Biffontaine

French commune
nomcommune=Biffontaine
région=Lorraine
département=Vosges
arrondissement=Saint-Dié-des-Vosges
canton=Brouvelieures
insee=88059
cp=88430
maire=Denis Henry
mandat=
intercomm=Communauté de communes du Val de Neuné
longitude=6.805
latitude=48.21194
alt moy=465 m
alt mini=456 m
alt maxi=660 m
hectares=888
km²=8,88
sans=399
date-sans=1999
dens=44,93 |

Biffontaine is a village in the valley of the River Neuné, near Bruyères, in France. It is the centre of a "commune" in the Vosges "département". It has never had more than a few hundred inhabitants, and is centred around the church of Saint-Antoine.

History

In the Second World War, it was liberated from German occupation by soldiers from the Japanese-American soldiers of the 442nd Regimental Combat Team in late October 1944, who defended then it from fierce counterattacks. It is perhaps best known as being near the location of the rescue of the "Lost Battalion" of soldiers from 1st Battalion, 141st Regiment, 36th Infantry Division, who had been surrounded by German but were rescued by the 442nd.