Ubexy

Ubexy
region	Grand Est
Department	Vosges
Arrondissement	Epinal
Canton	Charms
Community association	Epinal
Coordinates	48 ° 20 ' N , 6 ° 16' E Coordinates: 48 ° 20 ' N , 6 ° 16' E
height	272-410 m
surface	5.01 km 2
Residents	175 (January 1, 2017)
Population density	35 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code	88130
INSEE code	88480
	; Mairie Ubexy

Ubexy is a French commune with 175 inhabitants (January 1, 2017) in the Vosges department in the Grand Est region ( Lorraine until 2015 ). It belongs to the Arrondissement Épinal and the Épinal municipal association, founded in 2017 .

geography

The municipality of Ubexy is six kilometers south of the small town of Charmes and about 25 kilometers northwest of Épinal in the hill country between the Moselle and Madon .

The municipal area of 5.01 km² includes a section of the Madon tributary Colon and the hill country rising west of the Colon. The village of Ubexy is located in a sheltered side valley of the Colon. Coming from the southwest, smaller rivers such as the Ruisseau de la Tarpe flow into the Colon; from the east the Colmé flows towards the Colon. In the northeast, the municipality extends far and reaches up to a few hundred meters to the Canal des Vosges , which accompanies the Moselle here. The hills in the west and south-west of the municipality are wooded ( Bois du Haut, Rougie, Bois de la Xatelle ), in the far west lies the 410 m high Haut des Angles, the highest point in the municipality of Ubexy.

The Dommartin district belongs to Ubexy .

Neighboring municipalities of Ubexy are Brantigny in the north, Charmes and Vincey in the northeast, Évaux-et-Ménil in the east, Varmonzey in the south, Rapey in the southwest, Bouxurulles in the west and Rugney in the northwest.

history

St. Martin Church

Ubexy first appeared in a document in 1354 as Ubexei . The village was then part of the Bailliage Charmes and the seat of a small manor that also included the villages of Rapey, Dommartin-sur-Colmey and parts of Bettegney-Saint-Brice . Until 1690, the residents belonged to the parish in Dommartin-sur-Colmey , today's district of Dommartin , whose church has long since ceased to exist; thereafter the inhabitants of Ubexy belonged to the parish of the neighboring village Brantigny . In 1788, on the eve of the French Revolution, St. Martin's own parish church was built in Ubexy.

Cistercian Abbey

In 1841, nuns of the Cistercian Order of Stricter Observance founded the Notre-Dame de Saint-Joseph monastery near a 13th century castle to the west of the village of Ubexy . In the 1970s there were still 60 nuns living in the monastery. The remaining twelve residents gave the monastery the end of 2012, and went into the Trappist - igny abbey in the Marne department in order.

Notre-Dame de Saint-Joseph monastery church

Population development

year	1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2009	2017
Residents	203	300	174	207	212	199	170	175
Sources: Cassini and INSEE

Ubexy is one of the smaller communities in the Vosges department. After over 400 people were counted at the beginning of the 19th century, the population has steadily decreased since then and fell below the 300-inhabitant mark in 1891. This was not achieved again afterwards.

Economy and Infrastructure

Ubexy Primary School

As a primary school location, despite its small size, the community functions as a small center for the even smaller communities in the immediate vicinity. In addition to the school, there are shops and small service providers in Ubexy. Agriculture is also an important source of income for the residents. Six farms are located in Ubexy (mainly cattle breeding).

Ubexy is located on the highway of charm by Dompaire . There are other road connections to Bouxurulles and Varmonzey and Vincey . The two-lane national road 57 from Nancy to Épinal runs through the northeast of the municipality. The station in Vincey, six kilometers from Ubexy, is on the Nancy-Épinal- Remiremont railway line following the Moselle valley and operated by the TER Lorraine company.