Meurthe-et-Moselle
Meurthe-et-Moselle () is a department in the Grand Est region of France, named after the rivers Meurthe and Moselle. It had a population of 733,760 in 2019.département
In the administrative divisions of France, the department (french: département, ) is one of the three levels of government under the national level ("territorial collectivities"), between the administrative regions and the communes. Ninety- ...
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France
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In the past, inhabitants of Vigneulles were known by their neighbours as ''poussais'' ("chasers"), having taken up pitchforks to chase off the villagers from
Barbonville
Barbonville is a commune in the Meurthe-et-Moselle department in northeastern France. It is part of the community of communes of Val de Meurthe.
The parish church is dedicated to Saint-Remy.
The main local business is the tree nursery Pepinieres ...
who had come to steal their supposedly miracle performing statue of the Virgin.Graham Robb, ''The Discovery of France'', p36, Picador (2007), , citing Vital Collet "Sobriquets caractérisant les habitants de villages lorrains" in ''Le Pays lorrain'', Nancy (1908), pp442-449 and Henri-Adolphe Labourasse, "Anciens us, coutumes, légendes, supersititions, préjugés, etc. du département de la Meuse" in ''Mémoires de la Société des lettres, sciences et art de Bar-le-Duc'', 1902, pp3-225