Domvallier

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

Its inhabitants is called Domvallois.

Geography

With the variation of the main roads, the village was partly established on the coast of Bulgnéville. Between the high plate of the village and the bottom of the hillock, the uneven one is of 46 meters. The very undulating landscape allows the juxtaposition of various ecological units: orchards, vines, forest, meadows. The major part of the grounds make up of marnes compact and heavy, supporting profitable corn harvests. But so a long time the culture of corn was prevalent, currently the village is primarily surrounded by vast meadows. It is a “village-street” made up of farms dating from the 18th century. The traditional frame is still very visible there, stone paving, dry stone walls, usoirs give us a typical example of village of the area.

History

The village of Domvallier is of old origin. The first name dates from the 12th century: Wridicus Pinguis de Damviliaco then will follow one another: the fiei of Donvaleir, Curatus de Dompno Valerio, Dompvalier, Donvalier, Donvalley, Dompavillier.

The village was one of the seigniories of the duke of Lorraine; it had castles, strengthened church, a pond seigneurial. To date, there remains old church only the vault castrale with, on the external wall, the funerary stringcourse of the lords of the place and the broken head of a stone statue of the 16th century. Castle, which was placed close to the pond, it remains nothing put aside toponymy place “the Castle”. Of the second castle, located in top of the village, one still guesses some bases of the important masonry.

Inheritance

Thanks to the path " Victor Hugo" and the Sainte path Carries out you will be able to discover the richness of this inheritance… the church, the village… you will have all the explanations thanks to the many didactic panels which mark out these paths… good visit

Curiosities

Administration

|- | align=right| Since 1995 || Bernard Thomas ||align=" center" | || |- | align=right| 1983 - 1995 || Denis Lamarche ||align=" center" | || |- | align=right| 1977 - 1983 || Emile Roger Augustin Huel ||align=" center" | || (1916-2001) |- | align=right| 1973 - 1977 || Emile Georges Antoine Fairise ||align=" center" | || (1905-2000) |- | align=right| 1956 - 1973 || Jean-François Pery ||align=" center" | || Deceased in the course of mandate (1897-1973) |- | align=right| 1935 - 1956 || Louis Joseph Felix Deschaseaux ||align=" center" | || Abbot, deceased in the course of mandate (1879-1956) |- | align=right| 1896 - 1935 || Jean-Joseph Aime Colin ||align=" center" | || (1856-1938) |- | align=right| 1884 - 1896 || Victor Hugo ||align=" center" | || (1842-1922)

Demography

Famous characters

It is in the parochial registers of Domvallier that one finds the trace of the ancestors of Victor Hugo. Jean Hugo was plowman with Ramecourt at the beginning of the 18th century. He will die there like his wife Catherine Mansuy in 1731. Their grandson Joseph Hugo - wire of Jean-Philippe and Catherine Grandmaire - born with Baudricourt in 1727, will be the father of the Hugo general.

; Ambroise Ambroise, printer

Ambroise, wire of Jean Ambroise de Domvallier assembles a workshop of printing works to Mirecourt and prints in 1616 for the abbey of Poussay " Officium Beatae Mennae Virginis". Also wood engraver, it carries out for Houion with Épinal the illustrations of the " Kings and Dukes of Austrasie" - according to the German edition of 1591 - decorated the coppers engraved by Pierre Woeiriot.

In 1623, it projects to create, on the Val brook of Arol, a paper mill but the project does not succeed. It leaves to undoubtedly work in Epinal at Pierre Houion of which it will marry the widow Anne Briden. In hillock with many lawsuits, having lost his second wife, it remarie with Mengeolle Louis, leaves Epinal and share to work with Metz.

Jean Ambroise, wire of his first wife, would be at the origin of the dynasty of the Ambroise printers of Laval.

Sources

Vosgean Famous the with the Editions Gerard Louis - 1990

External bonds

Domvallier on the site Geneawiki
Domvallier on the site of the national geographical Institute
Domvallier on the site of Google Maps
Domvallier on the site of INSEE
Domvallier on the site of Quid
Localization of Domvallier on a chart of France and communes bordering
Plane on Domvallier on Mapquest
Reconstitution of the families of Domvallier and Ramecourt

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