Vioménil

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Vioménil

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Vioménil
Coordinates: 48°05′40″N 6°10′55″E / 48.0944°N 6.1819°E / 48.0944; 6.1819Coordinates: 48°05′40″N 6°10′55″E / 48.0944°N 6.1819°E / 48.0944; 6.1819
Country France
Region Lorraine
Department Vosges
Arrondissement Épinal
Canton Bains-les-Bains
Intercommunality Pays de Saône et Madon
Government
  Mayor (20082014) Brigitte Scalvinoni
Area
  Land1 23.59 km2 (9.11 sq mi)
Population (2006)
  Population2 154
  Population2 Density 6.5/km2 (17/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code 88515 / 88260
Elevation 290–467 m (951–1,532 ft)

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.

Vioménil is a commune in the Vosges department in Lorraine in northeastern France.

Inhabitants are known as Viamanciliens, after the Roman name of the commune, Viamansalis.

Geography

The rivers Saône and Madon have their source in the commune. The European Watershed goes through Vioménil.

Personalities

The writer Hervé Bazin spent most of his youth here.

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