Railwayman (the Moselle)

Cheminot is a common French located in the department of the the Moselle in Lorraine.

Geography

Cheminot is located in the Moselle, in the Canton of Verny, to 20 km in the south of Metz and to 9 km of Pont-à-Mousson.

The Village is placed between the highway A31 and the Lorraine station of TGV Is.

The commune is made up of the village of Cheminot , of that of Longeville-the-Railwayman and the locality Marly-with-Wood.

More than 100 paid work in 2006 on the commune.

History

Cheminot is already known at the time Gallo-Roman under the name of Villa Caminetum. It borders the Roman way connecting Marseilles to Cologne.

The foundations of an important Roman villa were found close to the farm of Marly-with-Wood.

Thereafter, the village like those of Longeville (current Longeville-the-Railwayman), Éply, Lesménils and Bouxières-under-Froidmont are gathered in a seigniory depending on a palate of Charlemagne. The March 13rd 783, Hildegarde gave the field to the abbey of Saint Arnoul.

This property lasted until the Revolution of 1789.

In 1404, Philippe de Norroy made burn the village.

The September 13rd 1444, the king of France Charles VII occupied the village.

The 22 Prairial of the An VIII, the villages of Cheminot and Longeville is gathered in only one commune.

November 13rd 1940, the population was expelled towards Vic-Fezensac in the Gers like with Muret in Haute-Garonne, it was replaced by Lorraine colonists of the area of Bitche and German of the Palatinat.

Cheminot is released the December 20th 1944 whereas Longeville was to it the September 22nd 1944, the day of the Saint Maurice (patron saint of the village).

During the German occupation of 1915-18, the villages were called Kemnat and Langendorf EIB Kemnat. Between 1941 and 1945, they were renamed Kemmen and Langendorf EIB Kemmen.

Administration

Since 1971, the Maire of Cheminot is Jean Lorrain. Its predecessor was Antoine Gabbardo elected in 1953.

In 1923, the mayor Jules Martin resigns, because the inhabitants of the village refused to go to bless the late body of his/her 6 year old dead daughter of diphteria (fear of the epidemic).

In 1947, the mayor Jean Laurent resigns because its trade of police officer is incompatible with the function.

End 1956, several city council men resign to protest against the mode of invoicing of water to the cattle.

May 1st 1947, the municipal files are destroyed by a fire.

Demography

Places and monuments

The principal monument of the village is the church. It was built by the abbot Richer at the beginning of the 13th century on the site of an old church where the relics of Saint Redemptius rested.

Completed in 1229, it is sometimes called " the cathedral of the Pail ".

It suffers many damage during the centuries which followed. In 1308, it is ransacked by the bishop Renaud de Bar. In 1404 and 1443, it is partly burned. In 1444, it is plundered.

It was several times restored and repairing during all these centuries. The frescos which recovered the walls were unobtrusive at the 18th century.

The last destruction took place in 1944, during the release of the village.

The restoration started in 1950 and only in 1962 with the arrival of the bells was completed.

It is classified historic building since 1888.

Just beside the church, is the war memorial, creation of the sculptor Okuda, inspired by the ceiling of the Chapelle Sixtine. It was inaugurated on February 1st 1981.

In Longeville, the Saint-Pierre vault dates from the 12th century, it was occupied by Bénédictins. It is a dwelling house since 1800.

The current town hall is located in an old house of the Renaissance type built at the 16th century.

Personalities related to the commune

Jean Thomas, general of Napoleonean empire, was born with Cheminot in 1770.

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