La Haye (Vosges)

La Haye
region	Grand Est
Department	Vosges
Arrondissement	Epinal
Canton	Le Val-d'Ajol
Community association	Epinal
Coordinates	48 ° 3 ' N , 6 ° 14' E Coordinates: 48 ° 3 ' N , 6 ° 14' E
height	349-461 m
surface	7.34 km 2
Residents	115 (January 1, 2017)
Population density	16 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code	88240
INSEE code	88236
	; Mairie La Haye

La Haye is a French commune with 115 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 Épinal .

geography

Location of the commune of La Haye
in the Vosges department

La Haye is located at an altitude of 360 m above sea level, eleven kilometers northwest of Bains-les-Bains and 25 kilometers southwest of Épinal in southern Lorraine.

The 7.34 km² municipal area covers a section of the Vôge landscape . The Ruisseau des Cailloux rises on the north-western border of the municipality and forms a valley up to 200 m wide, on the southern slope of which the La Haye settlement was created. The stream flows into the Côney , a tributary of the upper Saône , in the east of the neighboring municipality of Harsault . In the north-west, the municipal area reaches a few hundred meters from the source of the Saône in Vioménil. In a strip that extends far to the west, the highest point in the municipality is reached at 461 meters above sea level.

The area around La Haye is used partly as arable land, partly as pastureland, while forests dominate in the north ( Forêt Domaniale du Ban d'Harol ), in the west ( les Tailles ) and in the south ( Miche-Guerré ), which in total over a third cover the parish area.

The Bazin farm in the southwest of the municipality belongs to La Haye .

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

history

The name La Haye cannot be verified 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 . In 1831 the school and mayor's house ( Mairie-école ) was built, and in 1868 the church of St. Augustine.

Population development

At the end of the 19th century there were still over 800 people living in La Haye.

year	1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2006	2017
Residents	156	188	154	124	117	118	124	115
Sources: Cassini and INSEE

Attractions

Church of St. Augustine ( Église Saint-Augustin )

St. Augustine Church

Economy and Infrastructure

The residents of La Haye are mainly employed in six farms (berry cultivation, dairy farming, cattle breeding), forestry and small service companies in the village or in the vicinity.

The municipality of La Haye is away from the national traffic flows. The trunk road D 164 from Neufchâteau via Contrexéville , Darney and Bains-les-Bains to Saint-Loup-sur-Semouse leads through the neighboring communities of Hautmougey and Gruey-lès-Surance to the south . The nearest train station (Bains-les-Bains) is 14 kilometers southeast of La Haye.