Golbey

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

Its inhabitants is called Golbéens.

Geography

Golbey is a city located at the North-West of Épinal on which it bordering, is established on left bank of the the Moselle. It is crossed by the Canal of the East which directs in south-west towards the Forging mills. The forest of Stock-Thaon occupies the west of the communal territory.

History

An occupation with the Paleolithic and the Neolithic is confirmed by the discovery of tools in five principal stations. The Roman presence also: statuettes, grinding stone. ; Blasonnement: Sinople to the toothed wheel of money, eight teeth, with the chief of gold to the band of mouths, charged with three torn off money fir trees.

Composed by Golbéen Louis Mathieu, the blazon was adopted on October 10th, 1957. The green points out the traditional cultures of the city and the toothed wheel its modern industrialization. The chief takes again the colors of Lorraine and the three fir trees of the department of the Vosges.

Curiosities

Church Saint-Abdon-and-Sennen.
a Pont-canal makes it possible to join the port of Épinal starting from the channel of the East.

Administration

Demography

Famous characters

Sporting clubs

GET the Vosges (Golbey-Épinal-Thaon, resulting from the Sports association Golbey-Épinal): club of basketball (ProB)
ES Golbey (Sporting Agreement Golbey): football club (DH)
A.C Golbey: Club of race on foot and cyclosport belonging to the organization UFOLEP

External bonds

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

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