Vioménil

Vioménil

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Vioménil

Coordinates: 48°05′40″N 6°10′55″E / 48.0944°N 6.1819°E / 48.0944; 6.1819Coordinates: 48°05′40″N 6°10′55″E / 48.0944°N 6.1819°E / 48.0944; 6.1819
Country France
Region Grand Est
Department Vosges
Arrondissement Épinal
Canton Bains-les-Bains
Intercommunality Pays de Saône et Madon
Government
  Mayor (2014 - 2020) Sylvain Fransot
Area1 23.59 km2 (9.11 sq mi)
Population (2006)2 154
  Density 6.5/km2 (17/sq mi)
Time zone CET (UTC+1)
  Summer (DST) CEST (UTC+2)
INSEE/Postal code 88515 / 88260
Elevation 290–467 m (951–1,532 ft)

1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

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

Inhabitants are known as Viamanciliens, after the Roman name of the commune, Viamansalis.

Geography

The rivers Saône and Madon have their source in the commune. The European Watershed goes through Vioménil.

Personalities

The writer Hervé Bazin spent most of his youth here.

See also

References

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