Prey, Vosges

Prey
Commune
The town hall in Prey
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Coordinates: 48°10′47″N 6°41′09″E / 48.1797°N 6.6858°E / 48.1797; 6.6858Coordinates: 48°10′47″N 6°41′09″E / 48.1797°N 6.6858°E / 48.1797; 6.6858
Country	France
Region	Grand Est
Department	Vosges
Arrondissement	Épinal
Canton	Bruyères
Intercommunality	CC Bruyères - Vallons des Vosges
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Francis Haas[1]
Area 1	2.13 km2 (0.82 sq mi)
Population  (Jan. 2018)[2]	91
• Density	43/km2 (110/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	88359 /88600
Elevation	404–632 m (1,325–2,073 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Prey is a commune in the Vosges department in Grand Est in northeastern France.

Geography[]

Prey is a small rural commune positioned halfway between Bruyères and Docelles.

Distinguished son[]

Jean Antoine Villemin 1827 - 1892 who identified the infectious nature of tuberculosis in his publication "études sur la tuberculose", was born at Prey. Mainstream medicine was slow to recognise the significance of Villemin's work.

Villemin is also credited with having invented the term "antibiotique" (antibiotic),^[3] though this assertion is contested by some English speakers who say the term was first coined only in the twentieth century by a Ukrainian American named Selman Waksman.

See also[]

• Communes of the Vosges department

References[]

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