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Eurville-Bienville

Coordinates: 48°35′09″N 5°02′14″E / 48.5858°N 5.0372°E / 48.5858; 5.0372
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Eurville-Bienville
The church in Eurville
The church in Eurville
Location of Eurville-Bienville
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Eurville-Bienville is located in France
Eurville-Bienville
Eurville-Bienville
Eurville-Bienville is located in Grand Est
Eurville-Bienville
Eurville-Bienville
Coordinates: 48°35′09″N 5°02′14″E / 48.5858°N 5.0372°E / 48.5858; 5.0372
CountryFrance
RegionGrand Est
DepartmentHaute-Marne
ArrondissementSaint-Dizier
CantonEurville-Bienville
IntercommunalityCA Saint-Dizier Der et Blaise
Government
 • Mayor (2020–2026) Virginie Gerevic[1]
Area
1
20.73 km2 (8.00 sq mi)
Population
 (2021)[2]
2,029
 • Density98/km2 (250/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
52194 /52410
Elevation152–242 m (499–794 ft)
(avg. 159 m or 522 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Eurville-Bienville (French pronunciation: [œʁvil bjɛ̃vil]) is a commune in the Haute-Marne department in north-eastern France.[3] The commune was formed in 1972 by the merger of the former communes Eurville and Bienville,[4] located on opposite banks of the river Marne.

History

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The village of Bienville has existed from the 5th century. St. Menehould would have died there in 490 (a chapel marks the presumed location of the house where she would have ended his life), but the first reference is from 1167.

Eurville and Bienville have been separated by a boundary during centuries. Between the two villages passed the "Ditch of France", created by the Treaty of Verdun in 843. Eurville was in Francie and Bienville in Lorraine. Stones posts marking the boundaries are still visible. This boundary has even been restored by the Germans during the Second World War.

In feudal times, Eurville depended on the lord of Dampierre Saint-Dizier, Count of Champagne and the kingdom of France.

There are traces of the village of Eurville in 1233: Guillaume de Dampierre, Seigneur de Saint-Dizier, had usurped half the income of the Abbey of Saint-Urbain in appropriating the serfs of Eurville, Bienville, Prez, Chamouilley.

In 1551, Eurville passed into the hands of Baron de Joinville.

Eurville merged with Bienville in May 1972.[4]

Population

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Historical population
YearPop.±% p.a.
1968 2,217—    
1975 2,275+0.37%
1982 2,327+0.32%
1990 2,086−1.36%
1999 2,083−0.02%
2007 2,052−0.19%
2012 2,104+0.50%
2017 2,065−0.37%
Source: INSEE[5]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.
  2. ^ "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
  3. ^ Commune d'Eurville-Bienville (52194), INSEE
  4. ^ a b Modifications aux circonscriptions administratives territoriales (fusion de communes), Journal officiel de la République française n° 0131, 6 June 1972, p. 5668.
  5. ^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE