Etival Clairefontaine

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Etival Clairefontaine
Coat of arms of Étival-Clairefontaine
Étival-Clairefontaine (France)
Etival Clairefontaine
region Grand Est
Department Vosges
Arrondissement Saint-Dié-des-Vosges
Canton Raon-l'Étape
Community association Saint-Dié-des-Vosges
Coordinates 48 ° 22 ′  N , 6 ° 51 ′  E Coordinates: 48 ° 22 ′  N , 6 ° 51 ′  E
height 285-591 m
surface 27.12 km 2
Residents 2,616 (January 1, 2017)
Population density 96 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code 88480
INSEE code

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Étival-Clairefontaine is a French commune with 2,616 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) in the Vosges department in the Grand Est region ( Lorraine until 2015 ). It belongs to the arrondissement of Saint-Dié-des-Vosges and the canton of Raon-l'Étape .

geography

Location of Étival-Clairefontaine
in the Vosges department

The municipality of Étival-Clairefontaine is located in the Meurthe valley in the Vosges , about ten kilometers northwest of Saint-Dié-des-Vosges .

Neighboring municipalities of Étival-Clairefontaine are Raon-l'Étape in the north, Moyenmoutier in the east, La Voivre in the southeast, Nompatelize in the south, Saint-Remy in the southwest, Saint-Benoît-la-Chipotte in the west and Sainte-Barbe in the northwest.

Population development

year 1962 1968 1975 1982 1990 1999 2007
Residents 2,265 2,305 2,240 2,231 2,328 2,401 2,466

Attractions

"Notre-Dame" abbey church

The most important sight in town is the Romanesque church "Notre-Dame" from the 12th century, once the monastery church of the Etival Abbey, which was founded around the middle of the 7th century . It was rebuilt in the 16th century and blown up by German soldiers during World War II , but rebuilt afterwards.

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