passed on to a branch of the Moët family who went out in 1797.

Priory of Saint -Guillaume

The priory was founded in 1249 by the Wilhelmiten Count Johann I of Rethel. She was the first monastery of this order, to the already large numbers of homes in Flanders and Germany belonged in France. The Priory existed until 1643, and this year went to the nuns of Sainte -Marie de Mouzon on. In the second half of the 18th century, the buildings were used as a farm. In the Napoleonic cadastral they are listed one last time. Today only remembers the place name L' Abbaye to the monastery.

Church

Also, from the Romanesque church from the 12th century exist any more. She stood in the center of the cemetery in 1896 and replaced by the present church.

Municipality in the department of Ardennes
Place in Champagne- Ardenne

Champagne-Ardenne Ardennes (department) Arrondissement Arrondissement of Vouziers Cantons of France Postal codes in France Forest of Argonne Hermits of Saint William Mouzon (Ardennes) Romanesque art Le Chesne (Ardennes)

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