Padoux

Padoux is a commune in the Vosges department in Grand Est in northeastern France.

Padoux
Commune
The town hall and boys' school in Padoux
Coat of arms
Location of Padoux
Padoux
Padoux
Coordinates: 48°16′51″N 6°34′14″E
CountryFrance
RegionGrand Est
DepartmentVosges
ArrondissementÉpinal
CantonBruyères
IntercommunalityÉpinal
Government
 • Mayor (2014-2020) Bruno Huguenin
Area
1
19.35 km2 (7.47 sq mi)
Population
 (2017-01-01)[1]
514
 • Density27/km2 (69/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
88340 /88700
Elevation296–366 m (971–1,201 ft)
(avg. 330 m or 1,080 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Population
Historical population
YearPop.±%
2005457—    
2006446−2.4%
2007460+3.1%
2008474+3.0%
2009488+3.0%
2010502+2.9%
2011508+1.2%
2012521+2.6%
2013518−0.6%
2014515−0.6%
2015512−0.6%
2016514+0.4%

Inhabitants are called Padoselliens.

Geography

Padoux is positioned between Épinal et Rambervillers: nevertheless, it is administratively within the canton of Bruyères, some 20 kilometres (12 mi)across country to the south-east. Directly the west, and set in the Forest of Padoux, is the little village of Badménil-aux-Bois.

The Watershed/Drainage divide between the River basins of the Meurthe and of the Moselle runs through the commune. Two much smaller rivers that cross it are the Mortagne and the Padozel. The landscape and its customs are at a point of transition between mountain country to the east and the gently rolling landscape Lorriane Plain to the west. The soil type reflects a mixture of underlying limestone and clay, with very little Silicon dioxide. The result is a soil known locally as white earth (terres blanches) and ashen earth (terres rousses): the latter are particularly suitable for growing cereals in general and especially for wheat.

History

In 1594 and again in 1710 Padoux is recorded as subject to the bailiwick of Épinal: in 1751 it transferred to that of Châtel. In 1790, as part of the administrative reform that followed the French revolution, Padoux found itself included in the canton of Rambervillers. The present administrative map of France dates from 1800.

On 21 June 1940 Jean-Paul Sartre was arrested at Padoux by the Germans.[2] At the time he was serving with the French military as a meteorologist.

Events

Former mayor Alphonse Vauthier relaunched during the second half of the twentieth century an Easter Monday livestock fair which each year continues to attract crowds of traders and of onlookers.

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gollark: ```python#!/usr/bin/env python3import argparseimport subprocessparser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description='Compile a WHY program')parser.add_argument("input", help="File containing WHY source code")parser.add_argument("-o", "--output", help="Filename of the output executable to make", default="./a.why")parser.add_argument("-O", "--optimize", help="Optimization level", type=int, default="0")args = parser.parse_args()def build_C(args): template = """#define QUITELONG long long intconst QUITELONG max = @max@;int main() { QUITELONG i = 0; while (i < max) { i++; } @code@} """ for k, v in args.items(): template = template.replace(f"@{k}@", str(v)) return templateinput = args.inputoutput = args.outputtemp = "ignore-this-please"with open(input, "r") as f: contents = f.read() looplen = max(1000, (2 ** -args.optimize) * 1000000000) code = build_C({ "code": contents, "max": looplen }) with open(temp, "w") as out: out.write(code)subprocess.run(["gcc", "-x", "c", "-o", output, temp])```The compiler for the new `WHY` language. Made as a joke because someone on the esolangs server insisted that all compiled languages were fast.
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See also

References
  1. "Populations légales 2017". INSEE. Retrieved 6 January 2020.
  2. Boulé, Jean-Pierre (2005). Sartre, Self-formation, and Masculinities. Berghahn Books. pp. 114. ISBN 1-57181-742-5.


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