Vigneulles
Vigneulles is a commune in the Meurthe-et-Moselle département in north-eastern France.
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 The town hall in Vigneulles | |
 Coat of arms | |
Location of Vigneulles 
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| Coordinates: 48°33′41″N 6°19′55″E | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Grand Est |
| Department | Meurthe-et-Moselle |
| Arrondissement | Lunéville |
| Canton | Lunéville-2 |
| Intercommunality | CC Meurthe, Mortagne, Moselle |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2008–2014) | Philippe Daniel |
| Area 1 | 5.57 km2 (2.15 sq mi) |
| Population (2017-01-01)[1] | 242 |
| • Density | 43/km2 (110/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 54565 /54360 |
| Elevation | 207–335 m (679–1,099 ft) (avg. 200 m or 660 ft) |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
In the past, inhabitants of Vigneulles were known by their neighbours as poussais ("chasers"), having taken up pitchforks to chase off the villagers from Barbonville who had come to steal their supposedly miracle performing statue of the Virgin.[2]
References
- "Populations légales 2017". INSEE. Retrieved 6 January 2020.
- Graham Robb, The Discovery of France, p36, Picador (2007), ISBN 978-0-330-42761-6, citing Vital Collet "Sobriquets caractérisant les habitants de villages lorrains" in Le Pays lorrain, Nancy (1908), pp442-449 and Henri-Adolphe Labourasse, "Anciens us, coutumes, légendes, supersititions, préjugés, etc. du département de la Meuse" in Mémoires de la Société des lettres, sciences et art de Bar-le-Duc, 1902, pp3-225
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