Pierrepont-sur-l'Arentèle () is a
commune in the
Vosges department
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in
Grand Est in northeastern
France.
Inhabitants are called ''Pierrepontais'' in French.
Geography
The village is positioned on a minor road in the wooded countryside between
Épinal and
Saint-Dié. As the name indicates, the commune is crossed by the river , which rises at the foot of the Avison Massif in the commune of
Bruyères
Bruyères () is a commune in the Vosges department in Grand Est in northeastern France.
The town built up around a castle built on a hill in the locality in the 6th century. It was the birthplace of Jean Lurçat, in 1892.
History
In World War ...
, some through the forest to the southeast.
History
In the 7th century
C.E.,
Saint Dié turned up on the banks of the Arentèle and started to build a
monastery. The territory was already inhabited, however; the villagers greeted the new arrivals with hostility, chasing them away in an easterly direction towards present-day
Saint-Dié-des-Vosges, where the
itinerant saint
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and his retinue founded that town.
See also
*
Communes of the Vosges department
References
Communes of Vosges (department)
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