Circourt

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Circourt
Circourt Coat of Arms
Circourt (France)
Circourt
region Grand Est
Department Vosges
Arrondissement Epinal
Canton Darney
Community association Mirecourt Dompaire
Coordinates 48 ° 15 ′  N , 6 ° 17 ′  E Coordinates: 48 ° 15 ′  N , 6 ° 17 ′  E
height 311-465 m
surface 5.93 km 2
Residents 88 (January 1, 2017)
Population density 15 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code 88270
INSEE code 88103

Mairie Circourt

Template: Infobox municipality in France / maintenance / different coat of arms in Wikidata

Circourt (1793 still with the spelling Crecourt ) is a French commune in the Vosges department of the Grand Est region (until 2015 Lorraine ). It belongs to the Arrondissement Épinal and the municipal association Mirecourt Dompaire, founded in 2017 .

geography

Location of the municipality of Circourt in the Vosges department

The municipality of Circourt, with 88 inhabitants (January 1, 2017), is 16 kilometers northwest of Épinal . The Robert , an eleven kilometer long tributary of the Gitte, has its source in Circourt . In the municipality, at 465 meters above sea level, is the highest point of the hill country between the Moselle and Madon . The Croix de Virine rises at its summit .

Neighboring communities of Circourt are Derbamont in the north-west and north, Bouxières-aux-Bois in the east, Bocquegney in the south-east, Hennecourt and Damas-et-Bettegney in the south and Madonne-et-Lamerey in the south-west.

Population development

year 1962 1968 1975 1982 1990 1999 2007 2017
Residents 92 101 79 75 81 85 100 88
Sources: Cassini and INSEE

Attractions

St. Claudius Church

Economy and Infrastructure

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

Circourt can only be reached via side streets. Six kilometers to the south there is a connection to the two-lane D 166 trunk road from Mirecourt to Épinal . Thaon-les-Vosges station, 17 kilometers east of Essegney, is on the Blainville-Damelevières-Lure railway line .

supporting documents

  1. ↑ toponym on cassini.ehess.fr
  2. ↑ Croix de Virine on petit-patrimoine.com. Retrieved November 7, 2010 (French).
  3. ↑ Circourt on cassini.ehess.fr
  4. ↑ Circourt on insee.fr
  5. ↑ Farms on annuaire-mairie.fr (French)

Web links

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