Vosges
The Vosges ( , ; ; Franconian and ) is a range of medium 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 geomorphological unit and ...
area of
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 It superseded three former administrative regions, Alsace, Champagne-Ardenne and Lorraine, on 1 January 2016 under the provisional name of Alsace-Champagne-A ...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. Its inhabitants are known as Todas, there is a village and around 60 settlements in the area. The history of the area dates to the
Middle Ages
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.
Geography
Tendon is a comune in the heart of a long valley, composed of a village and about 60 settlements. Situated 19 kilometres to the East of
Épinal
Épinal (; ; ) is a Communes of France, commune in northeastern France and the prefecture of the Vosges (department), Vosges Departments of France, department.
Geography
The commune has a land area of . It is situated on the river Moselle, so ...
, Tendon lies in the valley of the Scouet, a tributary of the
Vologne
The Vologne () is a river of the Vosges department in France. It is a right tributary of the Moselle. Its source is in the Vosges Mountains, on the northwestern slope of the Hohneck. It flows through the lakes of Retournemer and Longemer, and p ...
via the Barba. 492 hectares are occupied by forest.
Le Tholy
Le Tholy () is a commune in the Vosges department in Grand Est in northeastern France.
See also
*Communes of the Vosges department
The following is a list of the 506 communes of the Vosges department of France.
Intercommunalities
The co ...
is 8 km away via the Bonne Fontaine
col
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at an elevation of 677 m.
History
The '' ban'' of Tendon (''Tandon''), comprising the villages of Tendon, Houx, Laveline, Dehiex, Chamontaruz and La Poirie, belonged to the
bailiwick
A bailiwick () is usually the area of jurisdiction of a bailiff, and once also applied to territories in which a privately appointed bailiff exercised the sheriff's functions under a royal or imperial writ.
In English, the original French combi ...
of
Remiremont
Remiremont () is a town and Communes of France, commune in the Vosges department, northeastern France, situated in southern Grand Est. The town has been an abbatial centre since the 7th century, is an economic crossroads of the Moselle and Moselo ...
and depended on the mastery of the waters and forests Épinal. It followed the dress of Lorraine.
In the church, the inhabitants of the current parish of Tendon were part of that of
Docelles
Docelles () is a Communes of France, commune in the Vosges (department), Vosges Departments of France, department in Grand Est in northeastern France.
See also
*Communes of the Vosges department
References
Communes of Vosges (departm ...
. This ended on 3 September 1707 when the bishop of Toul elevated the small Tendon chapel, which had been built 25 years earlier, into a parish. The bishop's decision was confirmed by the Pope in 1715, against opposition from the bishop of
Metz
Metz ( , , , then ) is a city in northeast France located at the confluence of the Moselle (river), Moselle and the Seille (Moselle), Seille rivers. Metz is the Prefectures in France, prefecture of the Moselle (department), Moselle Departments ...
Éloyes
Éloyes () is a commune in the Vosges department in Grand Est in northeastern France. Éloyes station has rail connections to Épinal, Remiremont and Nancy.
Population
See also
*Communes of the Vosges department
The following is a list of ...
in the district, then arrondissement, of
Remiremont
Remiremont () is a town and Communes of France, commune in the Vosges department, northeastern France, situated in southern Grand Est. The town has been an abbatial centre since the 7th century, is an economic crossroads of the Moselle and Moselo ...
. After the an IX, the commune was reattached to the Remiremont canton in the arrondissement of Remiremont.
Personalities
Father Voyaux de Franoux, born in 1760, was the founder of a girls school in 1825 and a hospital in 1834 in his native village.
Educated at the collège de Saint-Claude, in
Toul
Toul () is a Communes of France, commune in the Meurthe-et-Moselle Departments of France, department in north-eastern France.
It is a Subprefectures in France, sub-prefecture of the department.
Geography
Toul is between Commercy and Nancy, Fra ...
, he studied philosophy and
theology
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Catholic seminary
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, then was sent to the Sorbonne by his bishop, where he received the grade of doctor. He was ordained as a priest and became head of the ''Trente-trois'' seminary Paris. During the French Revolution, he emigrated to England where he was appointed
apostolic vicar
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Louis XVIII
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made him almoner of the French embassy in London and
canon
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of the Chapter of Saint-Denis.
Features
* The waterfalls Grande Cascade de Tendon and , the first upstream, at an elevation of 32 metres in the heart of the forest of firs.
* The rocks of la Moulure.