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Canton Of Raon-l'Étape
The Canton of Raon-l'Étape is a French administrative and electoral grouping of communes in the Vosges ''département'' of eastern France and in the region of Grand Est. The canton has its administrative centre at Raon-l'Étape. Composition At the French canton reorganisation which came into effect in March 2015, the canton was expanded from 9 to 40 communes: * Allarmont *Anglemont * Ban-de-Sapt * Bazien * Belval * Brû * Celles-sur-Plaine * Châtas * Denipaire * Domptail * Doncières * Étival-Clairefontaine * Grandrupt * Hurbache * Luvigny * Ménarmont * Ménil-de-Senones *Ménil-sur-Belvitte * Le Mont * Moussey *Moyenmoutier *Nompatelize * Nossoncourt * La Petite-Raon * Le Puid *Raon-l'Étape * Raon-sur-Plaine *Roville-aux-Chênes * Saint-Benoît-la-Chipotte * Sainte-Barbe * Saint-Jean-d'Ormont * Saint-Pierremont * Saint-Remy * Saint-Stail * Le Saulcy *Senones The Senones or Senonii (Gaulish: "the ancient ones") were an ancient Gallic tribe dwelling in the Seine basin, aro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Raon-l'Étape
Raon-l'Étape ( or ) is a commune in the Vosges Department in Grand Est in northeastern France. Inhabitants are called ''Raonnais''. Geography Raon-l'Étape is positioned at the mouth of the at the point where it converges into the Meurthe, itself a tributary of the Moselle. Because it is on departmental frontier with the adjacent Meurthe-et-Moselle département, Raon-l'Étape is sometimes known as the "Gateway to the Vosges" (''porte des Vosges''). The town is positioned at a point where relatively flat lands transform into a much more mountainous topography: the mountains have for centuries restricted the options for travellers between francophone France and Alsace (formerly the western reaches of the Empire on the other side of the Vosges). The position of Raon has therefore been critical to influencing the movements of merchandise in peace time and of armies in war time for many centuries. Saint-Dié-des-Vosges is to the south-east while Nancy is to the north-west ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Domptail
Domptail is a commune in the Vosges department in Grand Est in northeastern France. See also *Communes of the Vosges department The following is a list of the 507 communes of the Vosges department of France. The communes cooperate in the following intercommunalities (as of 2022):Communes of Vosges (department) {{Vosges-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nossoncourt
Nossoncourt () is a commune in the Vosges department in Grand Est in northeastern France. History Nossoncourt was a lordship and the local capital or a territory which also included the modern communes of Anglemont, Bazien, Sainte-Barbe, Ménil-sur-Belvitte, Ménarmont et Xaffévillers. According to a title document dated 1345 it was one of the earliest fiefs belonging to the Bishopric of Metz. The Thirty Years War brought destruction to many villages in the contested territories between France and The Empire. Nossoncourt was destroyed by a Swedish army in 1635, the Swedes being at that point allies of the French and enemies of the Dukes of Lorraine. During the twentieth century wars the village was again the scene of violent fighting notably in 1914 and in the Autumn/Fall of 1944. See also *Communes of the Vosges department The following is a list of the 507 communes of the Vosges department of France. The communes cooperate in the following intercommunalities ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nompatelize
Nompatelize () is a commune in the Vosges department in Grand Est in northeastern France. Inhabitants from well-established local families are known as or , according to gender. This is a reference to the hilly territory in which the village is located and which at one time was owned by the nearby Étival Abbey. "Ban" is an old word for a territory while "haut" (high) is a reference to the uneven topography. Geography The commune occupies an ancient volcanic plateau which has been coated at the edges with Permian sandstone deposits which become thicker to the south and east in the Permian basin of Saint-Dié. The commanding position of the little plateau, between the valleys of the Meurthe and of the Valdange provides remarkable views towards Raon-l'Étape and Saint-Dié-des-Vosges respectively to the north and to the east, accessible to motorists travelling along the departmental road RD32 which connects Saint-Dié with the Haut du Bois Pass and the road to Ramberville ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Moyenmoutier
Moyenmoutier (; german: Mittelmünster) is a commune in the Vosges department in Grand Est in northeastern France. Inhabitants are called ''Médianimonastériens''. Geography The little town of Moyenmoutier is positioned along the lower part of the Rabodeau valley, at an average altitude of 320 meters. To the north-east, just over away up the valley, is Senones. Further away are Saint-Dié-des-Vosges, to the south and Nancy some to the north-west. Moyenmoutier is arranged into various quarters as follows: * Centre * Le Rabodeau * Le Pair * la Chapelle * Saint-Prayel * la Prelle * les Voitines * le Grand Himbeaumont * le Petit Himbeaumont * Saint-Blaise The commune also includes several more isolated hamlets, including les Azelis, le Cadran Bleu, les Quatre Chemins, la Bergerie, la Pépinière, les Baraques and les Fossés. History The origin of the name Moyenmoutier is the obvious one. The monastery (moutier) founded by Saint Hydulphe in 671 was located between four ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Moussey, Vosges
