Contrexéville

Contrexévillenear is a commune with 3337 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2011 ) in the department of Vosges of the Région Lorraine.

Contrexévillenear is known for its thermal springs and also by the mineral water, which is marketed under the brand Contrex.

Geography

Contrexévillenear is a small town in north- eastern France. It lies on the River Vair and is adjacent to Vittel, which is equally known as a hot spring.

Neighboring communities of Contrexévillenear are Mandres -sur- Vair and Norroy in the north, Vittel in the east, in the southeast Lignéville, Dombrot -le -Sec in the south, southwest, and Bulgnéville Suriauville in the west.

History

Coat of arms

Silver wave on a sky blue ground, goldbekrönter eagle; at the tip passes through a curved sword -swinging gold lion on green from the sun.

The coat of arms, which has been operational since 1925. refers to two heads of state, which were important for the spa: The eagle is the Polish coat of arms of Stanislaus I Leszczynski borrowed, the King of Poland, finally, Duke of Lorraine and Bar was temporary and was particularly interested in the health spa of Contrexévillenear.

The representation of the lion is taken from the ancient Persian flag. Shah Muzaffar al-Din Shah visited the place in 1900, 1902 and 1905 to spa stays. The silver shaft between the two images symbolizing the importance of water in the spa.

Demographics

Sources: http://cassini.ehess.fr - http://www.insee.fr/fr/ffc/docs_ffc/psdc.htm The former municipality Outrancourt was incorporated in 1965 in the city.

Transport links

Contrexévillenear is connected via the seven kilometers away in connection Bulgnéville the Autoroute A31 to the French road network. After the eastern Epinal there are about 48 km, according to Nancy in the north 88 km.

The Contrexévillenear station is on the railway line from Nancy to Culmont - Chalindrey, which is operated by the TER Lorraine.

In Contrexévillenear the Green Road ( Route Verte ), a cross-border tourist route that crosses the Vosges, exceeds the Rhine at Breisach on the Rhine and in the north route in Lindau on Lake Constance ends begins.

Twinning

Lorraine (region) Arrondissement Cantons of France Canton of Vittel Postal codes in France Vair (river) Dombrot-le-Sec A31 autoroute Nancy, France Luso (Mealhada) Ambacourt Attigny (Vosges) Autreville (Vosges) Baudricourt Belrupt Bonvillet Boulaincourt Chef-Haut Coussey Darney Dombasle-devant-Darney Dombasle-en-Xaintois Domvallier Escles Esley Frenelle-la-Grande Frenelle-la-Petite Gironcourt-sur-Vraine Hennezel Hymont Juvaincourt Lerrain Les Vallois Marey, Vosges Mazirot Nonville (Vosges) Pierrefitte (Vosges) Pompierre Poussay Puzieux (Vosges) Relanges Repel Rouvres-en-Xaintois Saint-Prancher Sans-Vallois Senonges Totainville Valleroy-aux-Saules Villers (Vosges) Viviers-le-Gras Vroville
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