Champ-le-Duc
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| region | Grand Est | |
| Department | Vosges | |
| Arrondissement | Epinal | |
| Canton | Bruyères | |
| Community association | Bruyères-Vallons des Vosges | |
| Coordinates | 48 ° 12 ' N , 6 ° 43' E | |
| height | 409-507 m | |
| surface | 3.58 km 2 | |
| Residents | 544 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 152 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 88600 | |
| INSEE code | 88086 | |
 Location of the commune of Champ-le-Duc in the Vosges department |
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Champ-le-Duc is a French commune with 544 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) in the Vosges department in the Grand Est region . It belongs to the Arrondissement Épinal and the municipality of Bruyères-Vallons des Vosges .
geography
The commune of Champ-le-Duc is located in the Vosges at an altitude of 420 m above sea level, about halfway between the cities of Épinal and Saint-Dié .
The area of the municipal area of 3.58 km² covers a section of the Vologne valley , which, after the tributary of the Neuné , widens into a broad basin. The Vologne reduces its flow velocity here. In the area of their earlier meander branches for the operation of water mills were created. One of these branches - the Canal des Usines - still supplies a paper mill southwest of Champ-le-Duc. North of the Vologne, the terrain rises in terraces and reaches the highest point in the forested northeast of the municipality at 507 m above sea level on the edge of a foothills of the Vosges. The main town extends on a slope sloping to the south over the Lizerne , a small tributary of the Vologne. In the municipality, arable and pasture areas dominate between small park-like wooded areas. The settlement area of Champ-le-Duc is directly connected to the town of Bruyères via the northern district of Vrairoses .
The hamlets and farms of Champ Graville, Les Fayés, Les Antilleux and Les Grandes Feignes belong to Champ-le-Duc .
Neighboring municipalities of Champ-le-Duc are Bruyères in the northeast, Laveline-devant-Bruyères in the east, Fiménil in the southeast, Prey in the southwest and Fays in the west.
history
The village of Champ-le-Duc belonged to the bailiwick of Bruyères in the Ancien Régime . The parish of the church in Champ-le-Duc, which had existed since the end of the 12th century, was one of the largest in the Vologne Valley - it comprised up to 34 surrounding villages - and was part of the diocese of Saint-Die in the dean's office of Bruyères and dependent on the Abbey of Remiremont . During the French Revolution , the part of the name le-Duc (Duc = Duke) was discarded and the municipality was named Champ-sur-Lizerne .
Population development
| year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2017 | |
| Residents | 523 | 548 | 639 | 746 | 687 | 609 | 625 | 544 | |
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Attractions
The Church of the Assumption of Our Lady Champ-le-Duc ( Église de l'Assomption-de-Notre-Dame ) is a Romanesque building from the 12th century. It was renovated and reconstructed several times, for example in the 18th century, after the Second World War and after a fire at the end of the 20th century. The church is classified as a monument historique . The organ from 1781 is attributed to Nicolas Dupont . It was rebuilt by Jeanpierre Jacquot in 1871.
Economy and Infrastructure
The largest company in the area is the Novatissue SAS paper mill on the road to Laval-sur-Vologne , a subsidiary of the Italian Cartiere Luccese Spa (Lucart) . The company produces cardboard boxes for food packaging as well as paper towels, toilet paper and handkerchiefs. He is continuing the more than 150-year-old paper processing tradition in the Volognetal . There are four farms in the municipality (dairy, goat and sheep breeding). There are also smaller service companies in the village.
The road D 44 from Bruyères to Docelles , which follows the Volognetal , runs north past Champ-le-Duc. The road forms one of the two direct connections between Épinal and Saint-Dié , the two largest cities in the department. The nearest train station is in the nearby town of Bruyères on the Arches – Saint-Dié line operated by TER Lorraine .
supporting documents
- ↑ Champ-le-Duc on vosges-archives.com. (PDF; 113 kB) (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on December 4, 2016 ; Retrieved March 18, 2013 (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.
- ↑ Champ-le-Duc on cassini.ehess.fr
- ↑ Champ-le-Duc on insee.fr
- ^ Entry in the Base Mérimée of the Ministry of Culture. Retrieved March 18, 2013 (French).
- ↑ Farms on annuaire-mairie.fr (French)
- ↑ Secteurs d'activités sur Champ-le-Duc. Retrieved March 17, 2013 (French).
