Sainte-Marguerite (Vosges)

Sainte-Marguerite
region	Grand Est
Department	Vosges
Arrondissement	Saint-Dié-des-Vosges
Canton	Saint-Dié-des-Vosges-2
Community association	Saint-Dié-des-Vosges
Coordinates	48 ° 16 ′ N , 6 ° 59 ′ E Coordinates: 48 ° 16 ′ N , 6 ° 59 ′ E
height	344-426 m
surface	5.55 km 2
Residents	2,319 (January 1, 2017)
Population density	418 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code	88100
INSEE code	88424
Website	http://www.ville-saintemarguerite.fr/

Sainte-Marguerite is a French commune with 2,319 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) in the Vosges department in the Grand Est region (until 2015 Lorraine ). It belongs to the arrondissement of Saint-Dié-des-Vosges and the canton of Saint-Dié-des-Vosges-2 (until 2015: canton of Saint-Dié-des-Vosges-Est ). The inhabitants are called margaritains .

geography

Sainte-Marguerite is located at the confluence of the Fave and Meurthe rivers in the Vosges . It is located about three kilometers southeast of the city center of Saint-Dié-des-Vosges . Neighboring municipalities of Sainte-Marguerite are Nayemont-les-Fosses in the north and northeast, Remomeix in the east, Entre-deux-Eaux in the southeast, Saulcy-sur-Meurthe in the south and southwest and Saint-Dié-des-Vosges in the northwest.

Route nationale 59 and the former route nationale 420 (today's D420) run through the municipality . The municipality's small station is served by trains on the Strasbourg – Saint-Dié line.

history

The history of the place goes back to the founding of a chapel by Charlemagne, who even then had Saint Margaret of Antioch (French: Sainte-Marguerite) in her name.

Destroyed several times during the war, the place was rebuilt again and again and experienced an increase in population after the First World War.