Mirecourt

Mirecourt ( German, obsolete: Meierhofen in Lorraine ) is a French town with 5779 inhabitants (as of 1 January 2011) in the department of Vosges in the Lorraine region. It belongs to the district Neufchâteau, capital is ( chef-lieu ) of the Canton of Mirecourt, which was established in late 1997 Municipal Association Pays de Mirecourt.

Geography

The small town of Mirecourt is located at Madon, a tributary of the Moselle River, about 50 km south of Nancy, close to the French motorway A31 ( Beaune- Luxembourg ).

Neighboring communities of Mirecourt are Poussay and Mazirot in the north, Villers in the east, in the southeast Vroville, Mattaincourt in the south, Domèvre -sous -Montfort and Remicourt the southwest, Thiraucourt in the west and Domvallier and Ramecourt in the northwest.

History

Mirecourt was founded by the Romans. The origin of the name Mercuri Curtis suggests a place of worship in honor of Mercurius. Later, the area belonged to the dominion of the Count of Toul. From the 13th century Mirecourt belonged to the Duchy of Lorraine, until it fell in 1766 after the death of Stanislaus Leszczynski I. accordance with the Treaty of Vienna to France.

Demographics

Economy

• Local business parks with 400 companies
• Airport Epinal Mirecourt
• Woodworking
• The clappers of tips here has a long tradition.
• Since the 17th century, the area is a center for violin making. In 1970, here the famous luthier Etienne Vatelot a school for aspiring luthiers in Mirecourt is the École Nationale de Lutherie.
• The psychiatric center of the department (Centre hospitalier spécialisé de Ravenel ) with about 1000 employees, the largest employer in the city.

Attractions

• The Old Town
• The Geigenbaumuseum " Musée de la Lutherie et de l' Archèterie Françaises "
• The museum of mechanical musical instruments " Maison de la Musique Mécanique "

Twinning

Since 1969 is twinned with city of Bonn. The starting point was the bell " St. Michael, "which was made ​​to Napoleon's troops from the district Beueler Schwarzrheindorf after Mirecourt. It was returned by Mirecourt in the 1960s, but the city received as a donation by the Federal State of North Rhine -Westphalia, a new bell.

Personalities

• Pierre Fourier (1565-1640), priest and Augustinian Canons, saint of the Catholic Church
• Jean Baptiste Vuillaume (1798-1875), luthier
• Louis -Joseph Buffet (1818-1898), French statesman, Prime Minister from 1875 to 1876
• Jack Lang ( b. 1939 ), a leading French politicians, some culture and education minister