Val-et-Châtillon
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| region | Grand Est | |
| Department | Meurthe-et-Moselle | |
| Arrondissement | Luneville | |
| Canton | Baccarat | |
| Community association | Vezouze en Piémont | |
| Coordinates | 48 ° 34 ' N , 6 ° 58' E | |
| height | 295-670 m | |
| surface | 18.57 km 2 | |
| Residents | 597 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 32 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 54480 | |
| INSEE code | 54540 | |
 Château du Châtillon |
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Val-et-Châtillon is a French commune with 597 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) in the Meurthe-et-Moselle department in the Grand Est region (until 2015 Lorraine ); it belongs to the Arrondissement of Lunéville and the Canton of Baccarat .
geography
The municipality is located on the upper Vezouze on the edge of the Vosges , about 30 kilometers east of Lunéville .
history
Leudinus Bodo , Bishop of Toul , founded a women's convent around 670, the first abbess of which was his daughter Thieberga. The monastery was named after him until the 13th century Bodonis Monasterium , later Bonmoutier . The landscape around the monastery was called Val de Bonmoutier , the first of which can be found in the place name.
Population development
| year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2007 | 2017 |
| Residents | 904 | 1150 | 1039 | 759 | 675 | 696 | 697 | 597 |
Personalities
- Charles Thomas (1913–1944), resistance fighter
Web links
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