Damvillers

Damvillers
The church in Damvillers
The church in Damvillers
Coat of arms of Damvillers
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Damvillers is located in France
Damvillers
Damvillers
Damvillers is located in Grand Est
Damvillers
Damvillers
Coordinates: 49°20′36″N 5°24′02″E / 49.3433°N 5.4006°E / 49.3433; 5.4006
CountryFrance
RegionGrand Est
DepartmentMeuse
ArrondissementVerdun
CantonMontmédy
IntercommunalityDamvillers Spincourt
Government
 • Mayor (2020–2026) Anne Postal[1]
Area
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18.33 km2 (7.08 sq mi)
Population
 (2021)[2]
618
 • Density34/km2 (87/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
55145 /55150
Elevation197–353 m (646–1,158 ft)
(avg. 209 m or 686 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

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

History

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Damvillers was part of the Duchy of Luxembourg, which was part of the Spanish Netherlands . [3] In 1552, France intervened in the princes' revolt and French troops laid siege to Damvillers. From 1559, Cristóbal de Mondragón was the governor of the fortress of Damvillers for more than a decade. [4] The former relations with Luxembourg are reflected in the municipality's current coat of arms.

In 1659, the city and the fortress were ceded to the Kingdom of France as a result of the Peace of the Pyrenees.

When Damvillers was besieged in 1552, Ambroise Paré (1510–1590) became the first surgeon to repair an artery during an amputation through use of a Ligature. His new method would soon replace the previously used cauterization. [5]

Demographics

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Year 1962 1968 1975 1982 1990 1999 2007 2016 2019
Residents 582 588 631 674 627 620 636 652 626

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020.
  2. ^ "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
  3. ^ Joseph Groben: Connaissance de l’ancien Duché de Luxembourg (XXX): Damvillers, une enclave luxembourgeoise en pays mosan. In: Die Warte, vol. 51, no. 36, 25. November 1999, pp. 4.
  4. ^ Raymond Fagel: Protagonists of War: Spanish Army Commanders and the Revolt in the Low Countries. Leuven University Press, Leuven 2021, ISBN 9789462702875, pp. 212.
  5. ^ Joseph Albert Massard. "Damvillers, Mansfeld and Son: Ambroise Paré, the Father of Surgery, and Luxembourg." Lëtzebuerger Journal, vol. 60, no. 74, 17 April 2007, pp. 11–12. online. Retrieved 13 January 2022.