Bocquegney

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Bocquegney
Bocquegney (France)
Bocquegney
region Grand Est
Department Vosges
Arrondissement Epinal
Canton Darney
Community association Mirecourt Dompaire
Coordinates 48 ° 13 '  N , 6 ° 18'  E Coordinates: 48 ° 13 '  N , 6 ° 18'  E
height 332-411 m
surface 4.57 km 2
Residents 134 (January 1, 2017)
Population density 29 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code 88270
INSEE code

Location of the municipality of Bocquegney
in the Vosges department

Bocquegney is a French commune with 134 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) in the Vosges department in the Grand Est region . It belongs to the Arrondissement Épinal and the municipal association Mirecourt Dompaire .

geography

The municipality of Bocquegney is 13 kilometers west of Épinal , the prefecture of the Vosges department.

The Rupt Julot and the Ruisseau de Desainchamp, which flows into it, arise in the area of ​​the municipality . After four kilometers, the Rupt Julot flows over the Gitte and the Madon to the Moselle . The ground relief around Bocquegney is characterized by rolling hills, in the north of the municipality the terrain rises gradually and reaches the highest point at 411 meters above sea level. It is not far from a viewpoint with the monumental Croix de Virine belonging to the neighboring community of Circourt .

The settlement area of ​​Bocquegney extends along two axes: on the north slope over the Rupt Julot in a west-east direction and over the valley floor of the Rupt Julot out to the former train station in a north-south direction.

About 45 hectares or a tenth of the 4.57 km² community area is accounted for by the two forest areas in the southeast and the extreme north of the community. Most of the community area is used for agriculture.

Neighboring municipalities of Bocquegney are Bouxières-aux-Bois in the north, Mazeley and Gigney in the northeast, Fomerey in the east, Darnieulles in the southeast, Hennecourt in the southwest and west and Damas-et-Bettegney and Circourt in the northwest.

View of Bocquegney from the south
Bocquegney Town Hall

history

In 1295 the place appeared for the first time as Bouqeugneix in a document. The local estate initially belonged to the Lords of Bocquegney, who were subordinate to the Remiremont Chapter and the Baron in Darnieulles . The spell Bocquegney, which also includes the current community Fomerey mattered was later owned by the governors of Darney . The residents of Bocquegney were parish in Hennecourt .

It is recorded from 1648 that the inhabitants of the village fled to Darnieulles Castle from the troops of the French king when they attacked Épinal.

Bocquegney had a breakpoint south of the village center on the railway line from Épinal via Neufchâteau to Chaumont . Traffic on the Neufchâteau-Épinal route was largely suspended in 1974. The Dompaire -Bocquegney- Darnieulles track section is now a street. The name of a street ( Rue du Gare ) still reminds of the former train station in Bocquegney .

Population development

year 1962 1968 1975 1982 1990 1999 2007 2017
Residents 94 101 81 87 87 103 127 134
Sources: Cassini and INSEE

Economy and Infrastructure

In addition to a local forest enterprise, agriculture still plays the most important role in Bocquegney today. There are three farms in the municipality (grain cultivation, cattle breeding). Some residents commute to the nearby Épinal agglomeration.

South of the village center, the two-lane D 166 trunk road runs from Épinal to Vittel / Neufchâteau , and Départementsstrasse 6 runs north from Darney to Nomexy .

supporting documents

  1. vosges-archives.com ( Memento from January 26, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) (French, PDF file; 91 kB)
  2. darnieulles-et-genealogie.pagesperso-orange.fr (French)
  3. ^ Robert Le Pennec: Sur les rails vosgiens éditions du Cabri, June 2006 ISBN 2914603290
  4. Bocquegney on cassini.ehess.fr
  5. Bocquegney on insee.fr
  6. ↑ Farms on annuaire-mairie.fr (French)

Web links

Commons : Bocquegney  - Collection of Images