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Commune in Grand Est, France
Pierrepont-sur-l'Arentèle
Commune
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Location of Pierrepont-sur-l'Arentèle
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Coordinates: 48°15′51″N 6°38′58″E / 48.2642°N 6.6494°E / 48.2642; 6.6494
CountryFrance
RegionGrand Est
DepartmentVosges
ArrondissementSaint-Dié-des-Vosges
CantonBruyères
IntercommunalityCC Bruyères - Vallons des Vosges
Government
 • Mayor (2020–2026) Claude Husson
Area6.23 km (2.41 sq mi)
Population143
 • Density23/km (59/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code88348 /88600
Elevation322–380 m (1,056–1,247 ft)
(avg. 340 m or 1,120 ft)
French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Pierrepont-sur-l'Arentèle (French pronunciation: [pjɛʁpɔ̃ syʁ laʁɑ̃tɛl] ) is a commune in the Vosges department in Grand Est in northeastern France.

Inhabitants are called Pierrepontais in French.

Geography

The village is positioned on a minor road in the wooded countryside between Épinal and Saint-Dié. As the name indicates, the commune is crossed by the river Arentèle [fr], which rises at the foot of the Avison Massif in the commune of Bruyères, some 12 kilometres (7 mi) through the forest to the southeast.

History

In the 7th century C.E., Saint Dié turned up on the banks of the Arentèle and started to build a monastery. The territory was already inhabited, however; the villagers greeted the new arrivals with hostility, chasing them away in an easterly direction towards present-day Saint-Dié-des-Vosges, where the itinerant saint and his retinue founded that town.

See also

References

  1. "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.
  2. "Populations de référence 2022" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 19 December 2024.
Vosges (department) Communes of the Vosges department


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