Nettancourt

Nettancourt is a commune in the Meuse department in Grand Est in north-eastern France.

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


 * Elevation: 135-187 m
 * Residents : Nettancourtois (male), Nettancourtoises (female).
 * Land Area : 11.45 km2
 * Nearest commune : Noyers-Auzécourt, Sommeilles
 * Nearest big city : Bar-le-Duc.

Administration
Mayors of Nettancourt :

Demography
Population structure in 2017:
 * 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%

Resources and production

 * Cereals
 * Livestock farming

Local and daily life
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.

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

History
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. Nettancourt is an old fief belonging to Champagne. A Protestant community lived in the village between 1561 and 1685, protected by the lords of Nettancourt, converted to Calvinism. 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.
 * Antiquity :
 * Middle Ages :
 * 17th century - 18th century :
 * 20th century :

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

Tourist places and monuments
Secular architecture : Sacred 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).
 * 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

Notable people

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