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Marainville-sur-Madon |
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Location within Lorraine region
Marainville-sur-Madon
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| Country | France |
| Region | Lorraine |
| Department | Vosges |
| Arrondissement | Épinal |
| Canton | Charmes |
| Mayor | Anne Simonin (2008–2014) |
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| Elevation | 247–307 m (810–1,007 ft) (avg. 300 m/980 ft) |
| Land area1 | 4.88 km2 (1.88 sq mi) |
| Population2 | 92 (2006) |
| - Density | 19 /km2 (49 /sq mi) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 88286/ 88130 |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
| 2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once. | |
Marainville-sur-Madon is a commune in the Vosges department in Lorraine in northeastern France.
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Marainville is positioned in the north-east of the département. It is the last commune traversed by the Madon before that river continues north into the adjacent département of Meurthe-et-Moselle.
The land is devoted to agriculture: there is no longer any forest in the commune.
A seventh century tomb was identified under a tumulus in 1977 and excavated between 1986 and 1988. It appears to be connected with the pre-Christian fortifications at Saxon-Sion in Meurthe-et-Moselle.[1]
Nicolas Chopin (1771–1844) was born at Marainville. Chopin subsequently emigrated to Warsaw: his better known son, Frédéric Chopin, was born in Żelazowa Wola, some forty-six kilometres (29 miles) to the west of the Polish capital in 1810.