Stenay

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

Stenay
Commune
A general view of Stenay
Coat of arms
Location of Stenay
Stenay
Stenay
Coordinates: 49°29′27″N 5°11′11″E
CountryFrance
RegionGrand Est
DepartmentMeuse
ArrondissementVerdun
CantonStenay
IntercommunalityPays de Stenay
Government
 • Mayor (2014–2020) Stéphane Perrin
Area
1
27.16 km2 (10.49 sq mi)
Population
 (2017-01-01)[1]
2,597
 • Density96/km2 (250/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
55502 /55700
Elevation163–303 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.

Its inhabitants are called Stenaisiens.[2]

History
Église Saint-Joseph de Cervisy

It was one of the last villages to experience fighting during the First World War.[3] Stenay was captured on 11 November 1918 by the American 89th Division under General William M. Wright only hours before the Armistice went into effect. The 89th lost 365 men to howitzer fire.[4]

Toponymy

According to local tradition in antiquity, there was a temple of Saturn from which the village gets its name.

Old names chronlogically are[5][6]

Sathanagium, Sathonagium (714) ; Astenidum (877) ; Astanid (888) ; Satenaium (xe siècle) ; Sathaniacum (xe siècle) ; Sathinidium (1036) ; Sathanacum (1069) ; Setunia (xie siècle) ; 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).

Tourism

The European Beer Museum (Musée Européen de la bière), founded in 1986, is considered the largest of its kind on the continent.[7][8][9]

See also

References
  1. "Populations légales 2017". INSEE. Retrieved 6 January 2020.
  2. Gentilé on the web site www.habitants.fr. Accessed 5 January 2016.
  3. John Hayes-Fisher , "The last soldiers to die in World War I", BBC News Magazine, 29 October 2008
  4. 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.
  5. Félix Liénard, Topographical Dictionary of the Meuse Department , 1872.
  6. Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Stenay, EHESS. (in French)
  7. "Musée de la bière". Retrieved 2018-08-31.
  8. "Meuse tourism". Retrieved 2018-08-31.
  9. "Meuse tourism". Retrieved 2018-08-31.


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