Domrémy-la-Pucelle

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Coordinates: 48°26′35″N 5°40′33″E / 48.4430555556, 5.67583333333

Administration
Commune of Domrémy-la-Pucelle
Location

Country	France
Region	Lorraine
Department	Vosges
Arrondissement	Neufchâteau
Canton	Coussey
Intercommunality	Communauté de communes du Pays de Jeanne
Mayor	Daniel Coince
Statistics
Elevation	268 m–407 m (avg. 270 m)
Land area^¹	8,99 km²
Population^² (1999)	167
- Density	18,58/km²
Miscellaneous
INSEE/Postal code	88154/ 88630
¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.
² Population sans doubles comptes: residents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel) only counted once.

Domrémy-la-Pucelle is a village and commune of the Vosges département, in Lorraine, France. Population (1999): 167.

It was the birthplace of Joan of Arc. Initially called Domrémy, the place has been renamed Domrémy-la-Pucelle after Joan's nickname, la pucelle d'Orléans ("the maid of Orléans"). This village was exempted from taxes in 1429 by king Charles VII. This was done because Joan of Arc asked for it as she felt that taxes exploited her villagers. Moreover, the king wanted to do a good deed for her successful efforts to get rid of the British. However after the French revolution Domrémy was required to pay taxes.

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[edit] Demographics

Change in Population
(Source : INSEE^[1])
1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999
210	225	222	199	182	167
From the year 1962 on: population without double counting — residents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel) only counted once.