Greux

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

Geography

History

Domrémy (or at least the part in which the house of Jeanne d' Arc was, namely the northern part of the village) was exempted taxes by Charles VII after its crowning, at the time of the ennoblement of Jeanne d' Arc. Greux also profited from this privilege.

Domrémy, attached to the Lorraine in 1571, lost the privilege on this date since it then raised of the Saint Germanic Roman Empire. On the other hand, remained French, the town of Greux could profit from the privilege until 1766.

The primitive village and its church were destroyed by the Swedes during the Guerre Thirty Year old.

Curiosities

Administration

Demography

Famous characters

  • Bernard Lorraine, of his true name Bernard Diez, born on February 6th, 1933 in Greux and dead on March 21st, 2002 with Neufchâteau, writer.
Bernard Lorraine worked a long time in Latin America under the auspices of the Alliance Fran1caise.
He is the author of about thirty works: personal collections, poetic translations, anthologies, books intended for youth, radiophonic parts, tests.
Bibliography: poetic transport , Treasures of the satirical epigrams , a poem, a country, a child …

External bonds

  • Greux on the site of the National Geographical Institute
  • Greux on the site of INSEE
  • Greux on the site of Quid
  • Localization of Greux on a chart of France and communes bordering
  • Plane on Greux on Mapquest

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