Chamagne

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Chamagne
Chamagne coat of arms
Chamagne (France)
Chamagne
region Grand Est
Department Vosges
Arrondissement Epinal
Canton Charms
Community association Epinal
Coordinates 48 ° 25 ′  N , 6 ° 17 ′  E Coordinates: 48 ° 25 ′  N , 6 ° 17 ′  E
height 254-342 m
surface 15.29 km 2
Residents 465 (January 1, 2017)
Population density 30 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code 88130
INSEE code 88084

Mairie Chamagne

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Chamagne is a French commune in the Vosges department of Region Grand Est (2015 Lorraine ). It belongs to the Arrondissement Épinal and the Épinal municipal association, founded in 2017 .

geography

The municipality of Chamagne, with 465 inhabitants (January 1, 2017), is located on the Moselle , 30 kilometers northwest of Épinal and 30 kilometers southwest of Lunéville .

The municipality is located in the north of the Vosges department, on the border with the Meurthe-et-Moselle department . The Moselle largely forms the western border of the municipality. To the east of Chamagne, the wooded area gradually rises to 342 m above sea level. M. at. The municipality has a share of around 400 hectares in the Bois de Villacourt and Forêt de Charmes forest areas . Several small rivers run through the forests, all of which drain towards the Moselle.

Location of the commune of Chamagne in the Vosges department

Neighboring municipalities of Chamagne are Bainville-aux-Miroirs in the north, Villacourt and Saint-Germain in the northeast, Charmes in the southeast and south, Socourt in the southwest and Gripport in the west.

history

The village first appeared in a document in 1164 as Chemaines . From 1751 Chamagne belonged to the Bailiwick of Charmes , ecclesiastically to the deanery Épinal .

In the 19th century, many of the Chamagne residents were peddlers selling books and picture sheets . The book and the pilgrim's staff in the coat of arms remind of this.

Population development

year 1962 1968 1975 1982 1990 1999 2007 2017
Residents 327 340 323 358 441 416 472 465
Sources: Cassini and INSEE

Attractions

Saint-Denis church
primary school
Claude Lorrain's birthplace

Economy and Infrastructure

There are five farms in the municipality (dairy farming).

The D D9 road from Charmes to Bayon runs through Chamagne . The Nancy - Épinal - Remiremont line , operated by the TER Lorraine company, runs east of the village, with the nearest train stations in Charmes and Bayon.

Personalities

  • Claude Lorrain or Claude Le Lorrain , actually Claude Gellée (* 1600 in Chamagne, † November 23, 1682 in Rome), French Baroque painter

supporting documents

  1. ↑ Chamagne on vosges-archives.com. (PDF; 132 kB) (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on January 11, 2016 ; Retrieved November 22, 2010 (French). Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.vosges-archives.com
  2. ↑ Description of the coat of arms on genealogie-lorraine.fr. Retrieved November 21, 2010 (French).
  3. ↑ Chamagne on cassini.ehess.fr
  4. ↑ Chamagne on insee.fr
  5. ↑ Entry on culture.gouv.fr. Retrieved November 23, 2010 (French).
  6. ↑ Farms on annuaire-mairie.fr (French)

Web links

Commons : Chamagne  - Collection of Images