Marainville-sur-Madon
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Location within Lorraine region
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| Country | France |
| Region | Alsace-Champagne-Ardenne-Lorraine |
| Department | Vosges |
| Arrondissement | Épinal |
| Canton | Charmes |
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| • Mayor (2008–2014) | Anne Simonin |
| Area1 | 4.88 km2 (1.88 sq mi) |
| Population (2006)2 | 92 |
| • Density | 19/km2 (49/sq mi) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 88286 / 88130 |
| Elevation | 247–307 m (810–1,007 ft) (avg. 300 m or 980 ft) |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. 2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once. | |
Marainville-sur-Madon is a commune in the Vosges department in Lorraine in northeastern France.
Geography
Marainville is positioned in the north-east of the département. It is the last commune traversed by the Madon before that river continues north into the adjacent département of Meurthe-et-Moselle.
The land is devoted to agriculture: there is no longer any forest in the commune.
Interesting discovery
A seventh-century tomb was identified under a tumulus in 1977 and excavated between 1986 and 1988. It appears to be connected with the pre-Christian fortifications at Saxon-Sion in Meurthe-et-Moselle.[1]
Personalities
Michał Jan Pac (1730-1787), a Polish nobleman exiled after the defeat of the Bar Confederation, bought the castle and the landlorship of Marainville in 1780;[2] his steward, Adam Weydlich, made acquaintance with the village syndic, François Chopin.
François Chopin had a son, Nicolas. After Pac's death, the Weydlichs left France for Poland, and Nicolas Chopin emigrated with them; in 1810, his better known son, Frédéric Chopin, was born in the Polish village of Żelazowa Wola.
See also
References
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- ↑ See page "Adam Weydlich" on the NIFC site.
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