Épinal
Epinal is the capital city (prefecture) of the French Department Vosges in the Lorraine region. It is the capital of the cantons Epinal Epinal and Est -Ouest and the seat of the January 1, 2012 refocused community association Agglomà d' Epinal.
In German, the original name was Spinal (also Spinneln ) used until the 19th century, the Spinalium derived from the Latin (from which the name of the inhabitants as a spin aliens stems ) is.
Geography
The 32 734 inhabitants (as of 1 January 2011) A city on the southwestern edge of the Vosges is located on the upper Moselle.
Neighboring communities of Epinal are Golbey and Dogneville in the north, Jeuxey, Deyvillers and Aydoilles in the northeast, La Baffe in the east, Archettes and Arches in the southeast, and Dinozé Dounoux in the south, and Uriménil Renauvoid in the southwest and Chantraine in the West.
History
Epinal was founded I. towards the end of the 10th century by the Bishop of Metz Dietrich.
The Battle of Epinal took place during the winter campaign 1814 War of Liberation on January 11, 1814 between French and Württemberg troops, who were supported by Russian Cossacks instead.
In June 1940, Epinal, was captured in the context of the western campaign of troops of the Wehrmacht, namely, the 2nd Panzer Division quickly.
Demographics
Attractions
Castle ruins
The Moselle in Epinal
- Musée de l' Image, collection of over 23,000 images arches and woodcuts. The predecessors of the comics were printed in 1796 and went here for a time in the entire world.
- Imagerie d' Epinal, arts and crafts company, founded in 1796 by Jean -Charles Pellerin
- Museum of Ancient and Contemporary Art ( Musee d'Art ancien et contemporain departmental ), shows Gallo Roman remains, medieval religious art and excellent paintings, including Job and his wife of Georges de la Tour.
- Historic Old Town
- Basilica Saint- Maurice, a building of the 11th century with ogival vaults in the nave of the 13th century, with side aisles with round arches, with Gothic choir of the 14th century, typical of the Champagne style, with a tower from the 12th century ( battlements of the 13th century; neuro manic main portal of 1843), with the main altar from the 19th century
- Church of Notre -Dame -au- Cierge, built 1956-1958, with a 180 m2 large glass windows by Gabriel Loire
- Castle Ruins (1670 destruction of the castle ) in a park east of the historic city
- Roserie ( Medieval Rose Garden in Roman style )
- Marina
- Planetarium
Twinning
- Bitola, Macedonia
- Chieri, Italy
- Gembloux, Belgium
- La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States
- Loughborough, United Kingdom
- Nový Jičín, Czech Republic
- Schwäbisch Hall, Germany
Transport links
The city on the Mosel is a two-mile branch canal to the Canal des Vosges that creates a navigable route to the Mediterranean and across the Rhine - Marne Canal to the Rhine in connection with the rivers Saône and Rhône, connected. Today the channel connection is mainly used by sports and houseboats; Epinal also features a marina. About the railway Lure -Nancy and the branching near the city line to Remiremont Epinal is connected to the rail network SNCF. On the road you will reach the city including on the RN 57 from Metz and Besancon.
Specialty
- The Spinadors, a specialty chocolate makers from Epinal
Personalities
- Joseph Fratrel (1727-1783), painter, etcher and engraver
- Jean -Charles Pellerin (1756-1836), entrepreneur, printer of playing cards and pictures arc ( Imagerie d' Epinal )
- Gaston Floquet (1847-1920), mathematician
- Paul Marie Oudin (1851-1923), physician and scientist, inventor of the Oudinspule
- Émile Durkheim (1858-1917), sociologist
- Marcel Mauss (1872-1950), significant ethnologist
- Marc Boegner (1881-1950), Protestant theologian
- Henry Daniel - Rops (1901-1965), writer and historian
- Valérie Donzelli (born 1973 ), actress
- Jean- Patrick Nazon ( b. 1977 ), cyclist
- Grégory Gaultier ( b. 1982 ), squash player
- Pierre Thiriet (* 1989), race car driver
- Gaëtan Bussmann (* 1991), football player