Vioménil

Vioménil
region	Grand Est
Department	Vosges
Arrondissement	Neufchâteau
Canton	Le Val-d'Ajol
Community association	Vosges Côté Sud Ouest
Coordinates	48 ° 6 ′  N , 6 ° 11 ′  E Coordinates: 48 ° 6 ′  N , 6 ° 11 ′  E
height	290-467 m
surface	23.59 km 2
Residents	145 (January 1, 2017)
Population density	6 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code	88260
INSEE code	88515
Mairie Vioménil

Vioménil is a French commune with 145 inhabitants (January 1, 2017) in the Vosges department in the Grand Est region ( Lorraine until 2015 ). It belongs to the Arrondissement Neufchâteau and the canton Le Val-d'Ajol .

geography

Location of the commune of Vioménil in the Vosges department

Vioménil is twelve kilometers east of Darney in the highest part of the Vôge plateau , the oldest part of the Vosges in terms of settlement. The Ménamont (467 m) is one of the highest peaks of the Monts Faucilles mountain range . The Saône and the Madon rise at its foot . The municipality is thus on the great European main watershed .

Neighboring municipalities of Vioménil are Escles in the north, Charmois-l'Orgueilleux in the east, Harsault in the southeast, La Haye in the south, Hennezel in the southwest and Belrupt in the west.

history

• For the Romans, Viamansalis was a transit point on the way through the Saône valley.
• In the 16th century, glassmakers came from Bohemia and built various forest glassworks , whose rock caves can still be seen today.

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  Saint Barthélemy Church

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  Source of the Saône

Population development

1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2007	2012
166	200	157	136	172	158	143	141

Personalities

The writer Hervé Bazin (1911–1996) spent his youth in Vioménil. The square in front of the town hall was named after him.