Vigy (; german: Wigingen) is a

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

Moselle The Moselle ( , ; german: Mosel ; lb, Musel ) is a river that rises in the Vosges mountains and flows through north-eastern France and Luxembourg to western Germany. It is a bank (geography), left bank tributary of the Rhine, which it jo ...

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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 It superseded three former administrat ...

in north-eastern

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Geography

PlanLocalUrbanismeVigy CarteDeCassini1760-c

Situated from

Metz Metz ( , , lat, Divodurum Mediomatricorum, then ) is a city in northeast France located at the confluence of the Moselle and the Seille rivers. Metz is the prefecture of the Moselle department and the seat of the parliament of the Grand E ...

, Vigy lies on the border of

Germany Germany,, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It is the second most populous country in Europe after Russia, and the most populous member state of the European Union. Germany is situated betwe ...

and

Luxembourg Luxembourg ( ; lb, Lëtzebuerg ; french: link=no, Luxembourg; german: link=no, Luxemburg), officially the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, ; french: link=no, Grand-Duché de Luxembourg ; german: link=no, Großherzogtum Luxemburg is a small lan ...

. The village of Vigy is located in a sector recognized for its landscape qualities. Vigy enjoys a privileged location on the edge of a forest. Part of village belongs to an

Important Bird Area An Important Bird and Biodiversity Area (IBA) is an area identified using an internationally agreed set of criteria as being globally important for the conservation of bird populations. IBA was developed and sites are identified by BirdLife Int ...

Etymology

The name of the village may come from a man of

Gallo-Roman Gallo-Roman culture was a consequence of the Romanization of Gauls under the rule of the Roman Empire. It was characterized by the Gaulish adoption or adaptation of Roman culture, language, morals and way of life in a uniquely Gaulish context ...

origin, Vigius.

History

Founded as a city by the Romans or Gallo-Romans, Vigy was given to the Abbey of Saint-Arnould on June 23, 715. In 1365, the people of Vigy were placed under the protection of

. In 1635, on September 12, almost the entirety of the village was burned by the

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. It was reattached to

in 1648. Vigy has been the seat of a canton since the

French Revolution The French Revolution ( ) was a period of radical political and societal change in France that began with the Estates General of 1789 and ended with the formation of the French Consulate in November 1799. Many of its ideas are considere ...

. During

World War I World War I (28 July 1914 11 November 1918), often abbreviated as WWI, was one of the deadliest global conflicts in history. Belligerents included much of Europe, the Russian Empire, the United States, and the Ottoman Empire, with fightin ...

, the residents of Vigy were resettled in

Mussidan Mussidan (; oc, Moissida) is a commune in the Dordogne department in Nouvelle-Aquitaine in southwestern France. Mussidan station has rail connections to Bordeaux, Périgueux, Brive-la-Gaillarde and Limoges. Population Roundup of 16 January 19 ...

in the

Dordogne Dordogne ( , or ; ; oc, Dordonha ) is a large rural department in Southwestern France, with its prefecture in Périgueux. Located in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region roughly half-way between the Loire Valley and the Pyrenees, it is named af ...

Economy

Initially, the village grew on agriculture. The early prosperity of the village was largely due to the nearby iron and steel industries. Many of these industries have since disappeared. Nowadays, industry consists of vehicle manufacturing and logistics.

Demography

Sights

The region, with its rich and varied historical heritage, lends itself to eco-tourism. Vegetable LabyrinthVigy

Field Maze

As a family or with a group of friends, your challenge is to find your way through the corn maze, decoding the key to puzzles you will find signposted along the way. There is a field maze, which is open from July to September. Each year there is a new field Maze.

Steam train

This line was linked to the former

SNCF The Société nationale des chemins de fer français (; abbreviated as SNCF ; French for "National society of French railroads") is France's national state-owned railway company. Founded in 1938, it operates the country's national rail traffi ...

Vigy to Hombourg-Budange one. In 1985, the local authorities had stopped supporting the line. ALEMF operated in this line with the definition of a "touristic" railway since 1986. On April 1, 1908 was put in regular circulation the first engine at vapor. The line celebrated its centenary on May 24, 2008. It is open from April to October.

Rail-cycle (Velorail in French)

Rail-cycle with 4 wheels. A single bicycle may also be modified with an outrigger and locating wheels to operate upon rails *Forest outing *Booking recommended It is open from April to October.

Notre-Dame-de-Rabas

As the legend says: ''Once upon a time a group of hunter was following a deer in the forest of St. Hubert. It was a very very hot day and the people were very thirsty. They have been suffering when suddenly their horses found a spring. To thank it for the nature they built a little chapel next to the spring.'' The chapel is linked in legend to

Charlemagne Charlemagne ( , ) or Charles the Great ( la, Carolus Magnus; german: Karl der Große; 2 April 747 – 28 January 814), a member of the Carolingian dynasty, was King of the Franks from 768, King of the Lombards from 774, and the first Holy ...

and may have existed as early as 806. In 1049, the

Pope Leo IX Pope Leo IX (21 June 1002 – 19 April 1054), born Bruno von Egisheim-Dagsburg, was the head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 12 February 1049 to his death in 1054. Leo IX is considered to be one of the most historically ...

would have come to devote the church. During the centuries the church of St. Arnold had the authority above the chapel. Unfortunately, during the

the chapel was destroyed. Later the chapel has been rebuilt. In 1884, the reconstruction of the chapel started by Abbé Cazin and the Vicomte de Coetlosquet offered three windows for the chapel. It got the shape we can see now. Today, there are a new small church in the middle of forest. On the Monday of

Pentecost Pentecost (also called Whit Sunday, Whitsunday or Whitsun) is a Christianity, Christian holiday which takes place on the 50th day (the seventh Sunday) after Easter Sunday. It commemorates the descent of the Holy Spirit upon the Apostles in the Ne ...

and

Corpus Christi (feast) The Feast of Corpus Christi (), also known as the Solemnity of the Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ, is a Christian liturgical solemnity celebrating the Real Presence of the Body and Blood, Soul and Divinity of Jesus Christ in the elements of ...

pilgrims come to the chapel.

