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Saint-Dié-des-Vosges
Saint-Dié-des-Vosges (; german: Sankt Didel), commonly referred to as just Saint-Dié, is a commune in the Vosges department in Grand Est in northeastern France. It is a sub-prefecture of the department. Geography Saint-Dié is located in the Vosges Mountains southeast of Nancy and southwest of Strasbourg. This route in the valley of the river Meurthe was always the more frequented, and first to get a rail line in 1864, so now it accommodates the primary road. Saint-Dié-des-Vosges, principal town of an arrondissement of the same name, belongs to the Vosges ''département'' of France. This ''commune'' with a little town in her center, is approximately northeast of Épinal, and connected by two roads, south through the passes of Haut-Jacques and Bruyères or north by the pass of Haut-du-Bois and the ancient land of Rambervillers. By rail, Épinal is from Saint-Dié. The river Meurthe flows in the Permian basin of Saint-Dié surrounded by wooded mountains Ormont, Kemberg ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arrondissement Of Saint-Dié-des-Vosges
The arrondissement of Saint-Dié-des-Vosges is an arrondissement of France in the Vosges department in the Grand Est région. It has 96 communes. Its population is 111,750 (2016), and its area is . Composition The communes of the arrondissement of Saint-Dié-des-Vosges, and their INSEE codes, are: #Allarmont (88005) #Anould (88009) # Arrentès-de-Corcieux (88014) #Ban-de-Laveline (88032) # Ban-de-Sapt (88033) # Ban-sur-Meurthe-Clefcy (88106) # Barbey-Seroux (88035) # Basse-sur-le-Rupt (88037) # Belval (88053) # Bertrimoutier (88054) #Le Beulay (88057) #Biffontaine (88059) # Bois-de-Champ (88064) # La Bourgonce (88068) #La Bresse (88075) # Celles-sur-Plaine (88082) # Champdray (88085) # La Chapelle-devant-Bruyères (88089) # Châtas (88093) # Cleurie (88109) # Coinches (88111) # Combrimont (88113) # Corcieux (88115) #Cornimont (88116) #La Croix-aux-Mines (88120) # Denipaire (88128) # Entre-deux-Eaux (88159) #Étival-Clairefontaine (88165) # La Forge (8 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Communauté D'agglomération De Saint-Dié-des-Vosges
The Communauté d'agglomération de Saint-Dié-des-Vosges is an administrative association of communes in the Vosges and Meurthe-et-Moselle departments of eastern France. It was created on 1 January 2017 by the merger of the former Communauté de communes de Saint-Dié-des-Vosges, Communauté de communes de la Vallée de la Plaine, Communauté de communes des Hauts Champs, Communauté de communes du Pays des Abbayes, Communauté de communes du Val de Neuné and Communauté de communes Fave, Meurthe, Galilée. On 1 January 2018 it gained 3 communes from the Communauté de communes Bruyères - Vallons des Vosges.Arrêté interpréfectoral 13 December 2017, p. 17 It consists of 77 communes, and has its administrative offices at |
Canton Of Saint-Dié-des-Vosges-1
The canton of Saint-Dié-des-Vosges-1 is an administrative division of the Vosges department, in northeastern France. It was created at the French canton reorganisation which came into effect in March 2015. Its seat is in Saint-Dié-des-Vosges. It consists of the following communes: * Autrey * La Bourgonce * Housseras * Jeanménil * Rambervillers * Saint-Dié-des-Vosges (partly) * Saint-Gorgon * Saint-Michel-sur-Meurthe Saint-Michel-sur-Meurthe (, literally ''Saint-Michel on Meurthe'') is a commune in the Vosges department in Grand Est in northeastern France. Population See also *Communes of the Vosges department The following is a list of the 507 communes ... * La Salle * Taintrux * La Voivre References {{DEFAULTSORT:Saint-Die-des-Vosges-1 Cantons of Vosges (department) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Canton Of Saint-Dié-des-Vosges-2
The canton of Saint-Dié-des-Vosges-2 is an administrative division of the Vosges department, in northeastern France. It was created at the French canton reorganisation which came into effect in March 2015. Its seat is in Saint-Dié-des-Vosges. It consists of the following communes: # Ban-de-Laveline # Bertrimoutier # Le Beulay # Coinches # Combrimont # La Croix-aux-Mines # Entre-deux-Eaux # Frapelle # Gemaingoutte #La Grande-Fosse # Lesseux # Lubine # Lusse # Mandray # Nayemont-les-Fosses # Neuvillers-sur-Fave # Pair-et-Grandrupt #La Petite-Fosse # Provenchères-et-Colroy #Raves # Remomeix #Saint-Dié-des-Vosges Saint-Dié-des-Vosges (; german: Sankt Didel), commonly referred to as just Saint-Dié, is a commune in the Vosges department in Grand Est in northeastern France. It is a sub-prefecture of the department. Geography Saint-Dié is located in th ... (partly) # Sainte-Marguerite # Saint-Léonard # Saulcy-sur-Meurthe # Wisembach References {{DEFAULTSORT:Sa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saint-Dié Cathedral
