Frenelle-la-Grande

Frenelle-la-Grande
region	Grand Est
Department	Vosges
Arrondissement	Epinal
Canton	Mirecourt
Community association	Mirecourt Dompaire
Coordinates	48 ° 21 ' N , 6 ° 5' E Coordinates: 48 ° 21 ' N , 6 ° 5' E
height	182-321 m
surface	5.50 km 2
Residents	108 (January 1, 2017)
Population density	20 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code	88500
INSEE code	88185
	; Location of the commune of Frenelle-la-Grande in the Vosges department

Frenelle-la-Grande is a French commune in the Vosges department of Region Grand Est . It belongs to the Arrondissement Épinal and the municipal association Mirecourt Dompaire .

geography

The community of Frenelle-la-Grande in the Xaintois, with 108 inhabitants (January 1, 2017), is located in the north of the Vosges department, on the border with the Meurthe-et-Moselle department , eight kilometers northwest of the small town of Mirecourt . The undulating ground relief around Frenelle-la-Grande belongs to the catchment area of the Madon . The largest part of the municipality is used for agriculture; in the east, the community has an approximately 20 hectare portion of a forest area.

Neighboring municipalities of Frenelle-la-Grande are Boulaincourt in the north, Bouzanville in the northeast, Ambacourt in the east, Puzieux in the south, Frenelle-la-Petite in the west and Fraisnes-en-Saintois in the northwest.

history

Town hall ( Mairie and former village school)

The place Frenelle-la-Grande was first mentioned in a document as Grandem Frasnum according to the Catholic encyclopedia Gallia Christiana in 1051 . Other, later names were Franellum, Frasnel and Frana magna and Grande Frenel in Cassini's "Atlas National" .

The village belonged to the Mirecourt Bailiwick until the French Revolution . The current church was built at the end of the 19th century in place of a previous building from the sixteenth century.

The school and the town hall ( Mairie ) were built in 1834.

Saint-Léger church

Population development
year	1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2007	2017
Residents	138	146	101	101	112	121	129	108
Sources: Cassini and INSEE

Attractions

Saint-Léger church with a statue of Saint Leodegar from the 16th century
Flurkreuz from the 16th century, when historique monument classified

Economy and Infrastructure

There are six farms in the community (grain cultivation, dairy farming, cattle breeding, pig farming).

Frenelle-la-Grande is away from the national transport links. Seven kilometers to the south there is a connection to the département road D 166 ( Épinal - Neufchâteau ), which has been developed without intersections . The Nancy - Mirecourt - Merrey railway runs through the municipality . Trains no longer stop at the former Frenelle-la-Grande - Puzieux stop , located in the municipality of Frenelles. The nearest train station is in the nearby town of Mirecourt.