Pierrepont-sur-l'Arentèle

Pierrepont-sur-l'Arentèle
Commune
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Coordinates: 48°15′51″N 6°38′58″E / 48.2642°N 6.6494°E / 48.2642; 6.6494Coordinates: 48°15′51″N 6°38′58″E / 48.2642°N 6.6494°E / 48.2642; 6.6494
Country	France
Region	Grand Est
Department	Vosges
Arrondissement	Épinal
Canton	Bruyères
Intercommunality	CC Bruyères - Vallons des Vosges
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Claude Husson[1]
Area 1	6.23 km2 (2.41 sq mi)
Population  (Jan. 2018)[2]	133
• Density	21/km2 (55/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	88348 /88600
Elevation	322–380 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 is a commune in the Vosges department in Grand Est in northeastern France.

Inhabitants are called Pierrepontais.

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  [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[]

• Communes of the Vosges department

References[]

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