Maroncourt

Maroncourt
region	Grand Est
Department	Vosges
Arrondissement	Epinal
Canton	Darney
Community association	Mirecourt Dompaire
Coordinates	48 ° 15 ' N , 6 ° 9' E Coordinates: 48 ° 15 ' N , 6 ° 9' E
height	276–338 m
surface	2.24 km 2
Residents	9 (January 1, 2017)
Population density	4 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code	88270
INSEE code	88288
	; View of Maroncourt from the northeast

Maroncourt is a French commune in the department of Vosges in the region Grand Est . It belongs to the Arrondissement Épinal and the municipal association Mirecourt Dompaire .

With 9 inhabitants (January 1, 2017), Maroncourt is the smallest of the 507 communes in the Vosges department.

geography

Location of the municipality of Maroncourt
in the Vosges department

Maroncourt is located at 280 m above sea level on the right bank of the Moselle tributary Madon , about six kilometers south of Mirecourt and 23 kilometers northwest of Épinal . The relief around Maroncourt is only poorly structured, the highest elevation is reached at 338 m above sea level in the extreme southeast of the municipality in a forest that covers a third of the 2.24 km² municipal area.

Neighboring municipalities of Maroncourt are Velotte-et-Tatignécourt in the northeast, Dompaire in the southeast, Hagécourt in the south and Valleroy-aux-Saules in the west.

history

The place was mentioned early in 1159 as Moironcourt in a deed of donation from Henry I, Bishop of Toul , to the Abbot of Chaumousey .

The village of Maroncourt used to be closely connected to today's neighboring municipality of Hagécourt; both belonged to the property of the Dukes of Lorraine and the Chapter of Remiremont . In 1594 Maroncourt came to the Bailiwick of the Vosges, was later under the provost of Dompaire / Valfroicourt and belonged to the Bailiwick of Darney from 1751 until the French Revolution .

Ecclesiastically, Maroncourt was part of the parish Hagécourt in the deanery Poussay of the diocese of Toul . The parish registers were kept in neighboring Valleroy-aux-Saules.

Population development

year	1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2007	2017
Residents	27	23	21st	12	16	13	11	9
Sources: Cassini and INSEE

Economy and Infrastructure

The small village consists of four farms and the associated residential and stable buildings as well as a small mayor's house ( Mairie ) built in 1790 . There are three farms in the village (dairy farming, cattle breeding). There is no church or chapel (the Saint-Jean-Baptiste church in Hymont is responsible for Maroncourt ), so it is a purely agricultural ensemble.

The D 40 road runs through the village from Hagécourt to Velotte-et-Tatignécourt . There is a connection to the D 166 from Épinal via Mirecourt to Neufchâteau, which has been partially expanded to two lanes . In the nearby municipality of Hymont there is a stop on the Merrey – Hymont-Mattaincourt railway , which is operated by TER Lorraine .