Harol

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Harol
Harol Coat of Arms
Harol (France)
Harol
region Grand Est
Department Vosges
Arrondissement Epinal
Canton Darney
Community association Mirecourt Dompaire
Coordinates 48 ° 9 '  N , 6 ° 15'  E Coordinates: 48 ° 9 '  N , 6 ° 15'  E
height 311-428 m
surface 27.34 km 2
Residents 628 (January 1, 2017)
Population density 23 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code 88270
INSEE code 88233

Location of the commune of Harol in the Vosges department

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Harol is a French commune with 628 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) in the Vosges department in the Grand Est region . It belongs to the Arrondissement Épinal and the municipal association Mirecourt Dompaire .

geography

The municipality of Harol is located on the gently rolling high plateau of the Vôge , about 20 kilometers west of Épinal in southern Lorraine. A special feature is the North Sea-Mediterranean watershed , which runs through the middle of the 27.34 km² municipal area. Harol consists of several villages and hamlets. While the district of La Rue is located on the Illon, which drains over the Madon and Moselle to the Rhine , rainfall flows in the districts of Harol, Le Ménil and Puttegney as well as the hamlets of Frison, La Fosse, Le Fleuriot and Saucenot via the Ruisseau de Reblangotte , Côney and Saône to the Rhône . The district of Longeroye between the sources of Illon and Reblangotte lies exactly on the watershed. The formerly separate villages of Harol, Longeroye and Le Ménil have now grown together to form an almost continuous long settlement.

The height differences in the municipality are small and only become more apparent in the north of the municipality. The largest part of the community area consists of agricultural land. Only at the municipal boundaries in the west and south ( Forêt du Ban d'Harol ) does the municipality have shares in forest areas, which together make up about 15% of the entire area.

Harol's neighboring communities are Damas-et-Bettegney in the north, Dommartin-aux-Bois in the east, Charmois-l'Orgueilleux in the south, Escles in the southwest and Ville-sur-Illon in the west.

history

The village of Harol was first mentioned as Haros in 1070 . It was later the center of the extended ban of Harol ( Ban d'Harol ). Although the area was under the influence of the diocese of Toul , it was demonstrably dependent on the chapter in Remiremont since 1235 .

The Saint-Èvre church was destroyed in the Thirty Years' War and rebuilt in 1765 in the shape characteristic of the 18th century in southern Lorraine with a large nave.

After the French Revolution, the municipality (still with the spelling Harot in 1801 ) first belonged to the canton of Escles, then to the canton of Darney, and finally from 1833 to the canton of Dompaire .

Population development

year 1962 1968 1975 1982 1990 1999 2007 2017
Residents 460 543 502 509 522 502 567 628
Sources: Cassini and INSEE

Attractions

The Saint-Évre church with a sandstone statue of the Virgin Mary and Child was built against a ridge in Harol and is visible from afar from the south.

  • Saint-Èvre church

  • Calvaire

  • Town hall and school

  • La Providence Private School

  • former station building

Economy and Infrastructure

There are 20 farms in the municipality (cultivation of aromatic plants, dairy farming, breeding of cattle and poultry). However, the largest employer in the municipality is Fournier SA . The company, founded in 1953, is active in metal construction and a supplier for the automotive industry, the printing industry, aviation, the paper industry as well as for air conditioning and machine tool manufacture.

Harol is home to the rural vocational school “La Providence” ( lycée professionnel rural “La Providence” d'Harol ), the only one of its kind in north-eastern France. The focus is on service professions in rural areas, care for the elderly, health and social services and childcare.

In the municipality of Harol, the D 4 ( Mirecourt - Bains-les-Bains ) and D 460 ( Épinal - Darney ) cross roads . The Canal des Vosges runs five kilometers east of Harol .

supporting documents

  1. ↑ toponym on cassini.ehess.fr
  2. ↑ orgues.chez.com
  3. ↑ Harol on cassini.ehess.fr
  4. ↑ Harol on insee.fr
  5. ↑ Farms on annuaire-mairie.fr (French)

Web links

Commons : Harol  - Collection of Images