Méménil | |
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 The church in Méménil | |
 Location of Méménil | |
  Méménil  Méménil | |
| Coordinates:48°13′16″N6°36′42″E / 48.2211°N 6.6117°E /48.2211; 6.6117 | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Grand Est |
| Department | Vosges |
| Arrondissement | Saint-Dié-des-Vosges |
| Canton | Bruyères |
| Intercommunality | CC Bruyères - Vallons des Vosges |
| Government | |
| • Mayor(2020–2026) | Jean-Charles Collot[1] |
Area 1 | 9.15 km2 (3.53 sq mi) |
| Population (2022)[2] | 175 |
| • Density | 19.1/km2 (49.5/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 88297 /88600 |
| Elevation | 343–582 m (1,125–1,909 ft) |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
Méménil (French pronunciation:[memenil]ⓘ) is acommune in theVosgesdepartment inGrand Est in northeasternFrance.
Méménil is positioned some ten kilometres (six miles) to the east-north-east ofÉpinal, along one of the routes toSaint-Dié-des-Vosges. Surrounding communes areFontenay to the west,Girecourt-sur-Durbion to the north andViménil to the east. The forested hillside to the south of the village is part of the commune of Méménil.
The commune is surrounded by forests and is crossed by two little streams, the Rouot and the Grande Roye: these cross the north of the commune through an unusually complex array of little channels before both feed into the littleRiver Durbion, which itself runs through the commune to the east of the village itself.
The nameMemesnil dates back at least to 1594 when Méménil was part of the territory belonging toDompierre under thebailiwick ofBruyere. In 1656 there is a reference to the village asMemeny.
The Church, consecrated to theAssumption of Our Lady, was controlled by the parish of nearbyAydoilles.
It is recorded that in 1892 the 60 families of the village owned between them 140 head ofcattle.
On 27 September 1944, towards the end of theSecond World War, 70 buildings suffered in aGerman bombing attack. Victims included the church windows.
The village is the setting for aChristmas market at the end of each November.
The Church of the Assumption of Our Lady retains its dominating position in the heart of the village: villagers are particularly proud of three substantial church bells: Agathe (321kg), Anne (440 kg) and Marie herself (647 kn).
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