Maroncourt

Maroncourt
Maroncourt
Location within Lorraine region  Maroncourt
Administration
Country	France
Region	Lorraine
Department	Vosges
Arrondissement	Épinal
Canton	Dompaire
Intercommunality	Association of Madon and Moselle country communes
Mayor	Andrée Maillard (2001–2008–2014)
Statistics
Elevation	276–338 m (906–1,109 ft) (avg. 280 m/920 ft)
Land area1	2.24 km2 (0.86 sq mi)
Population2	11  (2006)
- Density	5 /km2 (13 /sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	88288/ 88270
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°14′59″N 6°09′25″E / 48.2497222222°N 6.15694444444°E / 48.2497222222; 6.15694444444

Maroncourt is a commune in the Vosges department in Lorraine in northeastern France.

Geography

Located a few kilometres to the south of Mirecourt and roughly fifteen kilometres (nine miles) to the west-north-west of Épinal, Maroncourt is the least populous commune in the department. It has no church, but falls within the parish of Hymont to the north.

Forest covers 71 of the commune's 224 hectares: the rest is devoted to agriculture.

The river Madon flows through the commune.

History

An early mention dates from 1159, when a charter addressed by the Bishop of Toul, Henry of Lorraine to the Abbey of Chaumousey confirms the gift of title to the Abbey of Maroncourt (Moiruncourt) made by Foulques of Saint-Vast and his wife Mélisende. The lands were still held by Chaumousey following a territorial consolidation that took place in 1595.

See also

• Communes of the Vosges department

References

• INSEE