Arc-in-Barrois

Arc-in-Barrois is a common French, located in the department of the Haute-Marne and the area Champagne-Ardenne.

Arc-in-Barrois is located at 24 km of Chaumont (prefecture of the Haute-Marne), at 30 km of Langres and at 15km of the exit of the A5 (left Chaumont-Semoutiers). The village is a green station of holidays, village flowered ().

Geography

The village of Arc-in-Barrois is located in the valley of the Aujon on the plate of Langres and fining bordering on the Coast-with Or. Aujon crosses Rochetaillée, Saint-Wolf-on-Aujon, Courcelles-on-Aujon, Giey-on-Aujon, Arc-in-Barrois and goes to Court-the Bishop to throw itself in the Aube. Along Aujon, on left bank with the bottom of Arc-in-Barrois, a region from arable lands called Éleux extends.

The National forest of Arc-in-Barrois, divided with Aubepierre in particular, one of is extended from France (approximately 11000 hectares).

The Forêt of Arc-in-Barrois is regarded as one of most beautiful huntings for big game of France (Sanglier S, Cerf S and Chevreuil S).

Heraldic

Blason_d' Arc-in-Barrois on the GeneaWiki site.

The weapons of Arc-in-Barrois are blasonnent as follows: Of azure to the fasce of mouths charged with three flowers of lily of gold, accompanied as a chief by a closed crown, and at a peak of an arc in fasce, tended and armed with money (or gold) .

The crown points out the old statute of Marquisat of Arc-in-Barrois.

History

Histoire_d' Arc-in-Barrois on the GeneaWiki site.

An important Roman way (of Langres to Direction and Orleans) passed to the current site of Arc-in-Barrois. A Roman fortress, or Arx, located on the height of Lamotte above Arc-in-Barrois was used to protect the way. Safe from this fortress, some farmers grouped their dwellings to be protected by the garrison and one builds in the vicinity a hospitium (refuge or shelter for the travellers). The site was strengthened until the 13th century, then abandoned during the construction of a new lower castle, at the edge of the Aujon.

The village was a time a Marquisat Duché of Châteauvillain. The castle, occupied by the Burgundian ones at the 15th century was altered at the 17th century. It was finally destroyed with the Révolution. In 1629, the known village a beginning of epidemic of plague which was déclanché, says one, at the time of the passage of travellers who placed in a hotel trade of the village. At the 17th century, the village of Arc-in-Barrois was strengthened and surrounded by ditches supplied with the Aujon. The ditches were filled under the count de Toulouse and the walls shot down at the beginning of the Révolution.

The field of Arc-in-Barrois belonged in 1622 to Nicolas of Hospital, duke of Vitry, it was bought in 1679 with his/her son by the count de Morstein who yielded it in 1693 to Louis Alexandre of Bourbon, count de Toulouse. His/her son Louis Jean Marie de Bourbon, duke of Penthièvre inherited the field. Passed the pangs of the Revolution, the field was restored in 1814 with the girl of the duke of Penthièvre, Louise Marie Adélaïde of Bourbon, which had married in 1769 Louis Philippe, duke of Orleans. The girl of the latter, Adelaide of Orleans (sister of Louis-Philippe Ier), inherited and rebuilt it the current castle with the site of old. She and bequeathed it by will to her godson the prince de Joinville.

During the First World War, the castle is placed at the disposal of wounded face of Verdun.

In 1972, Arc-in-Barrois amalgamated with the commune of Aubepierre, the défusion will take place later ten years in 1982.

Administration

Demography

Places and monuments

Castle of Arc-in-Barrois.

The current castle was built about 1845 by the princess Adélaïde of Orleans, younger sister by the king of the French Louis-Philippe Ier. To died from this one, in 1847, the castle returned to its godson the prince de Joinville. The castle is a private field today.

House Rebirth.

Located behind, the house town hall with superimposed orders built in 1550. (Historic building)

Church Martin Saint, classified gate.

Gothic church of XIIIe century (Historic building). Sepulchre of 1672 with 7 characters.

Refrigerator.

The refrigerator was built in 1873 by the prince de Joinville. As ovoidal form, buried and a 8,5 m height, it was used to store the ice taken on the pond of the castle.

Steam engine.

It is also under the impulse of the prince de Joinville that a steam engine was built in 1896. This one was used for operation of an old sawmill; on 3 stages, with hearth, tube boiler of 9 m3, steam engine 80 CV with wheel of 3,5 Mr. It will function until 1963. (Historic building since 1977).

Dolmens closes of Sautreuil.

Economy

the golf of Arc-in-Barrois (9 holes, 1 putting green and 1 practice), integrated in the old park of the castle and a 3089 meters length, is traced with the turnings of Aujon in the greenery.

the company Schurter (approximately 55 paid), created in 1981, manufactures fuses and fuse holders, including for satellites.

Forestry development.

Market gardenings.

Small workshops.

public Old people's home.

Events

the festival of the holy Hubert takes place the last weekend of November; auction of objets d'art Hunting, exposures, mass of the Hubert saint, concert of Hunting horn, gone…

Personalities related to the commune

Pierre Duchâtel, born with Arc-in-Barrois worms 1480, Prelate French, large chaplain of François Ier.

Etienne-Gabriel Peignot, born with Arc-in-Barrois in 1767 and died with Dijon in 1849, French bibliographer.

Guy Armand Romano, born on June 11th, 1937, highly skilled bishop of Niamey (Niger) since 2003.

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