Damvillers

Damvillers
Commune
The church in Damvillers
Coat of arms
Location of Damvillers
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Coordinates: 49°20′36″N 5°24′02″E
Country	France
Region	Grand Est
Department	Meuse
Arrondissement	Verdun
Canton	Montmédy
Intercommunality	Damvillers Spincourt
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Anne Postal[1]
Area ^1	18.33 km^2 (7.08 sq mi)
Population  (2021)[2]	618
• Density	34/km^2 (87/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	55145 /55150
Elevation	197–353 m (646–1,158 ft) (avg. 209 m or 686 ft)
^1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km^2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Damvillers (French pronunciation: [dɑ̃vile]) is a commune in the Meuse department in Grand Est in north-eastern France.

History

Damvillers was part of the Duchy of Luxembourg, which was part of the Spanish Netherlands . [3] In 1552, France intervened in the princes' revolt and French troops laid siege to Damvillers. From 1559, Cristóbal de Mondragón was the governor of the fortress of Damvillers for more than a decade. [4] The former relations with Luxembourg are reflected in the municipality's current coat of arms.

In 1659, the city and the fortress were ceded to the Kingdom of France as a result of the Peace of the Pyrenees.

When Damvillers was besieged in 1552, Ambroise Paré (1510–1590) became the first surgeon to repair an artery during an amputation through use of a Ligature. His new method would soon replace the previously used cauterization. [5]

Demographics

Year	1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2007	2016	2019
Residents	582	588	631	674	627	620	636	652	626

See also

• Communes of the Meuse department

References

1. "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020.
2. "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
3. Joseph Groben: Connaissance de l’ancien Duché de Luxembourg (XXX): Damvillers, une enclave luxembourgeoise en pays mosan. In: Die Warte, vol. 51, no. 36, 25. November 1999, pp. 4.
4. Raymond Fagel: Protagonists of War: Spanish Army Commanders and the Revolt in the Low Countries. Leuven University Press, Leuven 2021, ISBN 9789462702875, pp. 212.
5. Joseph Albert Massard. "Damvillers, Mansfeld and Son: Ambroise Paré, the Father of Surgery, and Luxembourg." Lëtzebuerger Journal, vol. 60, no. 74, 17 April 2007, pp. 11–12. online. Retrieved 13 January 2022.