Nettancourt

Nettancourt
Commune
Roman road
Coat of arms
Location of Nettancourt
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Coordinates: 48°52′33″N 4°56′37″E / 48.8758°N 4.9436°E / 48.8758; 4.9436
Country	France
Region	Grand Est
Department	Meuse
Arrondissement	Bar-le-Duc
Canton	Revigny-sur-Ornain
Intercommunality	CC du Pays de Revigny-sur-Ornain
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Michel Basset[1]
Area 1	11.45 km2 (4.42 sq mi)
Population  (2021)[2]	241
• Density	21/km2 (55/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	55378 /55800
Elevation	135–187 m (443–614 ft) (avg. 175 m or 574 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Nettancourt (French pronunciation: [nɛtɑ̃kuʁ]) is a commune in the Meuse department in Grand Est in north-eastern France.

The village lies on the right bank of the Chée, which flows southward through the eastern part of the commune.

• Elevation: 135–187 metres (443–614 ft)^[3]
• Residents : Nettancourtois (male), Nettancourtoises (female).
• Land Area : 11.45 square kilometres (4.42 sq mi)^[3]
• Nearest commune : Noyers-Auzécourt, Sommeilles
• Nearest big city : Bar-le-Duc.

Mayors of Nettancourt :

Population structure in 2017:^[4]

• Men (51.6%) Women (48.4%)
• Population between 0 and 19: 17.5%
• Population between 20 and 64: 56.7%
• Population over 65 : 25.8%

• Cereals
• Livestock farming

Education : Nettancourt has its own primary school.
Shop : Bakery, hotel and restaurant, automobile repair shop, ...
Associations : Go Elan
Celebrations: local/community holiday : second or third Sunday of July, saint day: June, the 24th.
Like several French cities, Nettancourt has bric-a-brac sales in summer time.

"Nettancourt" appears in 1179. It should be a name of a man + curtius (lat.). The name should be a male German one.^[5]
"Nettancourt" is also an aristocratic family name (see Famous people from Nettancourt).

• Antiquity :

Nettancourt is close to a famous Roman road (it joins up Reims to Toul cities). Archaeological Gallo-Roman remains (like pieces of pottery and ancient currencies) were found in the area.

• Middle Ages :

Nettancourt is an old fief belonging to Champagne.

• 17th century - 18th century :

A Protestant community lived in the village between 1561 and 1685, protected by the lords of Nettancourt, converted to Calvinism.

• 20th century :

Nettancourt suffers a lot from the First World War (1914–18). One day, to escape to a German offensive, the residents had to leave their village. During this time, German soldiers sat for a moment in several houses.

There are ten names in the war memorial, mobilized at the beginning of the war. They fought bravely to liberate their home.

Secular architecture :

• Castle of Nettancourt, built again in the 19th century.
• Castle of la Grange-aux-Champs (17th/ 18th, modified in the 19th century).
• Grande-rue : low-relief depicting Saint Hubert's legend (in the lintel of the door).
• Farm, 5-7 rue de l'Orme (group of fronts and roofs).

Sacred architecture :

• Saint-Remi Church: 15th century, restored at the 16th century and in 1708 : naves, apses, gate (1650), vault (1856).
• Saint-Jean-Baptiste chapel : ancient Protestant church, built in 1561, it became catholic after the revocation of the Edict of Nantes. It was built again in 1884.

Place of interest :

• Shore of the Chée
• Area of the church
• Pond of the mill in Sommeilles
• Hood

• François Joseph Henri de Nettancourt-Vaubécourt d’Haussonville, bishop of Montauban
• Louis-Claude de Nettancourt-Haussonville

• Communes of the Meuse department (en)
• Roman roads (en)
• Voie romaine Reims-Metz (French)

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• Personal page about Nettancourt(French)