Damvillers

Commune in Grand Est, France

Coat of arms

Location of Damvillers

(2020–2026) Anne Postal^[1]Area

18.33 km² (7.08 sq mi)Population

(2021)^[2]

618 • Density34/km² (87/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)INSEE/Postal code

55145 /55150

Elevation197–353 m (646–1,158 ft)
(avg. 209 m or 686 ft)¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (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

References

^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020.
^ "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
^ 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.
^ Raymond Fagel: Protagonists of War: Spanish Army Commanders and the Revolt in the Low Countries. Leuven University Press, Leuven 2021, ISBN 9789462702875, pp. 212.
^ 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.