Vigneulles

Vigneulles is a commune in the Meurthe-et-Moselle département in north-eastern France.

Vigneulles
The town hall in Vigneulles
Coat of arms
Location of Vigneulles
Vigneulles
Vigneulles
Coordinates: 48°33′41″N 6°19′55″E
CountryFrance
RegionGrand Est
DepartmentMeurthe-et-Moselle
ArrondissementLunéville
CantonLunéville-2
IntercommunalityCommunauté de communes du val de Meurthe
Government
  Mayor (20082014) Philippe Daniel
Area
1
5.57 km2 (2.15 sq mi)
Population
 (2017-01-01)[1]
242
  Density43/km2 (110/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
  Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
54565 /54360
Elevation207–335 m (679–1,099 ft)
(avg. 200 m or 660 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

In the past, inhabitants of Vigneulles were known by their neighbours as poussais ("chasers"), having taken up pitchforks to chase off the villagers from Barbonville who had come to steal their supposedly miracle performing statue of the Virgin.[2]

See also

References

  1. "Populations légales 2017". INSEE. Retrieved 6 January 2020.
  2. Graham Robb, The Discovery of France, p36, Picador (2007), ISBN 978-0-330-42761-6, citing Vital Collet "Sobriquets caractérisant les habitants de villages lorrains" in Le Pays lorrain, Nancy (1908), pp442-449 and Henri-Adolphe Labourasse, "Anciens us, coutumes, légendes, supersititions, préjugés, etc. du département de la Meuse" in Mémoires de la Société des lettres, sciences et art de Bar-le-Duc, 1902, pp3-225



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