Grandrupt-de-Bains

Grandrupt-de-Bains
region	Grand Est
Department	Vosges
Arrondissement	Neufchâteau
Canton	Le Val-d'Ajol
Community association	Vosges Côté Sud Ouest
Coordinates	48 ° 4 ′ N , 6 ° 11 ′ E Coordinates: 48 ° 4 ′ N , 6 ° 11 ′ E
height	400-467 m
surface	3.60 km 2
Residents	81 (January 1, 2017)
Population density	23 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code	88240
INSEE code	88214
	; Location of the municipality of Grandrupt-de-Bains ; in the Vosges department

Grandrupt-de-Bains is a French commune with 81 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) in the Vosges department in the Grand Est region . It belongs to the Arrondissement Neufchâteau and the communal association ( Communauté de communes ) Val de Vôge, founded in 2006 .

geography

Grandrupt-de-Bains is located at an altitude of 430 to 440 m above sea level, 14 kilometers northwest of Bains-les-Bains and 30 kilometers southwest of Épinal in southern Lorraine.

The 3.6 km² municipal area covers a section of the Vôge landscape . The Ruisseau Grandrupt rises southwest of the town center and flows southeast to the Côney Valley . The Ruisseau des Bocards , which rises in the west of the municipality , turns north and is the first named stream to flow into the still young Saône , whose source is only three kilometers north of Grandrupt-de-Bains. In the west, the highest point in the municipality is reached at 467 meters above sea level.

The over 400 m high area around Grandrupt-de-Bains is partly used as arable land, but mostly as pastureland, while in the south-west ( Bois de Grandrupt as part of the large Forêt Domaniale de Darney ) forests dominate, which in total over a third of the municipal area cover.

Neighboring communities of Grandrupt-de-Bains are La Haye in the north and east, Gruey-lès-Surance in the south and Hennezel in the west.

history

The name Grandrupt cannot be proven before 1611. Until the French Revolution, the area of today's municipality belonged to the bailiwick of Vesoul in Franche-Comté , in 1790 it moved to the newly formed canton of Bains-les-Bains in the then Darney district . The Church of St. Nicholas was built in 1864, followed by the construction of the school and mayor's house ( Mairie-école ) in 1870 . Due to the increasing mail traffic and the likelihood of confusion with the municipality of the same name Grandrupt in the northeast of the Vosges department, the name of the municipality was given the addition -de-Bains by decree of May 22, 1867 (based on the nearby spa town of Bains-les-Bains).

Population development

Grandrupt-de-Bains is one of the small communities in the Vosges department. The population has remained almost constant since the 1960s. In the first third of the 19th century there were still over 400 inhabitants in Grandrupt.

year	1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2006	2017
Residents	89	104	81	81	73	90	76	81
Sources: Cassini and INSEE

Attractions

Church of St. Nicholas ( Église Saint-Nicolas )

Economy and Infrastructure

The residents of Grandrupt-de-Bains are mainly employed in agriculture (fruit growing, dairy farming), forestry and small service companies in the village or the surrounding area.

The municipality of Grandrupt-de-Bains is away from the national traffic flows. Départementstrasse 164 from Neufchâteau via Contrexéville , Darney and Bains-les-Bains to Saint-Loup-sur-Semouse leads southwest past Grandrupt-de-Bains. The nearest train station is 17 kilometers southeast of Grandrupt in Bains-les-Bains.