Prey, Vosges

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

Prey
The town hall in Prey
Location of Prey
Prey
Prey
Coordinates: 48°10′47″N 6°41′09″E
CountryFrance
RegionGrand Est
DepartmentVosges
ArrondissementÉpinal
CantonBruyères
IntercommunalityCC Bruyères - Vallons des Vosges
Government
  Mayor (2008–2014) Michel Dambrine
Area
1
2.13 km2 (0.82 sq mi)
Population
 (2017-01-01)[1]
93
  Density44/km2 (110/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
  Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
88359 /88600
Elevation404–632 m (1,325–2,073 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Geography

Prey is a small rural commune positioned halfway between Bruyères and Docelles.

Distinguished son

Jean Antoine Villemin 1827 - 1892 who identified the infectious nature of tuberculosis in his publication "études sur la tuberculose", was born at Prey. Mainstream medicine was slow to recognise the significance of Villemin's work.

Villemin is also credited with having invented the term "antibiotique" (antibiotic),[2] though this assertion is contested by some English speakers who say the term was first coined only in the twentieth century by a Ukrainian American named Selman Waksman.

See also

References

  1. "Populations légales 2017". INSEE. Retrieved 6 January 2020.
  2. http://villemin.gerard.free.fr/Esprit/Villemin.htm biographical notes on Dr Jean-Antoine VILLEMIN


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