Sercoeur
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| region | Grand Est | |
| Department | Vosges | |
| Arrondissement | Epinal | |
| Canton | Bruyères | |
| Community association | Epinal | |
| Coordinates | 48 ° 15 ' N , 6 ° 32' E | |
| height | 319-359 m | |
| surface | 9.18 km 2 | |
| Residents | 240 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 26 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 88600 | |
| INSEE code | 88454 | |
 Mairie Sercoeur |
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Sercœur is a French commune with 240 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) in the Vosges department in the Grand Est region . It belongs to the Arrondissement Épinal and the municipal association Agglomération d'Épinal, founded in 2017 . The residents call themselves Sercosien (ne) s .
geography
location
Sercœur is located about 13 kilometers southwest of Rambervillers and about 15 kilometers northeast of the departmental capital Épinal in flat undulating terrain between the river valleys of the Moselle and Mortagne .
Neighboring communities of Sercœur are Padoux in the northeast, Dompierre in the east, Aydoilles in the southeast, Vaudéville and Longchamp in the south, Dignonville in the southwest and Villoncourt in the northwest.
topography
The Durbion , a tributary of the Moselle, flows through Sercœur . The northern third of the 9.18 km² community area is forested ( Pimbois ). Here, with the 359 m high Haut de Pimbois, is the highest elevation in the otherwise poorly relief community area.
history
Since Gallo-Roman times there was a ford through the Durbion on the way from Remiremont to Saint-Dié at the site of today's village . Remiremont and Saint-Dié had become attractions in the 7th century thanks to their monasteries. Sercœur, located halfway between the two monasteries, was then called Cercorium . With the construction of a stone bridge over the Durbion, the importance and economic power of the village grew, the name of which developed from Cercœur to Sercœur . Like the neighboring villages, Sercœur was part of the Bailiwick in Épinal .
In March 1436, marauding gangs devastated and pillaged Sercœur after the attack on Épinal. This happened at a time when Lorraine was under power vacuum after the battle of Bulgnéville .
Ecclesiastically, Sercœur was part of the diocese of Saint-Dié; during the Ancien Régimes she was also part of the deanery of Épinal. In the 19th century the parish of Sercœur was a branch of the church in Châtel-sur-Moselle .
With the formation of the municipalities, Sercœur first came to the canton of Longchamp in 1793.
Population development
| year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2017 | |
| Residents | 176 | 172 | 186 | 254 | 308 | 272 | 275 | 240 | |
| Sources: Cassini and INSEE | |||||||||
Attractions
- Church of the Exaltation of the Cross ( Église de l'Exaltation-de-la-Sainte-Croix )
- Cross grave in the cemetery, as historique monument reported
Economy and Infrastructure
Sercœur has a rural character. There are seven farms in the municipality with the main focus on dairy farming. There are also small craft and service businesses (including car repair shops). Some of the residents commute to the industrial areas on the Moselle ( Capavenir-Vosges , Golbey , Épinal ).
Sercœur is on the trunk road that connects Épinal in the Moselle valley with Rambervillers and Baccarat . Other road connections lead from Sercœur to Châtel-sur-Moselle , Girecourt-sur-Durbion , Dignonville and Vaudéville . The next connection to the motorway-like RN 57 is about ten kilometers away.
supporting documents
- ↑ Excerpts from "Notice des Duchés de Lorraine, de Bar et de Luxembourg" on books.google.de (French)
- ↑ Sercœur on vosges-archives.fr ( Memento of the original from March 4, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (French)
- ↑ Sercœur on cassini.ehess.fr
- ↑ Sercœur on insee.fr
- ^ Entry in the Base Mérimée of the Ministry of Culture. Retrieved August 21, 2015 (French).
- ↑ Farms on annuaire-mairie.fr (French)
