Hennezel

Hennezel
region	Grand Est
Department	Vosges
Arrondissement	Neufchâteau
Canton	Darney
Community association	Vosges Côté Sud Ouest
Coordinates	48 ° 3 ' N , 6 ° 7' E Coordinates: 48 ° 3 ' N , 6 ° 7' E
height	272-468 m
surface	32.13 km 2
Residents	402 (January 1, 2017)
Population density	13 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code	88260
INSEE code	88238
	; Mairie Hennezel

Hennezel (1801 still with the spelling Hennezell ) is a French commune in the Vosges department in the Grand Est region (until 2015 Lorraine ). It belongs to the Arrondissement Neufchâteau and the municipality association Vosges Côté Sud Ouest .

geography

Location of the municipality of Hennezel in the Vosges department

The municipality of Hennezel, with 402 inhabitants (January 1, 2017), is located at an average altitude of about 370 m above sea level, 35 kilometers southwest of Épinal and 25 kilometers southeast of Vittel in the extreme south of the historic Lorraine region on the border with the Bourgogne region -Franche-Comté .

The 32.1 km² large municipal area is located on the Vôge plateau in the catchment area of the upper Saône . The Saône tributary Ourche and the rivers Ruisseau des Orgoneaux, Ruisseau de Thiètry and Ruisseau de la Gorge du Loup flow into it . Shortly after its source in Vioménil , the Saône forms the northern boundary of Hennezel.

By far the largest part of the community area belongs to the Forêt Domaniale de Darney , one of the largest contiguous mixed forest areas in the department. Agricultural areas can only be found around the core town and around the hamlets and farms on the clearing islands. Hennezel includes the hamlets of Clairey, Clairfontaine, La Frison, La Grange au Bois, La Grange Bresson, La Hutte, La Planchotte, Le Torchon and Thiétry .

The neighboring communities of Hennezel are Vioménil , La Haye and Grandrupt-de-Bains in the northeast, Gruey-lès-Surance in the east, Ambiévillers in the south, Passavant-la-Rochère in the southwest, Claudon and Attigny in the west and Darney and Belrupt in the northwest.

history

The place name goes back to the name of a glassworks, of which there were numerous in the woods around Darney. In 1751 Hennezel belonged to the Darney Bailiwick .

In 1724, a metal factory was founded in today's district of La Hutte in the valley of the Ourche on the site of an abandoned paper mill. It later became the Royal Manufactory La Hutte , where cutting and chopping tools such as scissors, hatchets and axes were made. The factory was closed in 1940. The building of the former grinding shop, which also served as a warehouse, is still preserved today.

Building of the former grinding shop of the Royal La Hutte Manufactory

Fallen memorial

Population development

year	1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2007	2017
Residents	462	515	465	432	451	433	425	402
Sources: Cassini and INSEE

Attractions

Saint-Stanislas Church ( St. Stanislaus )
Glass museum in the Clairey district
Arboretum de la Hutte with rare tree species such as cypress, yew, Douglas fir, Japanese cedar, tulip tree and sequoia
Fallen memorial

Saint Stanislas Church

Economy and Infrastructure

There are six farms in the community (fruit growing, dairy farming, horse, cattle, sheep and goat breeding).

The D 164 trunk road from Neufchâteau via Contrexéville , Darney and Bains-les-Bains to Saint-Loup-sur-Semouse is the main road through the municipality. The nearest train stations are in Bains-les-Bains and Contrexéville.