Stenay

Stenay
Stenay
Commune
	A general view of Stenay
	Coat of arms
	Location of Stenay
	Stenay Stenay
	Coordinates: 49°29′27″N 5°11′11″E / 49.4908°N 5.1864°E
Country	France
Region	Grand Est
Department	Meuse
Arrondissement	Verdun
Canton	Stenay
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Stéphane Perrin
Area 1	27.16 km2 (10.49 sq mi)
Population (2021)	2,471
• Density	91/km2 (240/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	55502 /55700
Elevation	163–303 m (535–994 ft)
	1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Stenay (French pronunciation: [stənɛ]) is a commune in north-eastern France. It lies in the Meuse department, which is located in the Lorraine portion of the Grand Est region.

Its inhabitants are called Stenaisiens.^[3]

History

Église Saint-Joseph de Cervisy

In 679, the assassinated king Dagobert II was buried in the church of Saint-Remi in Stenay. In 872, King Charles the Bald had his body moved a newly built basilica dedicated to him. In 1069, the canons of the basilica were accused of laxness. Duke Godfrey the Bearded handed the basilica over to Gorze Abbey and it became a Benedictine priory. The Vita Dagoberti was written there. In 1580, the basilica was secularized and the cloisters demolished. In 1591, what remained was sacked by Huguenots.^[4]

Stenay was one of the last villages to experience fighting during the First World War.^[5] The village was captured on 11 November 1918 by the U.S. 89th Division, commanded by Major General William M. Wright, only hours before the Armistice with Germany went into effect. The 89th Division lost 365 men, mainly to enemy howitzer fire.^[6]

Toponymy

According to local tradition in antiquity, the village is named after a local temple of Saturn. The name has changed significantly over time, starting with Sathanagium and Astenidum, and, through natural language change, resulting in Stenay.

The progression of names is as follows:^[7]^[8]

Sathanagium, Sathonagium (714)
Astenidum (877)
Astanid (888)
Satenaium (900s)
Sathaniacum (900s)
Sathinidium (1036)
Sathanacum (1069)
Setunia (1000s)
Sathanacum villam (1079)
Satiniacum, Sathiniacum (1086)
Sathanaco (1108)
Sathanacensi (1157)
Sathaniaco (1159)
Sathanai (1173)
Sethenac (1208)
Settenai (1243)
Sethenai (1264)
Sathenay (1276, 1399, 1463, 1483, 1549, 1558, 1585)
Sathanay (1284)
Satenay (1399)
Astenæum (1580)
Satanagus (1630)
Satanay, Sthenay (1643)
Stenay (1793)

Population

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	4,125	—
1975	3,767	−1.29%
1982	3,693	−0.28%
1990	3,202	−1.77%
1999	2,952	−0.90%
2007	2,797	−0.67%
2012	2,749	−0.35%
2017	2,597	−1.13%
Source: INSEE^[9]

Tourism

The European Beer Museum (Musée Européen de la bière), founded in 1986, is considered the largest of its kind on the continent.^[10]^[11]^[12]

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.
^ Gentilé on the web site www.habitants.fr. Accessed 5 January 2016.
^ Paul J. Fouracre (2008), "Forgetting and Remembering Dagobert II: The English Connection", Frankland: The Franks and the World of the Early Middle Ages, Manchester: Manchester University Press, pp. 70–89.
^ John Hayes-Fisher , "The last soldiers to die in World War I", BBC News Magazine, 29 October 2008
^ Joseph E. Persico. Wright's stated reason for the attack was because "the division had been in the line a considerable period without proper bathing facilities, and since it was realized that if the enemy were permitted to stay in Stenay, our troops would be deprived of the probable bathing facilities there." World War I: Wasted Lives on Armistice Day. History Net.
^ Félix Liénard, Topographical Dictionary of the Meuse Department , 1872.
^ Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Stenay, EHESS (in French).
^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
^ "Musée de la bière". Retrieved 31 August 2018.
^ "Meuse tourism". Archived from the original on 7 October 2022. Retrieved 31 August 2018.
^ "Meuse tourism". Retrieved 31 August 2018.

External links

Stenay tourist office
Stenay and the Myth
Moulin le Cygne the Myth of Satan [ web.archive.org] History of the town

[1] "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020.

[popleg2021-2] "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.

[3] Gentilé on the web site www.habitants.fr. Accessed 5 January 2016.

[4] Paul J. Fouracre (2008), "Forgetting and Remembering Dagobert II: The English Connection", Frankland: The Franks and the World of the Early Middle Ages, Manchester: Manchester University Press, pp. 70–89.

[5] John Hayes-Fisher , "The last soldiers to die in World War I", BBC News Magazine, 29 October 2008

[6] Joseph E. Persico. Wright's stated reason for the attack was because "the division had been in the line a considerable period without proper bathing facilities, and since it was realized that if the enemy were permitted to stay in Stenay, our troops would be deprived of the probable bathing facilities there." World War I: Wasted Lives on Armistice Day. History Net.

[7] Félix Liénard, Topographical Dictionary of the Meuse Department , 1872.

[8] Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Stenay, EHESS (in French).

[pophist-9] Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE

[10] "Musée de la bière". Retrieved 31 August 2018.

[11] "Meuse tourism". Archived from the original on 7 October 2022. Retrieved 31 August 2018.

[12] "Meuse tourism". Retrieved 31 August 2018.

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