Provenchères-et-Colroy
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| region | Grand Est | |
| Department | Vosges | |
| Arrondissement | Saint-Dié-des-Vosges | |
| Canton | Saint-Dié-des-Vosges-2 | |
| Community association | Saint-Dié-des-Vosges | |
| Coordinates | 48 ° 8 ' N , 7 ° 5' E | |
| height | 393-790 m | |
| surface | 19.13 km 2 | |
| Residents | 1,372 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 72 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 88490 | |
| INSEE code | 88361 | |
 Hôtel de ville (Town Hall) of Provenchères-et-Colroy |
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Provenchères-et-Colroy is a French commune with 1,389 inhabitants in the Vosges department of the Grand Est region . It belongs to the arrondissement of Saint-Dié-des-Vosges and to the municipal association of Saint-Dié-des-Vosges, founded in 2017 .
The municipality was created with effect from January 1, 2016 through the merger of the two previously independent municipalities Provenchères-sur-Fave and Colroy-la-Grande to form a Commune nouvelle .
structure
| District | former INSEE code |
Area (km²) |
Altitude (m) |
Population (2016) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Colroy-la-Grande | 88112 | 11.86 | 408-790 | 522 |
| Provenchères-sur-Fave (administrative headquarters) | 88361 | 7.27 | 393-651 | 867 |
geography
The municipality of Provenchères-et-Colroy is located in the Vosges , about 15 kilometers northeast of Saint-Dié-des-Vosges and about 70 kilometers southwest of Strasbourg .
The 19.13 km² municipal area extends to the north of the Ballons des Vosges Regional Nature Park on the upper reaches of the Fave River . The Fave rises in the neighboring municipality of Lubine and still has the character of a mountain stream, the valley of which widens to around 1000 m width from Colroy-la-Grande. In the north, the municipality meets the ridge of the Vosges, which marks the border with the Bas-Rhin department in the historic Alsace region . On the Vosges ridge, the 793 m high Le Voyemont is the highest place in the municipality. At the northernmost point of Provenchères-et-Colroy, the Col de Saales overcomes the mountains. At 554 m pass height not only a busy trunk road (D420), but also the railway line Strasbourg – Saint-Dié leads into the Alsatian Breuschtal .
Almost half of the municipal area is covered by forests. The altitude of the valley locations of over 600 meters means that there is hardly any economic arable farming, which is why pastures dominate the valleys and on the lower slopes. There are also individual mountain farms in the higher elevations.
Provenchères-et-Colroy includes the small town of Provenchères-sur-Fave and the village of Colroy-la-Grande, the districts of Les Truches, Brafosse, Bestru, La Fouxelle, Les Basses Hières, Les Ailes, Le Houssot, La Neuve Ville, Les Agelins and Nouveau Saales .
Neighboring communities of Provenchères-et-Colroy are Saales in the north and north-east, Lubine in the east, Lusse in the south-east, Le Beulay in the south-west and La Petite-Fosse in the north-west.
history
The municipality was created on January 1, 2016 through the merger of the two previously independent municipalities Provenchères-sur-Fave and Colroy-la-Grande .
Provenchères-sur-Fave
The place name probably goes back to the Latin proventus (harvest, yield). At the end of the 10th century, the place appeared as Provencherioe . In 1172 gave Duke Matthew I. of Abbey Beaupré the spell to Provenchères.
In one of the amendments to the Peace of Frankfurt in 1871, the border between France and the German Empire was established at the Col de Saales . Provenchères, which had previously belonged to the canton of Saales , formed its own canton on April 5, 1873 ( canton Provenchères-sur-Fave ). The additional designation -sur-Fave led the community since a corresponding ordinance of December 26, 1881 to differentiate itself from other communities called Provenchères . Ecclesiastically, Provenchères was dependent on the Saint-Dié chapter. Later the parish of Provenchères belonged to the deanery of Salm, the diocese of Toul and the diocese of Saint-Dié. The town hall (Hotel de ville) and the school were built in 1845.
