Champigneulles

Champigneulles is a common French, located in the department of Meurthe-et-Moselle and the area Lorraine, famous for its brewery.

Geography

Champigneulles is located in the valley of the Meurthe along a channel on old the Trunk road 57.

History

Champigneulles was formerly called Campigniola which means small countryside, in the direction of fields or fertile ground. It is located in the valley of Bellefontaine. The excavations reveal traces of settlement as of Prehistory (two Neolithic stations are announced). A population dispersed in the Small valley of Bellefontaine gradually will form a hamlet connected to Bouxières-with-Ladies. With the Middle Ages this village names St. Bartholomew's Day Massacre. It is only at the beginning of the 14th century that the name of Champigneulles is mentioned. The St. Bartholomew's Day Massacre village disappears at the time of the wars of the 17th century

Champigneulles is famous for its Brasserie whose slogan was the queen of the beers and the logo a red and yellow crown. Founded in 1897, the brewery is repurchased by Kronenbourg, which decides to resell it in 2006 with TCB, German brewer of the beer Frankfurter .

Administration

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Demography

Places and monuments

Champigneulles profits from the richnesses of the very close nature (Forêt of the Hague) which offers an ideal site to the practice of the race on foot or VTT.

Personalities related to the commune

; Champigneulles and the legend of Holy Arnoul - Owner of the Brewers: And cy are Champigneulles in iceluy round of applause, which is with God and Saint-Arnou

According to the legend, Champigneulles is located at the place even where the miracle of Arnoul Saint occurred born towards 580 in Lay-Saint-Christophe.En year 641, of the pilgrims transport by the Roman Way the relics of Saint-Arnoul of the Saint-Mount of Remiremont in the Vosges to Metz, city of which he was bishop into 612 before withdrawing himself as a hermit in the Vosgean forest until his death into 640. The following year, whereas its skin is repatriated in Metz, on July 18th, the procession stops in Champigneulles, exténué, with course of vivres and barley beer. One of the pilgrims in search of barley beer beseeches: “Now it is time that Happy Arnoul comes, in this night, to calm our burning thirst: its powerful intercession will get to us what we miss. ” At once, the barley beer runs with flood of a small jug so much so that all the pilgrims were watered and that it remained about it abundantly for the following day.

See too

Common of Meurthe-et-Moselle
Champigneulle, commune of the the Ardennes

External bonds

Official site of the town of Champigneulles
Brewery of Champigneulles
Champigneulles on the site of the national geographical Institute
Champigneulles on the site of INSEE
Champigneulles on the site of Quid
Localization of Champigneulles on a chart of France and communes bordering
Plane on Champigneulles on Mapquest

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