Houécourt
Houécourt is a commune with 427 inhabitants ( 1 January 2011) in the department of Vosges in the Lorraine region. It belongs to the district Neufchâteau, for Canton Châtenois and founded the 1992 Local Government Association Bulgnéville entre Xaintois et Bassigny.
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Geography
The municipality is situated on Houécourt about 320 to 330 m above sea level in the south of Lorraine, halfway between Neufchâteau and Mirecourt, seen more widely about 45 kilometers south of Toul. The village is located in the transition zone between the Bassigny as part of the plateau of Langres and the Xaintois. Characteristic of the area are the river valleys who strive for fan-shape of the upper Meuse.
The area of nearly ten square kilometers of the municipal area includes a portion of the gently undulating landscape in the area of the Meuse tributary Vair whose windungsreicher running limited the church to the west and southwest. In the territory of the municipality of Bach Ruisseau de Rainvaux coming from the southeast empties into the Vair. The gentle valleys are flanked by partly wooded hills. The municipality of the forest area Bois Louvrois in the northeast as well as the nearly 3,000 -acre forest Bois de la Voivre belongs to the southeast. Over half of the municipal area of agriculture are available.
Neighboring communities of Houécourt are Morelmaison in the north, Gironcourt -sur- Vraine in the east, Dombrot Major - Vair in the south, La Neuveville -sous- Châtenois in the west and Châtenois and Viocourt in the northwest.
History
Houécourt belonged before the French Revolution to the Bailiwick Neufchâteau.
A county Houécourt created in 1719, which became the Margraviate two years later. The counts presented the long-established family of Lignéville.
The parish Houécourt was under the patronage of the Abbot of Saint- Mihiel, the claimed two-thirds of the tithe.
Demographics
Attractions
- Church of St. Quentin from the 18th century
- Small chapel dating from 1546 ( here the Duke of Choiseul - Stainville 1838 was buried )
Economy and infrastructure
Agriculture plays a role in Houécourt even today. There are also small trade and craft shops. Some residents commute into the BSN Glasspack plant in the neighboring community of Gironcourt -sur- Vraine, which since 2004 belongs to the group of Owens- Illinois.
Transport links
The partial two-lane and intersection- free -developed D 166 of Epinal by Neufchâteau bypasses the town to the south. They crossed to the west of the Autoroute A31 Houécourt ( Toul -Dijon ). The furnished here motorway junction is one of three ports in the department of Vosges and an important regional transport hub.