Marey

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Marey
Marey (France)
Marey
region Grand Est
Department Vosges
Arrondissement Neufchâteau
Canton Darney
Community association Vosges Côté Sud Ouest
Coordinates 48 ° 6 ′  N , 5 ° 54 ′  E Coordinates: 48 ° 6 ′  N , 5 ° 54 ′  E
height 285-432 m
surface 7.90 km 2
Residents 69 (January 1, 2017)
Population density 9 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code 88320
INSEE code

Location of the municipality of Marey in the Vosges department

Marey is a French commune in the department of Vosges in the region of Grand Est (2015 Lorraine ). It is part of the Neufchâteau arrondissement and the Vosges Côté Sud Ouest community association founded in 2017 .

geography

The municipality of Marey, with 69 inhabitants (January 1, 2017), is located 14 kilometers south of Vittel in the extreme south-west of Lorraine. Three kilometers northwest of Marey runs the Maas - Saône - watershed . Here lies the Côte de Hautmont (497 meters above sea level) one of the highest elevations between the Langres plateau and the Vosges .

Neighboring municipalities of Marey are Dombrot-le-Sec in the north, Gignéville and Viviers-le-Gras in the northeast, Bleurville in the southeast and Serocourt in the southwest and west.

Population development

year 1962 1968 1975 1982 1990 1999 2007 2017
Residents 123 116 119 109 101 78 60 69
Sources: Cassini and INSEE

Attractions

  • Church of the Birth of Our Lady ( Église de la Nativité de Notre-Dame )

Economy and Infrastructure

Six farms are located in Marey (dairy farming, horse and cattle breeding, sheep and goat farming).

After the primary schools in Marey and other small villages in the area were closed, Lamarche developed into a central primary school location.

Marey is away from the major national traffic routes. There are road links to Gignéville and Serocourt . The train station in Martigny-les-Bains, 7.5 kilometers away, is on the Merrey – Hymont-Mattaincourt railway line .

supporting documents

  1. Marey on cassini.ehess.fr
  2. Marey on insee.fr
  3. ↑ Farms on annuaire-mairie.de (French)
  4. ^ Lamarche, local council meeting in August 2010 (French)

Web links

Commons : Marey  - collection of images