Juvaincourt

Juvaincourt
region	Grand Est
Department	Vosges
Arrondissement	Epinal
Community association	Mirecourt Dompaire
Coordinates	48 ° 20 ' N , 6 ° 4' E Coordinates: 48 ° 20 ' N , 6 ° 4' E
height	293-348 m
surface	8.82 km 2
Residents	184 (January 1, 2017)
Population density	21 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code	88500
INSEE code	88257
	; Location of the municipality of Juvaincourt ; in the Vosges department

Juvaincourt is a French commune with 184 inhabitants (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 Juvaincourt is 40 kilometers south of Nancy and 40 kilometers northwest of Épinal .

Through the flat, undulating terrain The Ruisseau d'Oëlleville flows through the municipality and flows into the Moselle tributary Madon .

The proportion of forest in the community is around one eighth, half of the community area consists of arable land and grassland. The southern third of the municipal area occupies the site of the Épinal-Mirecourt airport , which is operated by the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of the Vosges department ( Chambre de commerce et d'industrie des Vosges ).

Neighboring communities of Juvaincourt are Frenelle-la-Petite in the north, Puzieux in the east, Domvallier in the southeast, Baudricourt in the south and Oëlleville in the west.

history

The first written mention of the village, which was then called Gevencort , comes from a document dated 1259 by the Duke of Lorraine and the Count of Toul .

In the Ancien Régime Juvaincourt belonged together with today's neighboring municipality Oëlleville to the sphere of influence of the Remiremont chapter . In the 18th century until the French Revolution, the village in the Mirecourt Bailiwick belonged to the Bassompierre and Tilly families .

The mayor's and school building dates from 1836.

Population development

year	1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2007	2017
Residents	197	200	195	189	178	164	171	104
Sources: Cassini and INSEE

Attractions

Saint-Èvre ( St. Aper ) church, built in 1868

Saint-Èvre church

town hall

Tower of the airport

Economy and Infrastructure

There are four farms in the municipality (dairy farming, cattle breeding).

The D 166 trunk road, which is partially expanded to two lanes, runs south of the municipality from Épinal to Neufchâteau with a connection to the A31 autoroute .