Le Saulcy
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| region | Grand Est | |
| Department | Vosges | |
| Arrondissement | Saint-Dié-des-Vosges | |
| Canton | Raon-l'Étape | |
| Community association | Saint-Dié-des-Vosges | |
| Coordinates | 48 ° 25 ' N , 7 ° 3' E | |
| height | 395-910 m | |
| surface | 9.83 km 2 | |
| Residents | 327 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 33 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 88210 | |
| INSEE code | 88444 | |
 View of the district of Saint-Jean du Mont |
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Le Saulcy is a French commune in the Grand Est region (until 2015 Lorraine ). It belongs to the Vosges department , the Saint-Dié-des-Vosges arrondissement and the Raon-l'Étape canton .
geography
The main settlement lies at 453 m in the Vosges , four kilometers west of the Col du Hantz, which is 641 m high . The densely forested, almost 10 km² large municipal area extends below the Vosges main ridge over the valleys of the Rabodeau tributaries La Grand Goutte and Le Bouchard . The highest peaks of the municipality are to be found in the northeast on the border with Alsace (La Boulée 851 m , southeast slope of La Haute Loge 910 m )
Le Saulcy consists of the districts and hamlets of Saint-Jean du Mont, Le Harcholet, La Parrière and Quieux .
Neighboring municipalities of Le Saulcy are Moussey in the north, Plaine , Grandfontaine and La Broque in the northeast, Belval in the southeast, Le Puid in the south and Le Mont in the west.
Population development
| year | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 |
| Residents | 512 | 470 | 419 | 365 | 346 | 328 |
history
During World War II, there were two French resistance groups who took people across the border from Salm in annexed Alsace to Moussey in occupied France on the Sentier des Passeur escape route and received parachuted weapons from the Allies. As part of the Waldfest campaign , 80 men from le Saulcy were arrested by the Wehrmacht and the SS in 1944, tortured at the Gestapo command center in the nearby Belval Castle and deported. 57 deportees did not survive.
Attractions
The village church of Saint-Jean-du Mont is also responsible for the neighboring parish of Belval.
Web links
- Le Saulcy on Memorials Europe 1939–1945