Saint-Dié Cathedral (french: Cathédrale Saint-Dié de Saint-Dié-des-Vosges) is a Roman Catholic church and ''monument historique'' of France, located in the town of Saint-Dié-des-Vosges in Lorraine (region), Lorraine. The cathedral, formerly a collegiate church, is dedicated to Saint Deodatus of Nevers. Since 1777 it has been the seat of the Bishop of Saint-Dié. Building description The cathedral, like most of the town, is built largely of the local red sandstone. It has a Romanesque architecture, Romanesque nave (12th century) and a Gothic architecture, Gothic choir; the portal of red stone dates from the 18th century. A fine cloister (13th century), containing a stone pulpit, communicates with the ''Petite-Église'' or ''Notre-Dame de Galilée'', a well-preserved specimen of Romanesque architecture (12th century). History Saint Deodatus of Nevers, the eponymous Saint Dié,Some sources connect the name with an earlier saint, Deodatus of Blois (d. 525) founded a monastery ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vosges Department
Vosges () is a department in the Grand Est region in Northeastern France. It covers part of the Vosges mountain range, after which it is named. Vosges consists of three arrondissements, 17 cantons and 507 communes, including Domrémy-la-Pucelle, where Joan of Arc was born. In 2019, it had a population of 364,499 with an area of 5,874 km2 (2,268 sq mi); its prefecture is Épinal. History Hundred Years' War Joan of Arc was born in the village of Domrémy, then in the French part of the Duchy of Bar, or ''Barrois mouvant'', located west of the Meuse. The part of the duchy lying east of the Meuse was part of the Holy Roman Empire. The Duchy of Bar later became part of the province of Lorraine. The village of Domrémy was renamed Domrémy-la-Pucelle in honour of Joan. French Revolution The Vosges department is one of the original 83 departments of France, created on 4 March 1790 during the French Revolution. It was made of territories that had been part of the province of Lorrai ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jules Ferry
Jules François Camille Ferry (; 5 April 183217 March 1893) was a French statesman and republican philosopher. He was one of the leaders of the Moderate Republicans and served as Prime Minister of France from 1880 to 1881 and 1883 to 1885. He was a promoter of laicism and colonial expansion. Under the Third Republic, Ferry made primary education free and compulsory through several new laws. However, he was forced to resign following the Sino-French War in 1885 due to his unpopularity and public opinion against the war. Biography Early life and family Ferry was born Saint-Dié, in the Vosges department, to Charles-Édouard Ferry, a lawyer from a family that had established itself in Saint-Dié as bellmakers, and Adélaïde Jamelet. His paternal grandfather, François-Joseph Ferry, was mayor of Saint-Dié through the Consulate and the First Empire. He studied law, and was called to the bar at Paris in 1854, but soon went into politics, contributing to various newspapers, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alsace
Alsace (, ; ; Low Alemannic German/ gsw-FR, Elsàss ; german: Elsass ; la, Alsatia) is a cultural region and a territorial collectivity in eastern France, on the west bank of the upper Rhine next to Germany and Switzerland. In 2020, it had a population of 1,898,533. Alsatian culture is characterized by a blend of Germanic and French influences. Until 1871, Alsace included the area now known as the Territoire de Belfort, which formed its southernmost part. From 1982 to 2016, Alsace was the smallest administrative ''région'' in metropolitan France, consisting of the Bas-Rhin and Haut-Rhin departments. Territorial reform passed by the French Parliament in 2014 resulted in the merger of the Alsace administrative region with Champagne-Ardenne and Lorraine to form Grand Est. On 1 January 2021, the departments of Bas-Rhin and Haut-Rhin merged into the new European Collectivity of Alsace but remained part of the region Grand Est. Alsatian is an Alemannic dialect closely related ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Meurthe (river)
