Cornimont
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| region | Grand Est | |
| Department | Vosges | |
| Arrondissement | Saint-Dié-des-Vosges | |
| Canton | La Bresse | |
| Community association | Hautes Vosges | |
| Coordinates | 47 ° 58 ′ N , 6 ° 50 ′ E | |
| height | 493-1,205 m | |
| surface | 40.23 km 2 | |
| Residents | 3,208 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 80 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 88310 | |
| INSEE code | 88116 | |
| Website | http://www.cornimont.fr/ | |
 Location of Cornimont in the Vosges department |
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Cornimont (German Hornenberg ) is a French commune with 3208 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) in the Vosges department in the Grand Est region (until 2015 Lorraine ). It belongs to the arrondissement of Saint-Dié-des-Vosges .
geography
The Vosges municipality of Cornimont is located on the upper Moselotte and borders the Haut-Rhin department in the east .
Neighboring municipalities of Cornimont are Rochesson and La Bresse in the north, Wildenstein in the northeast, Kruth in the east, Ventron in the southeast, Le Ménil in the south, Saulxures-sur-Moselotte in the southwest and Basse-sur-le-Rupt in the northwest.
history
The place probably already existed in the 7th century , the first documentary mention (as Cournimont ) comes from the year 1345. During the Thirty Years' War the population fell drastically, in 1640 it was 27 people. Rapid industrialization took place in the 19th century, and in 1975 the population was around 5,200.
On June 20, 1940, Cornimont fell as part of the western campaign and was captured by Wehrmacht troops. Two days later there was the Compiègne armistice (1940) ; it was tantamount to surrender.
| year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2007 | 2014 |
| Residents | 4984 | 5021 | 5211 | 4556 | 4042 | 3861 | 3732 | 3331 |
Attractions
Other attractions in the community that include museum Musée des Mille et une Racine and the Chapel Chapelle du Brabant .
Church in the Travexin district
The Moselotte in Cornimont
Parish partnership
Cornimont has had a partnership with the municipality of Steinen in Baden-Württemberg since 1983 .
Personalities
- Hubert Curien (born October 30, 1924 in Cornimont; † February 6, 2005 in Loury near Paris), politician and physicist
- Véronique Claudel (born November 22, 1966 in Cornimont), biathlete
- Christophe Mengin (born September 3, 1968 in Cornimont), racing cyclist
Individual evidence
Web links
- Official website (French)