Pierrepont-sur-l'Arentèle

Pierrepont-sur-l'Arentèle is a commune in the Vosges department in Grand Est in northeastern France.

Pierrepont-sur-l'Arentèle
Commune
The town hall in Pierrepont-sur-l'Arentèle
Location of Pierrepont-sur-l'Arentèle
Pierrepont-sur-l'Arentèle Pierrepont-sur-l'Arentèle
Coordinates: 48°15′51″N 6°38′58″E
Country	France
Region	Grand Est
Department	Vosges
Arrondissement	Épinal
Canton	Bruyères
Intercommunality	CC Bruyères - Vallons des Vosges
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Claude Husson[1]
Area ^1	6.23 km^2 (2.41 sq mi)
Population  (2017-01-01)[2]	136
• Density	22/km^2 (57/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	88348 /88600
Elevation	322–380 m (1,056–1,247 ft) (avg. 340 m or 1,120 ft)
^1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km^2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Inhabitants are called Pierrepontais.

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 Arentèle River, which rises at the foot of the Avison Massif in the commune of Bruyères, some 12 kilometres (7 mi) through the forest to the southeast.

History

In the 7hh 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 and his retinue founded that town.

See also

• Communes of the Vosges department

References

1. "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020. Retrieved 7 December 2020.
2. "Populations légales 2017". INSEE. Retrieved 6 January 2020.