Bussang
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| region | Grand Est | |
| Department | Vosges | |
| Arrondissement | Epinal | |
| Canton | Le Thillot | |
| Community association | Balloons of the Hautes-Vosges | |
| Coordinates | 47 ° 53 ' N , 6 ° 51' E | |
| height | 568-1,221 m | |
| surface | 27.63 km 2 | |
| Residents | 1,383 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 50 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 88540 | |
| INSEE code | 88081 | |
| Website | http://www.bussang.com/ | |
 Location of Bussang in the Vosges department |
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Bussang (German Büssing (en) ) is a French commune with 1,383 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) in the Vosges department of the Grand Est region .
geography
Bussang is located in the extreme southeast of Lorraine on the border with Alsace in the east and Franche-Comté in the south. The source of the Moselle lies in the area of the municipality, which extends along the uppermost river valley. The place is surrounded by wooded mountain peaks that reach over 1200 m.
The national route 66 ( E 512 ), which crosses the village, leads in the east over the Col de Bussang pass, southeast to Mulhouse (48 km) and in the northwest to Remiremont (38 km).
The neighboring municipalities of Bussang are Ventron in the north, Fellering in the northeast, Urbès in the east, Saint-Maurice-sur-Moselle in the south, Fresse-sur-Moselle in the west and Le Ménil in the northwest.
Source of the Moselle near Bussang
Location of the source of the Moselle
on the pass road
history
The upper Moselle valley was already used for the passage from Metz to Basel in Roman times .
Until 1420, the villages of Bussang and Saint-Maurice-sur-Moselle were united under the name Visentine , which continued as the name of the parish until 1767. In February 1856, sisters from the Saint-Esprit de Rouceux convent came to the village because of a cholera epidemic and founded a hospice for old people and orphans.
Economically, the development of the community was based one after the other on the exploitation of the somewhat modest lead, copper and silver deposits. More recently, the textile industry and the extraction of mineral water were added. Bussang is a hot spring bath , although some older springs had to be closed due to bacterial contamination. There has been a casino in town since 2006 .
The industrialist Benjamin Pottecher, who had specialized in the manufacture of envelopes in Bussang and was mayor of the town for some time, was one of the first in France to introduce the eight-hour day in his company.
Mairie Bussang
Eglise Sainte-Barbe
(18th century)
The train station (closed)
The casino
The Volkstheater
Population development
| year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2007 | 2017 |
| Residents | 2191 | 2231 | 2058 | 1917 | 1809 | 1777 | 1631 | 1383 |
coat of arms
The four-part coat of arms was created by Benjamin Pottecher in 1907 and shows in each of the fields something typical of the area around the community: a house with a red roof on a green background, a silver trout on a blue background, a green fir tree on gold and two green mountains in front of gold , between which a body of water meanders.
tourism
Due to its location in the Vosges , the area offers many opportunities for hikers and climbers. Winter sports are offered in winter ( cross-country skiing and downhill skiing as well as tobogganing ), in summer activities such as paragliding , climbing on the via ferrata or bungee jumping . Bussang is located in the Ballons des Vosges Regional Nature Park .
Culture
The Théâtre du Peuple , founded by Maurice Pottecher, has existed in Bussang since 1895 , in which popular programs are staged to this day with the participation of amateurs and actors. In the wooden building, which has been a listed building since 1976, more than 33,000 tickets were sold to visitors in the summer of 2017.
In the successor of the founding couple, the French film actor Pierre Richard-Willm has been responsible for the productions as well as the designs for the sets and costumes since 1936. His fame and skill attracted viewers from the surrounding area and even from Paris.