Moussey () is a commune in the Vosges department in Grand Est in northeastern France. Inhabitants are called ''Mousséens''. Geography Positioned on the eastern side of Grand Est, the village of Moussey is the last inhabited settlement along the Senones Valley before, eventually, the road crosses the Prayé Pass (Col de Prayé) into Alsace and on to Mont Donon, the highest peak in the North Vosges Mountains. History The name 'Moussey' comes from the Latin word 'Monticellus' meaning 'little mountain'. The village is set on a small hill at the foot of which a fast flowing mountain stream fully deserves its name, the River Rabondeau (in Latin, 'rapidus aqua' / 'fast water'). Moussey is one of several communes that formerly belonged to Senones Abbey: subsequently it fell within the Principality of Salm-Salm until the French Revolution, following which the former principality became a part of France. Numerous documents from the 18th century, now archived at the mairie test ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Le Mont, Vosges
Le Mont () is a commune in the Vosges department in Grand Est in northeastern France. Geography Le Mont is a semi-mountainous commune on the eastern edge of Grand Est, half way between Senones and the Hantz Pass. The little River Boucard, a tributary of the Rabodeau, flows through the village. The name of the commune refers to an isolated sandstone hillock which lies within the commune, and which is 730 metres above sea level at its summit. History Like its neighbouring communes, Le Mont was part of the Principality of Salm-Salm until 1793. See also *Communes of the Vosges department The following is a list of the 507 communes of the Vosges department of France. The communes cooperate in the following intercommunalities (as of 2022): [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ménil-sur-Belvitte
Ménil-sur-Belvitte is a Communes of France, commune in the Vosges (department), Vosges Departments of France, department in Grand Est in northeastern France. Inhabitants are called Ménilois. Geography The village is equidistant between Rambervillers and Baccarat, Meurthe-et-Moselle, Baccarat, approximately from each. The Belvitte which flows through the village is a tributary to the Mortagne (river), Mortagne, which itself flows into the Meurthe (river), Meurthe. Personalities The distinguished organist Gaston Litaize 1901 - 1991 was born at Ménil-sur-Belvitte. See also *Communes of the Vosges department References Communes of Vosges (department) {{Vosges-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ménil-de-Senones
Ménil-de-Senones () is a commune in the Vosges department in Grand Est in northeastern France. The name Ménil-de-Senones dates only from August 1961, before which the commune was called Ménil. The name was officially changed in order to reduce the risk of confusion with another Vosges commune called Le Ménil. See also *Communes of the Vosges department The following is a list of the 507 communes of the Vosges department of France. The communes cooperate in the following intercommunalities (as of 2022):Communes of Vosges (department) Salm-Salm {{Vosges-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ménarmont
Ménarmont () is a commune in the Vosges department in Grand Est in northeastern France. Geography The village is on the northern edge of the Vosges, on the departmental frontier with the département of Meurthe et Moselle. The countryside here is less densely populated than that closer to Épinal (some 30 kilometres / 20 miles to the south-south-west), and since 1977 the local landfill site has welcomed 150,000 tonnes annually of domestic and industrial waste. Plans to extend the site after it became full in 2005 were hotly contested by neighbouring communes, notably Bazien to the north-west. See also *Communes of the Vosges department The following is a list of the 507 communes of the Vosges department of France. The communes cooperate in the following intercommunalities (as of 2022): [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Luvigny
Luvigny () is a commune in the Vosges department in Grand Est in northeastern France. See also *Communes of the Vosges department The following is a list of the 507 communes of the Vosges department of France. The communes cooperate in the following intercommunalities (as of 2022):Communes of Vosges (department) Salm-Salm {{Vosges-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hurbache
Hurbache () is a commune in the Vosges department in Grand Est in northeastern France. See also *Communes of the Vosges department The following is a list of the 507 communes of the Vosges department of France. The communes cooperate in the following intercommunalities (as of 2022):Communes of Vosges (department) Leuci {{Vosges-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |