Rupt-sur-Moselle
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| region | Grand Est | |
| Department | Vosges | |
| Arrondissement | Epinal | |
| Canton | Le Thillot | |
| Community association | Balloons of the Hautes-Vosges | |
| Coordinates | 47 ° 56 ' N , 6 ° 40' E | |
| height | 399-898 m | |
| surface | 45.55 km 2 | |
| Residents | 3,525 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 77 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 88360 | |
| INSEE code | 88408 | |
 Location of the commune of Rupt-sur-Moselle in the Vosges department |
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Rupt-sur-Moselle is a French commune with 3525 inhabitants (January 1, 2017) in the Vosges department in the Grand Est region . It is part of the Épinal arrondissement and the Ballons des Hautes-Vosges municipal association .
geography
The municipality of Rupt-sur-Moselle on the upper Moselle is located in the Vosges Mountains in the extreme southeast of Lorraine and borders the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region in the south . Remiremont , the next largest town, is twelve kilometers from Rupt-sur-Moselle. In the Maxonchamp district, the Moselle, coming from the southeast, changes its direction of flow to the north.
The 45.55 km² large municipal area of Rupt-sur-Moselle comprises an approximately ten kilometer long section of the upper Moselle valley , the width of which varies between 2000 meters (district Hielle ) and 1000 meters ( La Roche / Longchamp ). The valley floor of the Moselle lies on the municipal border with Ferdrupt at 444 meters, on the border with Vecoux at 399 meters above sea level. The Moselle valley is flanked by mountains, some of which rise steeply, reaching a height of 810 meters in the south-west on the border with the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region and a maximum of 898 meters in the north-east. The 620 m high pass Col du Mont de Fourche forms a cut in the south , over which a road leads to Luxeuil-les-Bains . The pass and the southwest border of the municipality form the watershed to the catchment area of the Rhone . In the municipality, the mountain streams Ruisseau de Moinrupt and Ruisseau de Grandrupt, coming from the northeast, flow into the Moselle.
The forests, which cover about 75% of the municipality, belong to the forest areas Forêt de Raddon (in the west), Forêt Domaniale de Longegoutte (in the north and northeast) and Bois du Ménil (in the south). The Moselle valley leaves little space for arable land between the residential and commercial areas. In contrast, pastures and grasslands can be found up to the high altitudes.
The districts belong to the municipality (seen downstream from the Moselle):
- Saulx
- Le Chêne
- Longchamp
- La Roche
- Core town of Rupt-sur-Moselle
- Les Meix
- Maxonchamp
- Lépange
- Hielle
Neighboring municipalities of Rupt-sur-Moselle are Vecoux in the north, Thiéfosse and Saulxures-sur-Moselotte in the northeast, Ferdrupt in the east, Corravillers in the south, La Rosière in the southwest, La Montagne and Girmont-Val-d'Ajol in the west and Dommartin- lès-Remiremont in the northwest.
history
Already in Roman times, the route from Metz to Basel led over the upper Moselle valley and thus through today's area of Rupt-sur-Moselle. Before the French Revolution, the scattered settlement structure belonged to the abbesses of the Chapitre de Remiremont .
The municipality of Rupt was created in 1789 by the division of the Ban de Longchamp , from which the municipality of Dommartin-lès-Remiremont , later Vecoux and Ferdrupt, emerged . The hamlets of Longchamp, La Roche, La Dermanville, Lette, Rupt, Le Dessus de Rupt, Saulx, Lépange, Les Meix and Maxonchamp were combined to form the municipality of Rupt (1801 still with the spelling Rupz ), which in 1904 to Rupt-sur-Moselle was renamed.
Until the middle of the 19th century, the inhabitants lived from agriculture and livestock farming, and the farmers also earned their living as lumberjacks, craftsmen, joiners, clog makers and team leaders. The first spinning mill was built in the hamlet of Saulx as early as 1934. After 1870, the textile industry experienced a new, increased boom when businesses owned by Alsace who had fled the Germans settled there.
In June 1940 the "Fort de Rupt" (or Fort Caulaincourt) was quickly captured by troops of the Wehrmacht , namely the 6th Panzer Division under General Werner Kempf , as part of the western campaign .
The textile industry began to decline in the 1970s. Only gradually could new jobs be created, including in plastics and metal processing and in mechanical engineering.
Population development
The population of the municipality of Rupt-sur-Moselle testifies to the loss of many jobs in the textile industry since the 1970s. The settlement of many new companies has not yet fully compensated for the churn rate.
| year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2007 | 2017 | |
| Residents | 3825 | 3970 | 3863 | 3570 | 3470 | 3637 | 3560 | 3525 | |
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Attractions
- Saint-Étienne church, renovated several times (most recently in 1862, bell tower in 1738)
St. Rochus Chapel in the Maxonchamp district
abandoned church in Maxonchamp
Economy and Infrastructure
There are 47 farms in the community (cultivation of grain, vegetables and bush fruits, dairy farming, beekeeping, breeding of horses, cattle, sheep, goats and poultry). Today, three industrial areas characterize the municipality north of the town center ( ZI le Plain du Saut , ZI Le Pange and ZI Les Maix ). The companies currently based in Rupt-sur-Moselle with over 100 employees include:
- Le groupe Antolin - a subsidiary of a Spanish manufacturer of equipment and parts for motor and commercial vehicles
- Cimest ( Compagnie industrial des moulages de l'Est ) - Plastic parts company for the telephone and automotive industries
- Valrupt - cotton weaving mill belonging to Groupe français Valmont
- La Compagnie vosgienne de la chaussure - shoe factory belonging to the Groupe français Vivarte
Rupt-sur-Moselle has increasingly focused on tourism in recent years and has now been developed for tourism through hotels, guest houses and holiday homes.
The community is also an educational location with two elementary schools, a secondary school, a college and a kindergarten.
The heavily frequented Route nationale 66 ( European route 512 ) from Épinal over the Col de Bussang to Mulhouse leads south as a bypass to Rupt-sur-Moselle and ends as a two-lane expressway on the border with the neighboring municipality of Ferdrupt . Another important road connection leads over the Col du Mont de Fourche to Luxeuil-les-Bains and Lure .
Partnerships
Rupt-sur-Moselle has had a partnership with the community of Stadecken-Elsheim in Rheinhessen since 1980 ; The initiator and sponsor of this partnership is the longtime mayor of Rupt-sur-Moselle Robert Parmentier . There is a lively student exchange between the Collège Jean Montémont in Rupt-sur-Moselle and the Marie-Curie-Gymnasium in Bönen (near Dortmund).
Regular events
The traditional herring fair takes place on the third Sunday in March in Rupt-sur-Moselle - in 2009 for the 127th time. It emerged as the only surviving one of the original twelve herring fairs before 1825 and has its roots in this epoch, when salted fish were bought from overseas during Lent because local fish from rivers and ponds were reserved for the nobles.
Personalities
- Dieudonné Thiébault (1733–1807), professor of French grammar, proofreader of the writings of Frederick the Great
Others
Fort de Rupt or Fort Caulaincourt, which is mostly underground, is two kilometers southwest of the core town at 775 m above sea level . The fort, built between 1874 and 1876, is already on the territory of the municipality of La Rosière . The area is a restricted area and belongs to the French army.
supporting documents
- ^ Heinz Guderian, page 134
- ↑ Rupt-sur-Moselle on cassini.ehess.fr
- ↑ Rupt-sur-Moselle on insee.fr
- ↑ Farms on annuaire-mairie.fr (French)
- ↑ Le fort de Rupt ( Memento of the original from June 8, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
