Cheniménil

Cheniménil is a common French, located in the department of the the Vosges and the area Lorraine.

Its inhabitants is called Chnérants.

Geography

The commune is located in the low valley of the Vologne and is surrounded by wooded eminences. Étymologiquement, the name of the village would mean “(group of) houses in the middle of Chêne S”.

History

Curiosities

Sanctuary of Mercury, located in the national forest of Dens, on the territory of the common neighbor of Archettes.
Ruins of the Castle-on-Pearl, remains seigneurale, drawing its name from the pearls fished in the Vologne, whose construction was, in 1473, authorized on the hill of Paroy, in the north of the village, by the duke Rene II of Lorraine to Gerard de Haraucourt, seneshal of Lorraine.
Church Saint-Jean-Baptist, built in 1860 and restored in 1945.

Administration

Demography

Famous characters

Emmanuelle Rivetted: born on February 24th, 1927, actress of theater and cinema (Grand Prix of female role in Venice in 1962 in Therese Desqueyroux )

Internal bond

Station of Docelles-Cheniménil

External bonds

Cheniménil on the site of the national geographical Institute
Cheniménil on the site of INSEE
Cheniménil on the site of Quid
Localization of Cheniménil on a chart of France and communes bordering
Plane on Cheniménil on Mapquest

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