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Rambervillers | |
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 Location of Rambervillers | |
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| Coordinates:48°20′48″N6°38′08″E / 48.3467°N 6.6356°E /48.3467; 6.6356 | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Grand Est |
| Department | Vosges |
| Arrondissement | Épinal |
| Canton | Saint-Dié-des-Vosges-1 |
| Intercommunality | CC Région de Rambervillers |
| Government | |
| • Mayor(2024–2026) | Claude Bourdon[1] |
Area 1 | 20.64 km2 (7.97 sq mi) |
| Population (2023)[2] | 5,018 |
| • Density | 243.1/km2 (629.7/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 88367 /88700 |
| Elevation | 272–348 m (892–1,142 ft) (avg. 287 m or 942 ft) |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
Rambervillers (French pronunciation:[ʁɑ̃bɛʁvile]ⓘ) is acommune in theVosgesdepartment inGrand Est in northeasternFrance.
Inhabitants are calledRambuvetais.
The town is built on the banks of theMortagne, some 28 kilometres (17 mi) to the west ofSaint-Dié and 22 kilometres (14 mi) to the north-east ofÉpinal.
The river flows fromHaut Jacques and the forests to the south-east of the town; where it passes through Rambervillers it has been channeled, but the work was done without sufficient planning for the volume of water unleashed in stormy weather, which gives rise to flooding. Notably, during 2006 the town centre was under two meters of water after an outbreak of torrential rain.
Rambervillers was the creation in the ninth century of a man called Rambert, who was the Count ofMortagne, or theAbbot ofSenones: sources differ.
Through the later medieval period, Rambervillers belonged to theBishops of Metz. The care taken with its maintenance and fortification indicate that it was an important regional commercial centre. In the twelfth century theBishop of Metz,Étienne of Bar protected the town with wooden fortifications and ditches: in the thirteenth century anotherBishop of Metz,Jacques of Lorraine, replaced the stone fortifications with a stone wall backed up with 24 large towers.
Despite its fortifications, Rambervillers found itself torched by aHuguenotarmy acting on the orders of the Baron of Bollweiler, in the sixteenth century. Recovery seems to have been relatively rapid, however, since in 1581 the leading citizens resolved to construct theTown Hall.
In 1718 the town was integrated into theDuchy of Lorraine, becoming formally part ofFrance on the death ofthe last Duke in 1766.
On 9 October 1870, manning the fortifications against theinvadingPrussians, 200national guardsmen held out for a day against 2,000 Germans. Their courage won the town theLégion d'honneur medal, and had a street inParis (in the12th arrondissement) named after it.
| Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
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| 1968 | 7,229 | — |
| 1975 | 7,113 | −0.23% |
| 1982 | 6,595 | −1.07% |
| 1990 | 5,919 | −1.34% |
| 1999 | 5,999 | +0.15% |
| 2007 | 5,669 | −0.70% |
| 2012 | 5,511 | −0.56% |
| 2017 | 5,170 | −1.27% |
| Source: INSEE[3] | ||
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