Housseras

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Housseras
Housseras (France)
Housseras
region Grand Est
Department Vosges
Arrondissement Epinal
Canton Saint-Dié-des-Vosges-1
Community association Region of Rambervillers
Coordinates 48 ° 19 ′  N , 6 ° 43 ′  E Coordinates: 48 ° 19 ′  N , 6 ° 43 ′  E
height 311-530 m
surface 19.61 km 2
Residents 489 (January 1, 2017)
Population density 25 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code 88700
INSEE code

Aerial view of Housseras

Housseras is a French commune with 489 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) in the Vosges department in the Grand Est region (until 2015 Lorraine ); it belongs to the Arrondissement Épinal .

population

year 1962 1968 1975 1982 1990 1999 2006 2017
Residents 398 411 394 423 411 456 466 489

Attractions

Saint-Pient church

Saint Pient Church

Personalities

  • The mathematician Wolfgang Doblin committed in Housseras on June 21, 1940 suicide in order to escape capture by the Wehrmacht.
  • His father, the writer Alfred Döblin , is also buried with his wife in the parish cemetery.

Web links

Commons : Housseras  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. http://www-history.mcs.st-and.ac.uk/Biographies/Doeblin.html