Mont-lès-Lamarche explained

Mont-lès-Lamarche
Commune Status:Commune
Image Coat Of Arms:Blason mont les lamarche vosges.svg
Arrondissement:Neufchâteau
Canton:Darney
Insee:88307
Postal Code:88320
Mayor:Jean-Paul Petit[1]
Term:2020 - 2026
Intercommunality:CC Vosges côté Sud-Ouest
Coordinates:48.0219°N 5.8083°W
Elevation M:357
Elevation Min M:312
Elevation Max M:487
Area Km2:7.10

Mont-lès-Lamarche (in French pronounced as /mɔ̃ lɛ lamaʁʃ/, literally Mont near Lamarche) is a commune in the Vosges department in Grand Est in northeastern France.

Geography

Mont-lès-Lamarche is positioned 6km (04miles) to the south of Lamarche and 10km (10miles) to the north of Bourbonne-les-Bains. Monthureux-sur-Saône is 15km (09miles) to the east and Jussey is 26 kilometres (16 miles) to the south-south-east. The commune is on the departmental frontier with Haute-Marne, but there is no direct route across thanks to the intervening topography, the highest point of which is the 487 meter high Malaumont. The commune's 182 hectares of forest are, like the hills, concentrated to the west of the little village: these include the Bois Brûlé (literally burnt wood/forest), Bois de la Plaine and the Bois Chava. The appropriately named Bois des Moines (literally monks' wood/forest) was formerly controlled by the Abbots of Morimond.

At the time of the French Revolution the recorded population stood at 357, and it increased to a peak of 465 in 1866. Subsequently, the picture is one of decline: registered population had fallen to just 93 by the end of the twentieth century.

At the start of the twentieth century, much of the land surrounding the village was still devoted to viticulture, but the vineyards have subsequently disappeared.

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Répertoire national des élus: les maires. data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022. fr.