Saint-Prancher

Saint-Prancher
region	Grand Est
Department	Vosges
Arrondissement	Epinal
Canton	Mirecourt
Community association	Mirecourt Dompaire
Coordinates	48 ° 21 ' N , 5 ° 57' E Coordinates: 48 ° 21 ' N , 5 ° 57' E
height	313-385 m
surface	4.41 km 2
Residents	83 (January 1, 2017)
Population density	19 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code	88500
INSEE code	88433
	; Mairie Saint-Prancher

Saint-Prancher is a French commune in the Vosges department of Region Grand Est (2015 Lorraine ). It belongs to the Arrondissement Épinal and the municipal association Mirecourt Dompaire .

geography

Location of the commune of Saint-Prancher
in the Vosges department

The municipality of Saint-Prancher, with 83 inhabitants (January 1, 2017), is located in the Xaintois region on the border with the Meurthe-et-Moselle department , about 40 kilometers northwest of Épinal and 38 kilometers south of Nancy .

The relief of the municipal area of 4.41 km² is poorly structured. In the extreme northwest, the highest point is reached at 385 m above sea level. This is where the elevations continuing to the north begin, which are part of the Colline de Sion ridge with the distinctive Signal de Vaudémont tower (541 m).

The municipal area is drained by the Ruisseau de Bicène and its tributary Le Saulnier Ruisseau to the Vraine in the catchment area of the Meuse . Wide grain fields are characteristic of the area. Smaller forest areas can be found in the north-west ( La Penot, Bois Colas ) and south-east ( Bois de la Rochelle ).

The neighboring communities of Saint-Prancher are Aboncourt in the northeast, Repel in the east, Totainville in the southeast, Biécourt in the south, Dommartin-sur-Vraine in the southwest and Maconcourt in the northwest.

history

In 1287 the name Saint-Prancher appears for the first time in a text. It is a modification of Sanctus Pankratius ( St. Pankratius , Roman martyr of the early Christian church).

During the Ancien Régime, the village was under the Marquis de Bassompierre- Removille . On the eve of the French Revolution, gentlemen from the area as well as the nuns of the congregation in Mirecourt and the St. Gangolf monastery ( Collégiale Saint-Gengoult ) in Toul shared the property in Saint-Prancher.

The Tenth went to two-thirds of the Chapter Remiremont and one third to the pastor. The parish, which also included the neighboring village of Repel, belonged to the deanery Poussay in the diocese of Toul.

During the French Revolution, the village was called Saint Preucher .

Saint-Pancrace church

Population development

year	1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2008	2017
Residents	102	105	101	93	96	76	74	83
Sources: Cassini and INSEE

Attractions

Saint-Pancrace church
old water tower in the forest southeast of the village

Economy and Infrastructure

There are five farms in the municipality (mainly dairy farming).

Saint-Prancher is away from the national traffic flows. Six kilometers south of the village is the department road 166, which has partly been expanded to two lanes and runs from Épinal via Mirecourt to Neufchâteau .