Villers-le-Sec, Meuse

French commune | nomcommune=Villers-le-Sec
région=Lorraine
département=Meuse
arrondissement=Bar-le-Duc
canton=Montiers-sur-Saulx
insee=550562
cp=55500
maire= Jean-Pierre Lefevre
mandat=2001-2008
intercomm=Communauté
de communes
de la Haute Saulx
longitude=5.2965
latitude=48.6205
alt mini=
alt maxi=
alt moy=297 m
hectares=700
km²=7
sans=133
date-sans=1999
dens=19
date-dens=1999

Villers-le-Sec is a village and commune of the Meuse "département" in Lorraine, France, in the old diocese of Toul.

Geography

Its name comes from that there are no rivers, because Villers-le-Sec is located on a plateau between the valleys of Ornain and of Saulx. However, the village is not completely deprived of water since it is located above ground and the ponds are very numerous. Although their water level is much lower than before (some even disappeared), the neighbourhoods of the village are rather marshy.

History

Today inhabited by 351 people, the village of Villers-le-Sec counted more than 500 inhabitants. At that time, the locality lived primarily next to the iron mine. There were five "bistrots", but the last of those has been closed for more than five years. Wood remains a significant resource today for all of the canton of Montiers-sur-Saulx, along with raw materials and loggers, sawmills, cabinet work, furniture manufacturers. The only company which remains today is it distilling, which produces drops of mirabelle during the wet season.

The village is also very pretty from its many masonries, but especially for the florists in front of each house.