Portieux
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| region | Grand Est | |
| Department | Vosges | |
| Arrondissement | Epinal | |
| Canton | Charms | |
| Community association | Epinal | |
| Coordinates | 48 ° 21 ′ N , 6 ° 21 ′ E | |
| height | 175-363 m | |
| surface | 7.90 km 2 | |
| Residents | 1,258 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 159 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 88330 | |
| INSEE code | 88355 | |
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Portieux is a French commune in the Vosges department in the region of Grand Est . It belongs to the Arrondissement Épinal and the municipal association Épinal .
geography
The municipality of Portieux with 1258 inhabitants (January 1, 2017) is located on the Moselle in the north of the Vosges department, about 20 kilometers northwest of Épinal .
The Moselle flows in a south-east-north-west direction through the municipality, the core town of Portieux is on the right side of the Moselle. A section of the Canal des Vosges, which runs parallel to the Moselle, with three of its 93 locks, lies with a short interruption in the Portieux area or forms the border with Vincey . The built-up area of Portieux west of the canal also includes the Vincey stop on the Nancy - Épinal - Remiremont railway line .
140 hectares or almost a fifth of the municipal area are forested ( Forêt de Ternes ).
In addition to the hamlet of Belval, Portieux also includes the district of La Verrerie , four kilometers east of the town center.
Neighboring communities of Portieux are Langley in the north, Damas-aux-Bois in the northeast, Moriville in the east, Châtel-sur-Moselle and Nomexy in the southeast and Vincey in the southwest and west.
history
The place Portieux ( Portus Coelorum ) developed around a priory founded in 1107 near a ford over the Moselle, which was moved to Nancy in 1616 ( St. Leopold Monastery ).
A privilege to build a glassworks in the woods near Portieux was granted by Duke Leopold in 1705 . The recent history of Portieux is closely linked to the glassmaker's manufacture in the La Verrerie district ( German = glassworks ); glass production also shaped the design of the coat of arms.
The glassware production adapted to the requirements of the market over the decades. While drinking glasses and window glass were in the foreground at the beginning of the glassworks, mirrors, glass bottles, watch and lamp glasses and glass marbles soon followed. The glassworks enjoyed an enormous upswing with the production of bottles for bottling Contrexéville mineral water ( Contrex brand ). By 1850, one worker could produce up to 400 bottles per hour. A glass factory in Gironcourt-sur-Vraine , which is closer to Contrexéville and Vittel , was already producing 250 million bottles a year in 1964. While the Portieux glassworks had 539 employees in 1968, in 1978 there were still 308 employees. After a further creeping decline, the traditional manufactory became a glassblowing shop with 33 workers in 1996, which in 2005 shrank to 12 employees. Today crystal glasses - mostly individual pieces - are manufactured according to special customer requirements.
Population development
The population decline that has persisted since the 1960s can be attributed to the decline of the textile industry and glass production.
| year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2007 | 2017 | |
| Residents | 2039 | 2163 | 1952 | 1750 | 1492 | 1411 | 1324 | 1258 | |
| Sources: Cassini and INSEE | |||||||||
Attractions
- Building complex of the former Vincey / Portieux spinning mill ( classified as a monument historique in 1991 )
- Glass blowing with museum and sale on the site of the old glassworks
- Military museum
- Church of the Exaltation of the Cross ( Église de l'Exaltation-de-la-Sainte-Croix )
- Church of St. Laurentius in the La Verrerie district ( Église Saint-Laurent de La Verrière )
Exaltation of the Cross Church
North side of the Church of St. Laurentius in the La Verrière district
Economy and Infrastructure
In addition to small craft and retail businesses (bakery, car trades), there are few opportunities to earn a living in Portieux. There are five livestock farms in the municipality. Many residents commute to the surrounding industrial parks in Thaon-les-Vosges , Golbey or Épinal . One of the largest employers in the area is CAT Belval , a nursing home / hospice in the Belval district that emerged from a farm.
The D32 trunk road from Rambervillers to Châtel-sur-Moselle runs through Portieux . The two-lane national road 57 from Nancy to Épinal leads with a junction through the municipality of the neighboring municipality of Vincey . The Vincey stop is on the Nancy-Épinal- Remiremont railway line following the Moselle valley and operated by the TER Lorraine company.
supporting documents
- ↑ Portieux on cassini.ehess.fr
- ↑ Portieux on insee.fr
- ↑ Entry on culture.gouv.fr/merimee (French)
- ↑ Farms on annuaire-mairie.fr (French)
Web links
- extensive private presentation on the municipality of Portieux and the glassworks (French)
- Population statistics