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Pierrepont-sur-l'Arentèle

Coordinates: 48°15′51″N 6°38′58″E / 48.2642°N 6.6494°E / 48.2642; 6.6494
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Pierrepont-sur-l'Arentèle
The town hall in Pierrepont-sur-l'Arentèle
The town hall in Pierrepont-sur-l'Arentèle
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Pierrepont-sur-l'Arentèle is located in France
Pierrepont-sur-l'Arentèle
Pierrepont-sur-l'Arentèle
Pierrepont-sur-l'Arentèle is located in Grand Est
Pierrepont-sur-l'Arentèle
Pierrepont-sur-l'Arentèle
Coordinates: 48°15′51″N 6°38′58″E / 48.2642°N 6.6494°E / 48.2642; 6.6494
CountryFrance
RegionGrand Est
DepartmentVosges
ArrondissementÉpinal
CantonBruyères
IntercommunalityCC Bruyères - Vallons des Vosges
Government
 • Mayor (2020–2026) Claude Husson[1]
Area
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6.23 km2 (2.41 sq mi)
Population
 (2021)[2]
139
 • Density22/km2 (58/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
88348 /88600
Elevation322–380 m (1,056–1,247 ft)
(avg. 340 m or 1,120 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (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

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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

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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

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References

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  1. ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.
  2. ^ "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.