commune
A commune is an alternative term for an intentional community. Commune or comună or comune or other derivations may also refer to:
Administrative-territorial entities
* Commune (administrative division), a municipality or township
** Communes of ...
in the
Vosges
The Vosges ( , ; german: Vogesen ; Franconian and gsw, Vogese) are a range of low mountains in Eastern France, near its border with Germany. Together with the Palatine Forest to the north on the German side of the border, they form a single ...
Grand Est
Grand Est (; gsw-FR, Grossa Oschta; Moselle Franconian/ lb, Grouss Osten;
Rhine Franconian: ''Groß Oschte''; german: Großer Osten ; en, "Great East") is an administrative region in Northeastern France. It superseded three former administra ...
in northeastern
France
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.
Inhabitants are called Martinvillois.
Geography
The commune lies on the southwest of the
Vôge Plateau
The Vôge plateau is a sandstone plateau in north east France, straddling the departments of Vosges and Haute-Saône, between Vittel, Saint-Loup-sur-Semouse and Remiremont. It covers approximately 700 km² of Lorraine and Franche-Comté, and ...
and at the edge of the department, beside the adjacent
Haute-Saône
Haute-Saône (; Arpitan: ''Hiôta-Sona''; English: Upper Saône) is a department in the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region of northeastern France. Named after the river Saône, it had a population of 235,313 in 2019.Forest of Darney.
The village is southeast of
Contrexéville
Contrexéville () is a commune of north-eastern France, in the Vosges département. Inhabitants are called ''Contrexévillois''.
The mineral springs of Contrexéville have been known locally for many years, but became generally known only toward ...
, to the south-south-east of
Monthureux-sur-Saône
Monthureux-sur-Saône (, literally ''Monthureux on Saône'') is a commune in the Vosges department in Grand Est in northeastern France.
Inhabitants are called ''Monthurolais''.
History Origins and Etymology
The name Monthureux comes from the ...
and north of
Corre
Corre () is a commune in the Haute-Saône department in the region of Bourgogne-Franche-Comté in eastern France.
Geography
The Côney flows southward through the middle of the commune, crosses the village, then flows into the Saône, which fo ...
48th parallel north
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In Canada the parallel forms part of the border betwee ...
The village's history is more linked with that of the adjacent Franche-Comté than that of
Lorraine
Lorraine , also , , ; Lorrain: ''Louréne''; Lorraine Franconian: ''Lottringe''; german: Lothringen ; lb, Loutrengen; nl, Lotharingen is a cultural and historical region in Northeastern France, now located in the administrative region of Gra ...
. Until the
French Revolution
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the lords of Passavant ruled here.
The coat of arms includes images of an oak leaf and of a mechanical hay rake, reflecting the importance here both of the forest and of agriculture, and recalling the factory that manufactured agricultural implements locally between 1860 and 1962.