Colroy-la-Grande
The place name Courai also appeared for the first time in 1172. The place name is attested in 1768 as Collis regia and only with the establishment of the municipality in 1793 did the name Colroy-la-Grande appear . The village belonged together with the neighboring Lubine to the Bailiwick of Saint Dié. The Church of St. John the Baptist was built in 1774 and was part of the deanery and diocese of St. Dié. The town hall (Mairie), the boys 'and girls' schools were built in 1856. Colroy-la-Grande, which had previously belonged to the canton of Saales, also came to the canton of Provenchères-sur-Fave on April 5, 1873.
coat of arms
The coat of arms of the former municipality of Provenchères-sur-Fave shows a black, red-tongued bear head in a square shield in the 1st and 4th field in silver; in the 2nd and 3rd field a gold-blue nesting in six places. It is the coat of arms of the Dolmaire family , ennobled in 1632 , who worked in Saint-Dié as stable masters and seal keepers. The coat of arms of the former municipality of Colroy-la-Grande showed two silver fir trees on a green shield under a golden bee.
Population development
| local community | Population (Census) | ||||||||||
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| 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2008 | 2011 | 2013 | 2016 | |
| Colroy-la-Grande | 543 | 680 | 618 | 571 | 635 | 611 | 587 | 574 | 550 | 535 | 522 |
| Provenchères-sur-Fave | 706 | 728 | 761 | 685 | 733 | 755 | 844 | 870 | 894 | 890 | 867 |
| Provenchères-et-Colroy | 1,249 | 1,408 | 1,379 | 1,256 | 1,368 | 1,366 | 1,431 | 1,444 | 1,444 | 1,425 | 1,389 |
| Source: Cassini and INSEE | |||||||||||
The (total) population of the municipality of Provenchères-et-Colroy was determined by adding up the municipalities that were independent until the end of 2015.
Attractions
- Sainte-Catherine church of Romanesque origin with a 12th century tower in Provenchères; Reconstructed in the 18th century, Monument historique
- Chapel of Saint-Gondelbert in the forest northwest of Provenchères
- Saint-Sébastien Chapel in Colroy-la-Grande
- Saint-Jean-Baptiste church in Colroy-la-Grande
- Lourdes grotto in Colroy-la-Grande
Sainte-Catherine church
Saint-Gondelbert Chapel
Saint-Jean-Baptiste church and war memorial
Lourdes grotto in Colroy-la-Grande
Saint-Sébastien Chapel in Colroy-la-Grande
Economy and Infrastructure
The inhabitants of Provenchères-et-Colroy work in agriculture, forestry or in trade and services. There are 16 farms in the municipality (potato cultivation, dairy farming, beekeeping, poultry farming). There are also jobs in the tourism sector (boarding houses and holiday homes). Dairy farming and cheese production are carried out in mountain farms. Specifically, there are two forestry companies, two wood processing companies, two trading companies, three repair shops, smaller retailers, several real estate offices, two grocery stores, a flower shop, an electronics store, a butcher's shop and a bakery in the municipality.
Provenchères-et-Colroy is located on the D420 from Saint-Dié via the Col de Saales , Schirmeck and Molsheim to Strasbourg . Other roads lead to Senones and Schlettstadt . The Provenchères-sur-Fave and Colroy-Lubine stations in the municipality are on the Strasbourg – Saint-Dié railway line .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Population figures retrospectively from January 1, 2016
- ↑ ( Page no longer available , search in web archives: Provenchères-sur-Fave on vosges-archives.com ) (PDF file, French)
- ↑ ( page no longer available , search in web archives: Colroy-la-Grande on vosges-archives.com ) (PDF file, French)
- ↑ ( page no longer available , search in web archives: coat of arms description on genealogie-lorraine.fr ) (French)
- ^ Entry in the Base Mérimée of the Ministry of Culture. Retrieved May 28, 2016 (French).
- ↑ Farms on annuaire-mairie.fr (French)
- ↑ Economic activities on annuaire-mairie.fr (French)
