Xamontarupt | |
Commune Status: | Commune |
Arrondissement: | Épinal |
Canton: | Bruyères |
Insee: | 88528 |
Postal Code: | 88460 |
Mayor: | Emmanuel Parisse[1] |
Term: | 2020 - 2026 |
Intercommunality: | Bruyères-Vallons des Vosges |
Coordinates: | 48.1333°N 6.6539°W |
Elevation Min M: | 393 |
Elevation Max M: | 671 |
Area Km2: | 5 |
Xamontarupt (in French pronounced as /ʃamɔ̃taʁy/) is a commune in the Vosges department in Grand Est in northeastern France.
Abutting the heavily wooded massif of le Fossard, the village is crossed by the Cuves stream, an outflow of the Vologne river.
Evidence of protohistoric human presence: construction from set stones, flakes of cut quartz.400-year old holly in the village, probably some of the oldest in Europe, can be seen on the route leading to the Haut-du-Bois maquis.
In 1656, the village was called "Charmontaruz"
Its inhabitants are known as Rupéains[2] or Xamontois in French.