Chavelot

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Chavelot
Chavelot (France)
Chavelot
region Grand Est
Department Vosges
Arrondissement Epinal
Canton Golbey
Community association Epinal
Coordinates 48 ° 14 '  N , 6 ° 26'  E Coordinates: 48 ° 14 '  N , 6 ° 26'  E
height 306-355 m
surface 6.16 km 2
Residents 1,391 (January 1, 2017)
Population density 226 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code 88150
INSEE code 88099

Location of the municipality of Chavelot in the Vosges department

Chavelot is a French commune with 1,391 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 Épinal .

geography

The municipality of Chavelot is located seven kilometers north of Épinal , the capital ( prefecture ) of the Vosges department. The 6.16 square kilometer municipal area of ​​Chavelot comprises an area between the Moselle , which borders the municipal area in the east, the Canal des Vosges , which runs parallel to the west of the Moselle, and the forest area of ​​the Forêt de Souche-Thaon , which gradually rises to the west , on which the Municipality has a share of about 50 hectares. Between the Moselle and Canal des Vosges, of which three of its 93 locks are located in the Cavelots area, three gravel pits were dug to extract building materials, the total area of ​​which is around 35 hectares.

The settlement area around the old village center of Chavelot is concentrated in the northern half of the municipality on the left bank of the Moselle, whose valley floor is only 200 meters wide here. In the north, the settlement area merges seamlessly with that of the municipality of Thaon-les-Vosges ; in the south, Chavelot is directly connected to Golbey by industrial areas , resulting in a coherent built-up area along the Moselle of around 18 kilometers in length.

Chavelot has a typical suburban character, in addition to the small old village center around the church, single-family houses that have been built in the last 40 years dominate the community.

Neighboring municipalities of Chavelot are Capavenir Vosges in the north and northeast, Dogneville in the east, Golbey in the south and Domèvre-sur-Avière in the southwest and west.

history

Chavelot was built on the Roman road that led north along the Moselle.

Population development

year 1962 1968 1975 1982 1990 1999 2006 2017
Residents 1160 1234 1178 1501 1620 1480 1493 1391
Sources: Cassini and INSEE

Attractions

Saint-Èvre church
town hall

Economy and Infrastructure

There are many small and medium-sized industrial, commercial and service companies in Chavelot. Due to its central location and convenient transport links, logistics and transport companies in particular have settled in Chavelot. The Accor company operates a Formula 1 hotel in the La Cobrelle industrial park . The product range of the companies in the three industrial areas of Fougère, La Cobrelle and Prés de Droué today includes concrete, plaster, radio, television and communications technology, furniture, mattresses, fur products and wood products.

Chavelot has a kindergarten, elementary school and music school.

Due to its proximity to Épinal , Chavelot is connected to all the surrounding areas by trunk roads. The two-lane route nationale (national road) 57 ( E 23 ) run from Metz via Épinal to Besançon and the departmental road D 166a (to Neufchâteau ) through the municipality of Chavelot. The Nancy- Épinal- Remiremont line , operated by the TER Lorraine company, runs through Chavelot without a stop; the nearest station on this line is in neighboring Thaon-les-Vosges .

supporting documents

  1. ↑ Chavelot on cassini.ehess.fr
  2. ↑ Chavelot on insee.fr
  3. ↑ Chavelot on bilans.net ( memento of the original dated December 23, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) 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. (French) Retrieved May 9, 2010  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.bilans.net

Web links

Commons : Chavelot  - Collection of Images