Oëlleville

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

Geography

History

; Blazon: Of azure, with a round reamed pattée money cross accompanied with dextral by an ear in gold band, and with sinistral of a cross of Lorraine out of bar of same.

Administration

Demography

Curiosities

Saint-Brice church 15th/16th: retable of the life of the stone Virgin 16th, eucharistic cupboard. 2 crosses of crossroads.

Famous characters

Traditions

The festival of the Saint Nicolas's Day, typical of the North-East of France, is celebrated there each year on December 6th. The saint is incarnated traditionally by a popular character of the village, is chosen for his imposing physical characteristics and his hard glance. He is accompanied by the Bogyman and his hood filled with cudgels.

In the olden days, the passage of the Saint Nicolas's Day on its throwing tank of candies in crowd was the apogee of the round which led it during several days of the nursery schools and primary up to the point of organ of this celebration, to the " ruche" where the wise children awaited in front of a cocoa bowl their tangerines, like their Gingerbread chocolate and Saint Nicolas's Day, manufactured by the baker of the village. A famous anecdote tells that the most famous Saint Nicolas's Day and more admired, Rene Géhin, was uncovered by his/her son at the time of the visit to the " ruche" because this one made imprudence to use its pair of shoes for its disguise, which did not fail to draw the attention of the luke-warm small child.

The last known rounds of the Saint Nicolas's Day pushed to the club of the third age, while passing sometimes by the bar also. The " ruche" was destroyed, replaced by a tennis court, and the traditions are lost, until the famous festival of the Mirabelle S and its multiple activities (ninepins, darts, shooting with the cans, greasy pole, tombola, angling…) as well as a popular ball under capital bringing together the villagers for the tasting of traditional a sauerkraut. The ball is done increasingly rare and the dynamism of the village is eroded by the ageing of its population and the departure of the young generations for the city.

External bonds

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

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