Domfaing

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Domfaing
Domfaing (France)
Domfaing
region Grand Est
Department Vosges
Arrondissement Epinal
Canton Bruyères
Community association Bruyères-Vallons des Vosges
Coordinates 48 ° 14 '  N , 6 ° 45'  E Coordinates: 48 ° 14 '  N , 6 ° 45'  E
height 361-508 m
surface 3.90 km 2
Residents 216 (January 1, 2017)
Population density 55 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code 88600
INSEE code 88145

Location of the municipality of Domfaing
in the Vosges department

Domfaing is a French commune with 216 inhabitants (January 1, 2017) in the Vosges department in the Grand Est region (until 2015 Lorraine ). It belongs to the Arrondissement Épinal and the municipality association Bruyères-Vallons des Vosges, founded in 2014 .

geography

The municipality of Domfaing is located in the western foothills of the Vosges , about halfway between Saint-Dié and Épinal .

View from the southwest of Domfaing

The center of the municipality forms a basin that was created by the rivers Ruisseau de Moxené and Ruisseau de Buttant that flow together here . To the north, the basin opens to the outflow of the streams towards Mortagne . The municipality of Domfaing includes an approximately two-kilometer-long section of the Mortagnetal valley in the north. At the edges of the small basin, some striking mountains rise, such as the 444 m high Haut de Belmont in the south and a ridge up to 508 m high called Contimpierre in the north.

The slopes north of Mortagne and the area around the Haut de Belmont are forested, around the settlement Domfaing there is pasture and arable land. The railway line from Mont-sur-Meurthe via Rambervillers to Bruyères , which was closed in 1988 and which ran south of the village center and rose in the direction of Bruyères to cross the ridge between the valleys of Mortagne and Vologne, forms a clearing that is still clearly visible today .

Domfaing includes the districts of Neuf Moulin and La Hazelle as well as the hamlet of Haut de Belmont with the church of St. Laurentius.

Neighboring municipalities of Domfaing are Mortagne in the north, Les Rouges-Eaux and Bois-de-Champ in the north-east, Belmont-sur-Buttant in the south-west, Vervezelle in the south-west and Brouvelieures in the west.

history

The name Domfaing is composed of the Latin domus (= house) and fagne / faing (= fenn, swamp) .

The village of Domfaing (formerly Donfaing ) was originally part of the Buttang Belmont ban . In 1593 Domfaing belonged to the Baillage Vôge and the sphere of influence of the provosts of Bruyères , from 1751 until the French Revolution to the Baillage Bruyères.

Town hall and school building
Tower of the Church of St. Laurentius

In addition to the core town of Domfaing, the following settlements, hamlets and farms existed in 1867:

  • Xilé (43 inhabitants)
  • Malieu (23 inhabitants)
  • Le Neuf Moulin (20 residents)
  • Lajus (17 inhabitants)
  • La Halbique (14 inhabitants)
  • Faing du Buisson (10 residents)
  • La Hazelle (9 residents)
  • Haut de Belmont (6 residents)
  • Le Ménil (6 residents)
  • Périfontaine (5 residents)
  • Moxené (2 residents)
  • Pleine Goutte (2 residents)

Of the total area of ​​390 hectares, 145 hectares were arable, 106 hectares were meadows, 125 hectares of forest, three hectares of gardens and two hectares of wasteland. The most important crops at that time were wheat, rye, oats and potatoes. There was a small starch factory with two workers and five mills with ten workers. In addition to agriculture, the most important branch of business was logging and processing into boards. Today there are still three sawmills in the municipality of Domfaing.

Population development

year 1962 1968 1975 1982 1990 1999 2006 2017
Residents 225 234 229 286 254 224 239 216
Sources: Cassini and INSEE

Attractions

The parish church of St. Laurentius ( Saint-Laurent ) was built on the Haut de Belmont for the three parishes of Domfaing, Belmont-sur-Buttant and Vervezelle .

Economy and Infrastructure

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

The D 32 trunk road from Charmes to Rambervillers runs through the municipality of Essegney . In the nearby town of Charmes there is a connection to the motorway-like RN 57 from Nancy to Épinal . Charmes station, one and a half kilometers from Essegney, is on the Blainville-Damelevières-Lure railway line .

supporting documents

  1. ↑ Historical data on auburtin.fr/genealogie. Archived from the original on November 15, 2008 ; Retrieved August 29, 2011 (French).
  2. ↑ Domfaing on cassini.ehess.fr
  3. ↑ Domfaing on insee.fr
  4. ↑ Farms on annuaire-mairie.fr (French)

Web links

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