Neufchâteau (Vosges)
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| region | Grand Est | |
| Department | Vosges | |
| Arrondissement | Neufchâteau | |
| Canton | Neufchâteau (main town) | |
| Community association | Ouest Vosgien | |
| Coordinates | 48 ° 21 ′ N , 5 ° 42 ′ E | |
| height | 274-373 m | |
| surface | 23.81 km 2 | |
| Residents | 6,664 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 280 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 88300 | |
| INSEE code | 88321 | |
 Location of the town of Neufchâteau in the Vosges department |
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Neufchâteau (German obsolete Neuchâtel ) is a French commune with 6664 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) in the Vosges department in the Grand Est region (until 2015 Lorraine ). It is the administrative seat of the Arrondissement Neufchâteau and the main town (chef-lieu) of the Canton of Neufchâteau .
geography
Neufchâteau is located at the confluence of the Meuse and Mouzon rivers .
history
Neufchâteau is one of the oldest in Lorraine. The Roman Noviomagus was a market on the Roman road from Lyon to Trier . Dietrich II , Duke of Lorraine , had a castle built here in the 11th century: the place was named Novum Castrum in 1094 .
Neufchâteau was regularly chosen when it came to settling differences between France and Lorraine. Duchess Christine gathered the Estates General here in 1545 . In 1436, the town was given as a pledge for the ransom with which Duke René I was to be released, and was then occupied by a Burgundian garrison. Cardinal Richelieu had the city walls razed.
With the French Revolution , Neufchâteau (under the name Mouzon-Meuse) became a sub-prefecture of the Vosges.
During the western campaign of the German Wehrmacht in World War II, the Luftwaffe set up a field airfield near Neufchateau in May 1940 .
Population development
| year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2007 |
| Residents | 7328 | 7971 | 8741 | 8343 | 7803 | 7533 | 7056 |
Attractions
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- Saint-Nicolas church (13th and 15th centuries)
- Saint Christophe Church (13th-14th centuries)
- Church of St. Ursula in the district of Noncourt
- Church of St. Martin in the district of Rouceux
- Saint-Esprit chapel and former hospital (13th century)
- Hôtel de Houdreville, today's Mairie
- Hôtel de Malte, today's Souprefecture
- The Augustinian convent, today the judicial building (17th century)
Church of St. Ursula in the district of Noncourt
Church of St. Martin in the district of Rouceux
Town twinning
- Hamm , Germany (originally with Herringen since 1967 , taken over by Hamm in 1975)
- Miranda do Corvo , Portugal, since 1997
- Śmigiel , Poland, since 2001
Personalities
- Nicolas-Louis François de Neufchâteau (1750–1828), French statesman and poet, member of the Directoire (1797), Minister of the Interior (1797–1799)
- Étienne-François Dralet (1760–1844), French lawyer
- Émile Thomas (1843–1923), philologist
- Paul Prosper Henrys (1862-1943), General
- Jean-François Hory (1949-2017), French politician (MRG / PRG)
- Stéphan Grégoire (* 1969), French racing car driver and entrepreneur
literature
- Auguste Digot: Histoire de Neufchâteau , Ed. Lorisse, 2004, ISBN 2-87760-424-1
