Marainville-sur-Madon

Marainville-sur-Madon
Marainville-sur-Madon
Location within Lorraine region  Marainville-sur-Madon
Administration
Country	France
Region	Lorraine
Department	Vosges
Arrondissement	Épinal
Canton	Charmes
Mayor	Anne Simonin (2008–2014)
Statistics
Elevation	247–307 m (810–1,007 ft) (avg. 300 m/980 ft)
Land area1	4.88 km2 (1.88 sq mi)
Population2	92  (2006)
- Density	19 /km2 (49 /sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	88286/ 88130
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.

Coordinates: 48°23′55″N 6°10′12″E / 48.3986111111°N 6.17°E / 48.3986111111; 6.17

Marainville-sur-Madon is a commune in the Vosges department in Lorraine in northeastern France.

Geography

Marainville is positioned in the north-east of the département. It is the last commune traversed by the Madon before that river continues north into the adjacent département of Meurthe-et-Moselle.

The land is devoted to agriculture: there is no longer any forest in the commune.

Interesting discovery

A seventh century tomb was identified under a tumulus in 1977 and excavated between 1986 and 1988. It appears to be connected with the pre-Christian fortifications at Saxon-Sion in Meurthe-et-Moselle.^[1]

Personalities

Nicolas Chopin (1771–1844) was born at Marainville. Chopin subsequently emigrated to Warsaw: his better known son, Frédéric Chopin, was born in Żelazowa Wola, some forty-six kilometres (29 miles) to the west of the Polish capital in 1810.

See also

• Communes of the Vosges department

References

• INSEE

1. ^ Kruta, Venceslas (2005). Les Celtes, histoire et dictionnaires. collection Bouquins: Robert Laffont.