Ronchamp

Ronchamp is a commune in the Haute- Saône ( Franche-Comte region ) with an area of ​​2354 acres and 3061 inhabitants.

Geography

Ronchamp is located at the foot of the Vosges Mountains at an altitude of 353 meters. Together with eight neighboring villages forming the Ronchamp territoire de la Communauté de Communes Rahin et Chérimont (literally " field of community and communities Rahin Chérimont " ) with a total of about 12,000 inhabitants. It is part of the Regional Natural Park of Ballons des Vosges.

The municipality has a station on the railway line Paris -Mulhouse, which is served by TER Franche -Comté trains.

Culture and sights

Internationally became the place by the 1953-1955 built by Le Corbusier Chapel of Notre Dame du Haut, which is regarded as an architectural icon. Your location on the former oppidum of Bourlémont above the village is a very old pilgrimage cult of Mary and offers a wide panorama of the surroundings.

The neo-Gothic parish church in the village dates from the 19th century, as the Puits Sainte -Marie -called shaft of a former coal mine, whose history is portrayed in the mining museum Marcel Maulini. The coal basin consists of three superimposed coal seams from 40 cm to 3 meters thick. The degradation was carried out from 1904 to 1958 to a depth of 994.64 meters; since 1946, the mine was nationalized. In the heyday of this bill, in 1860, were here in 1503 miners employed. 1,000 tons of coal were mined per ten-hour day.

The Mining Museum

Mining began in Ronchamp in the middle of the 17th century and developed until the end of the 19th century into a real industry with 1500 employees. The museum offers a return to witness the work of the miners, the tools and techniques you use, as well as their social life. In addition, a remarkable collection is issued by Mountain lamps.

Twin Cities

• Sułkowice, Poland

Views

Tower of the neo-Gothic parish church

The bay of Sainte Marie in 2007