La Petite-Fosse

La Petite-Fosse
region	Grand Est
Department	Vosges
Arrondissement	Saint-Dié-des-Vosges
Canton	Saint-Dié-des-Vosges-2
Community association	Saint-Dié-des-Vosges
Coordinates	48 ° 19 ′ N , 7 ° 3 ′ E Coordinates: 48 ° 19 ′ N , 7 ° 3 ′ E
height	440-870 m
surface	5.04 km 2
Residents	78 (January 1, 2017)
Population density	15 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code	88490
INSEE code	88345

La Petite-Fosse is a French commune with 78 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) in the Vosges department in the Grand Est region . It belongs to the arrondissement of Saint-Dié-des-Vosges and the canton of Saint-Dié-des-Vosges-2 .

geography

La Petite-Fosse is about nine kilometers (as the crow flies) northeast of Saint-Dié-des-Vosges in the Vosges . The place is on the brook Bestrupt . Many wooded hills are typical of the community. La Petite-Fosse is part of the Ballons des Vosges Regional Nature Park . La Petite-Fosse is surrounded by the neighboring communities of La Grande-Fosse in the northeast, Provenchères-et-Colroy in the east, Le Beulay , Frapelle and Nayemont-les-Fosses in the south and Ban-de-Sapt in the west.

The community consists of the village of La Petite-Fosse and a few individual farms.

history

From 1793 to 1801, La Petite-Fosse was part of the Saint-Dié district . From 1793 to 1801 the municipality was assigned to the canton of Bertrimoutier , from 1801 to 1871 to the canton of Saales . After that, the place belonged to the canton of Provenchères-sur-Fave until 2015 . In administrative terms, La Petite-Fosse has also been part of the Arrondissement of Saint-Dié-des-Vosges since 1801 .

Population development

year	1793	1806	1836	1866	1876	1911	1921	1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2006	2012
Residents	294	201	365	360	402	229	158	106	76	73	64	74	59	87	84
Sources: Cassini and INSEE

The increasing mechanization of agriculture and the numerous deaths of the First World War led to a drop in the number of inhabitants to the lowest levels in recent times. The increase between 1866 and 1876 is due to immigrants from the realm of Alsace-Lorraine. The decline between 1911 and 1921 is a result of the many casualties in World War I and the 1918 flu wave.