Travel Guide Longuyon

At the gateway to the "Iron Lorraine", the Pays de Longuyon has a plateau relief largely cut by rivers with picturesque courses. Longuyon, from the Low Latin long guada, means the great ford. Situated at the confluence of the Crusnes and the Chiers, this small town is the hub of the Pays Haut, near the Belgian and Luxembourg borders. It was once protected by the castle of Mussy, of which a few buried remains remain: the ruins of the square keep and its bastions dismantled by order of King Louis XIV in 1670. The town was awarded the Croix de Guerre and the Légion d'Honneur for its heroic conduct during the 1914-1918 war. Spared from the transformations of the rural world and industrialisation in the years 1880-1910, the Longuyonnais area resembles more the Belgian Gaume and the neighbouring Meuse cantons in the middle of which it is located. Together with Longwy and Briey, Longuyon forms the famous "triangle of fire", the blast furnaces having allowed the steel industry to flourish and to leave a lasting mark on the area. During your visit, you cannot miss the Totem, a peaceful symbol of Canada, erected following the departure of the Canadian troops who had been stationed in the region since 1954. Take the time to admire the Romanesque-Gothic church of Sainte-Agathe, which dominates the Chiers and Crusnes valleys, overlooking the Mazelle district. Built on the site of a former 7th century chapel, it has a tower, the oldest vestige of the town of Longuyon