Moriville
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region | Grand Est | |
Department | Vosges | |
Arrondissement | Epinal | |
Canton | Charms | |
Community association | Epinal | |
Coordinates | 48 ° 21 ' N , 6 ° 26' E | |
height | 300-383 m | |
surface | 25.05 km 2 | |
Residents | 433 (January 1, 2017) | |
Population density | 17 inhabitants / km 2 | |
Post Code | 88330 | |
INSEE code | 88313 | |
Notre-Dame de Grace church |
Moriville is a French commune with 433 inhabitants (January 1, 2017) in the Vosges department in the Grand Est region . It belongs to the Arrondissement Épinal and the municipal association Agglomération d'Épinal, founded in 2017 .
geography
The municipality of Moriville is 22 kilometers north of Épinal . In the west, the 25 km² municipal area reaches the Moselle valley . Moriville is surrounded by large forest areas ( Forêt de Fraize, Forêt de Ternes, Le Grand Bois ).
Neighboring communities of Moriville are Damas-aux-Bois in the north, Rehaincourt in the north-east, Hadigny-les-Verrières in the south-east, Châtel-sur-Moselle and Portieux in the west.
history
In 1114 the village was first mentioned as Murini Villa in a document from the Belval Priory (today in the neighboring municipality of Portieux ). Moriville was under the Dukes of Lorraine and the Bailiwick in Charmes . Ecclesiastically, the residents belonged to the parish in Châtel-sur-Moselle , part of the Épinal deanery .
Population development
year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2007 | 2017 | |
Residents | 404 | 411 | 393 | 389 | 380 | 401 | 438 | 433 | |
Sources: Cassini and INSEE |
Attractions
- Notre-Dame de Grace church
Economy and Infrastructure
There are eight farms in the community (cattle and horse breeding).
The D 32 road from Charmes to Rambervillers runs through the municipality of Moriville . Six kilometers southwest of Moriville there is a connection to the motorway-like RN 57 from Nancy to Épinal . Châtel-Nomexy station, five kilometers away, is on the Blainville-Damelevières-Lure railway line .
supporting documents
- ↑ vosges-archives.com/moriville ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (PDF file, French; 80 kB)
- ↑ Moriville on cassini.ehess.fr
- ↑ Moriville on insee.fr
- ↑ Farms on annuaire-mairie.fr (French)