Senones () is a
commune in the
Vosges department in
Grand Est
Grand Est (; ) is an Regions of France, administrative region in northeastern France. It superseded three former administrative regions, Alsace, Champagne-Ardenne and Lorraine, on 1 January 2016 under the provisional name of Alsace-Champagne-A ...
in northeastern France. It is the location of the former
Senones Abbey, founded around 640. The belltower of the abbey church dates from the 12th century, most of the other surviving buildings date from the 18th and 19th century.
Until 1793, Senones was the capital of the Principality of
Salm-Salm. The journalist and writer
Pierre Humbourg (1901–1969), winner of the 1948
Prix Cazes, was born in Senones.
Population
See also
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Communes of the Vosges department
References
External links
Official site
Communes of Vosges (department)
Salm-Salm
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