Adeppa

In 1961, associations and federations of popular education of the

, mobilized around common values ("to allow each citizen to be an actor of the transformation of a company where the Man finds finally his true place"). In 1963, the association ADEPPA of which the goal was to become a training centre of the actors of community life, with the possibility of accommodating, in its houses of lodging, of many groups in the middle of an exceptional landscape Adeppa is located at Vigy. Adeppa is a popular resort on the edge of a forest.

Others

Vigy is known for its dynamism and its strong associative fabric with more than forty associations.

Sports

*Judo, tennis, handball, skittles, gymnastics, coil-defense, tennis, football clubs *Game of bowls Vigy.

Music

Battery brass band “the Jeanne of Arc” Intérieur Eglise vigy

Civil heritage

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* "Église Saint-Léger" (churche - 1868) * Sinc
La maison du Jambon
was founded by Augustin Mazzocchi in 1920.

Sisters of Divine Providence (Soeurs de la divine providence) in Vigy (Hessange)

The Congregation of the

Sisters of Divine Providence The Congregation of Divine Providence (or Sisters of Divine Providence) is the name of two Roman Catholic religious institutes of women which have developed from the work of the Blessed Jean-Martin Moye (1730-1793), a French Catholic priest. Th ...

was founded by John Martin Moye, who with the assistance of Mademoiselle Marguerite LeComte, opened the first school of congregation at Vigy in 1762. After the French Revolution, all sisters was transferred to St. Jean de Bassel in Lorraine.

Films & documents

You can watch few minutes in Vigy in these French films *

Life and Nothing But ''Life and Nothing But'' (french: La vie et rien d'autre) is a 1989 French film directed by Bertrand Tavernier. It was inspired by the novel by Albanian writer Ismail Kadare titled '' The General of the Dead Army''. Synopsis Set in October 1920, i ...

( "la vie et rien d'autre" French title, French film, French director :

Bertrand Tavernier Bertrand Tavernier (25 April 1941 – 25 March 2021) was a French director, screenwriter, actor and producer. Life and career Tavernier was born in Lyon, France, the son of Geneviève (née Dumond) and René Tavernier, a publicist and writer, s ...

) * Je m'appelle Victor (French film, French director :

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) others documents on TV (RTL, TF1,ZDF) on radio (

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, online on ''

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Lorraine Nord'' radio on August 9, 2009 )

Education

The Congregation of the

Infrastructure

Vigy is located at the intersection of two majors axes: A4 motorway (going from Paris to Strasbourg) and the A31 motorway (going to Luxembourg at the North and towards Nancy) * Sinnbild Autobahnausfahrt

A4 - Number 37 - Ennery-Argancy * Sinnbild Autobahnausfahrt

A31 - Hauconcourt The nearest railway station is in Metz, about away. The nearest airports are ETZ - Metz Nancy Lorraine south, LUX - Luxemburg Luxembourg north, ENC - Nancy Essey south, SCN - Saarbruecken Saarbrücken east *by bus : Going to

city or

Hagondange Hagondange (; german: Hagendingen; Lorraine Franconian: ''Hoendéngen''/''Hoendéng'') is a commune in the Moselle department in Grand Est in north-eastern France.

station. There are only one bus by day (daily : Monday to Saturday) The 400,000 volt line connecting Marlenheim (near Strasbourg) to Vigy entered service on April 30, 2009 is the fruit of a consultative process initiated back in 1998. Other line connecting Germany, and Luxembourg. The dispatching of Vigy reinforcing the electricity transmission capacities of France’s greater eastern area.

Notable people

Catherine Marsal Catherine Marsal (born 20 January 1971) is a French former racing cyclist. She has been World Champion four times and raced professionally around the world. At the age of 17 she was selected for the French Olympic Team for the first time. Since ...

, 1971-01-20 in Metz, cyclist Catherine Marsal is a retired female racing cyclist from France. She represented her native country at four Summer Olympics: 1988, 1992, 1996, and 2000. Her biggest achievements were winning the 1990 Giro d'Italia Femminile and the world title in the women's individual road race (1990). *

Jean-Martin Moye Jean-Martin Moye (written later in his life as Moÿe) was a French Catholic priest who served as a missionary in China and was the founder of the Sisters of the Congregation of Divine Providence. He also organized the first expression of consecr ...

Twin towns - sister cities

; since 1990 *

Sourzac Sourzac (; oc, Sorzac) is a commune in the Dordogne department in Nouvelle-Aquitaine in southwestern France. Population International relations Twinned with Vigy since 1991. See also *Communes of the Dordogne département The following is ...

; since 1991

References

External links

Getaway in the Metz Region: the Vigy Rail BikeOfficial Website of the city of VigyOfficial Website of Intercommunality of VigyADEPPA (Official Website - French language)
{{Authority control Communes of Moselle (department)