The Meurthe () is a river in north-eastern France, right tributary to the river Moselle. It is long. Its source is in the Vosges mountains, near the Col de la Schlucht in the Vosges département, from where it flows in an overall north-westerly direction. Its name gave rise to the naming of the present French ''département'' Meurthe-et-Moselle and the former (before the change in the Franco-German border after the Franco-Prussian war of 1870) ''département'' Meurthe. Channelled during its route through Nancy, the river flows into the Moselle at Pompey on the northern edge of Nancy, a short distance down-stream from the Port of Frouard. Towns along the river Meurthe include: * in Vosges: Fraize, Saint-Dié-des-Vosges, Raon-l'Étape * in Meurthe-et-Moselle: Baccarat, Lunéville and Nancy Tributaries include: * Fave * Rabodeau * Plaine * Vezouze The Vezouze () is a river in north-eastern France, right tributary to the river Meurthe. Its source is on Mont Donon in the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Deodatus Of Nevers
Deodatus (Dié, Didier, Dieudonné, Déodat, Adéodat) of Nevers (d. June 19, ca. 679 AD) was a bishop of Nevers from 655. Deodatus lived with Arbogast in the monastery of Ebersheim, established by Childeric II near Sélestat in the forest of Haguenau. Exploits Deodatus' establishment of the monastery Juncturae (Jointures) in the present town of Saint-Dié followed his appointment as the bishop of Nevers. He placed Jointures under the Rule of Saint Columban (later changed to that of Saint Benedict). He baptized the son of Saint Hunna (Una), who was also named Deodatus and who is also venerated as a saint. Hunna's son became a monk at Ebersheim. After 664 Deodatus renounced his see to withdraw to the so-called valley of "Galilaea" in the Vosges, where he lived as a hermit in a cell. Tradition states that he died in the arms of Saint Hidulphus, bishop of Treves Trier ( , ; lb, Tréier ), formerly known in English as Trèves ( ;) and Triers (see also names in other l ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saint
In religious belief, a saint is a person who is recognized as having an exceptional degree of Q-D-Š, holiness, likeness, or closeness to God. However, the use of the term ''saint'' depends on the context and Christian denomination, denomination. In Catholic Church, Catholic, Eastern Orthodox Church, Eastern Orthodox, Anglican Communion, Anglican, Oriental Orthodox, and Lutheranism, Lutheran doctrine, all of their faithful deceased in Heaven are considered to be saints, but some are considered worthy of greater honor or emulation. Official ecclesiastical recognition, and consequently a public cult of veneration, is conferred on some denominational saints through the process of canonization in the Catholic Church or glorification in the Eastern Orthodox Church after their approval. While the English word ''saint'' originated in Christianity, History of religion, historians of religion tend to use the appellation "in a more general way to refer to the state of special holiness t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Toleware
The term ''tôle'', derived from the French '' tôle peinte'', "painted sheet metal", is synonymous in English usage with japanning on tin, such as the tôle shades for bouilotte lamps and other candle shades, and trays and lidded canisters, in which stenciling and gilding often features, almost always on a black ground. Pontypool and Usk in South Wales made a reputation for tôle imitating Japanese lacquer starting in the early 19th century. In American collectibles and antiques, toleware refers to kitchen-related objects created from metal, typically tin or thin steel, and are often in decorative styles such as Arts and Crafts and Pennsylvania Dutch. Decorative painting on these items is common but not necessary. This style of decorative art spread from Europe to the United States in the 18th century, and was popular in US kitchens in the 18th and 19th centuries. In the field of handicrafts, tole painting on metal objects is a popular amateur pastime. Toleware was featured o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
