Charmois-devant-Bruyères
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| region | Grand Est | |
| Department | Vosges | |
| Arrondissement | Epinal | |
| Canton | Bruyères | |
| Community association | Bruyères-Vallons des Vosges | |
| Coordinates | 48 ° 10 ′ N , 6 ° 36 ′ E | |
| height | 385-503 m | |
| surface | 6.61 km 2 | |
| Residents | 393 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 59 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 88460 | |
| INSEE code | 88091 | |
 Mairie and library in Charmois-devant-Bruyères |
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Charmois-devant-Bruyères is a French commune with 393 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 municipality of Charmois-devant-Bruyères is located in the Vosges at an altitude of 410 m above sea level, about twelve kilometers east of Épinal .
The area of the 6.61 km² municipal area includes the upper part of the valley of the Ruisseau d'Argent , a mountain stream that flows into the Moselle in Archettes . In the northwest, a pass (445 m) leads into the valley of the Saint-Oger - also a tributary of the Moselle.
The main settlement axis is the north-south running Grand Rue , from which streets branch off in other directions in the village center. The higher elevations, around a third of the municipal area, are forested ( Noir Bois ), below around 470 m above sea level, pastures and arable land dominate.
The north-west district of Pont Bresson belongs to Charmois-devant-Bruyères .
Neighboring communities of Charmois-devant-Bruyères are Aydoilles in the north, Le Roulier in the east, Cheniménil in the south and La Baffe in the west.
history
The name Charmois comes from the Latin carpinetum for hornbeam (French charme ).
The double parish of Charmois-le-Roulier, which existed until 1830, was, like the neighboring parishes of Aydoilles and Deycimont, under the Dukes of Lorraine and Remiremont Abbey . The abbesses of the monastery and the provost of Bruyères shared the tithe : it amounted to four baskets of oats and six hens per year for each inhabitant of the villages.
By division in 1830, the municipality of Charmois-le-Rouillier became the municipalities of Charmois-devant-Bruyères and Le Roulier .
Population development
| year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2017 | |
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| Residents | 324 | 338 | 272 | 336 | 380 | 404 | 407 | 393 | |
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Attractions
- Sainte-Gertrude church from the 18th century with a gilded wood altar and double tabernacle
Economy and Infrastructure
There are seven farms in the municipality (dairy farming, cattle breeding). There is also a sawmill. Some residents commute to the nearby industrial areas on the Vologne and Moselle .
The community is a primary school location and has a kindergarten.
Charmois-devant-Bruyères is away from the national traffic flows. The neighboring municipality of Docelles is connected to the D 11 / D 417 trunk road from Remiremont via Gérardmer to Colmar . The nearest train station is in the municipality of Docelles, three kilometers away, on the Arches – Saint-Dié line operated by TER Lorraine .
supporting documents
- ↑ Charmois-devant-Bruyères on cassini.ehess.fr
- ↑ Charmois-devant-Bruyères on insee.fr
- ↑ Farms on annuaire-mairie.fr (French)
