Marainville-sur-Madon

Marainville-sur-Madon is a commune in the Vosges department in Grand Est in northeastern France.

Marainville-sur-Madon
Commune
The town hall in Marainville-sur-Madon
Coat of arms
Location of Marainville-sur-Madon
Marainville-sur-Madon
Marainville-sur-Madon
Coordinates: 48°23′55″N 6°10′12″E
CountryFrance
RegionGrand Est
DepartmentVosges
ArrondissementÉpinal
CantonCharmes
IntercommunalityCC Mirecourt Dompaire
Government
 • Mayor (2008–2014) Anne Simonin
Area
1
4.88 km2 (1.88 sq mi)
Population
 (2017-01-01)[1]
95
 • Density19/km2 (50/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
88286 /88130
Elevation247–307 m (810–1,007 ft)
(avg. 300 m or 980 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Geography

Marainville is positioned in the north-east of the department. It is the last commune traversed by the Madon before that river continues north into the adjacent département of Meurthe-et-Moselle.

The land is devoted to agriculture: there is no longer any forest in the commune.

Interesting discovery

A seventh-century tomb was identified under a tumulus in 1977 and excavated between 1986 and 1988. It appears to be connected with the pre-Christian fortifications at Saxon-Sion in Meurthe-et-Moselle.[2]

Personalities

Michał Jan Pac (1730-1787), a Polish nobleman exiled after the defeat of the Bar Confederation, bought the castle and Marainville in 1780;[3] his steward, Adam Weydlich, made acquaintance with the village syndic, François Chopin.

François Chopin had a son, Nicolas. After Pac's death, the Weydlichs left France for Poland, and Nicolas Chopin emigrated with them; in 1810, his better known son, Frédéric Chopin, was born in the Polish village of Żelazowa Wola.

See also

References
  1. "Populations légales 2017". INSEE. Retrieved 6 January 2020.
  2. Kruta, Venceslas (2005). Les Celtes, histoire et dictionnaires. collection Bouquins: Robert Laffont.
  3. See page "Adam Weydlich" on the NIFC site.



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