Blamont
Blâmont is a common French, located in the department of Meurthe-et-Moselle and the area Lorraine.
Geography
Blâmont is located at the Eastern end of the department, in the valley of the Vezouze.
It is on the Trunk road 4 which spawning time a tortuous layout among the old houses. Since the month of December 2006, a road with 2x2 ways circumvents Blâmont.
History
The city was the stronghold of the counts of Salm with XII|20 E and XIII|20 E centuries, then lords de Blâmont with Ferry of Blâmont, wire junior by Henri III of Salm. The seigniory was high with the row of county with XV|20 E century. Christine of Denmark, regent of Lorraine, resided at it. The city and its castle were taken at the time of the wars of religion by the Protestants, then destroyed during the Guerre Thirty Year old (1618 - 1648) which devastated the Germanie. The strong castle was dismantled on order of Richelieu.
In the cemetery rest the seven bodies of the crew of a plane of the 550e squadron of the Royal Air Force fallen in Blâmont on July 29th, 1944, during the Second world war.
Administration
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Demography
Places and monument
See also: Castle of Blâmont
Blâmont shelters the ruins of a strong Château medieval (11th century), altered with various recoveries until the 19th century. This castle is the subject currently of a consolidation by an association which also ensures of the visits.
Its neo-gothic church of the 19th century shelters a historical organ, builds at the 18th century, transformed with XIX|20 E, and restored in 2000.
Personalities related to the commune
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Claude Ambroise Régnier, duke of Massed, Minister for Justice, born in Blâmont in 1736.
- Charles Regnault, appointed with the constituent National Assembly, born in Blâmont in 1755.
- Dominique Louis Antoine Klein, general count of the Empire, born in Blâmont in 1761.
- Florent Schmitt, type-setter, born in Blâmont in 1870, deceased in 1958.
- Marthe Richard, adviser of Paris, born in Blâmont in 1889.
- Antoine Veil, tax inspector, born in Blâmont in 1926, member of the strategic committee of the Group Bolloré, husband of Simone Veil.
See too
Internal bond
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Common of Meurthe-et-Moselle
External bonds
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Blâmont on the site of the national geographical Institute
- Blâmont on the site of INSEE
- Blâmont on the site of Quid
- Localization of Blâmont on a chart of France and communes bordering
- Plane on Blâmont on Mapquest
- the castle of blâmont