See also: Puzieux

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

The common homonymous native of the Moselle region is located in the Canton of Delme.

Geography

Puzieux is located at the North-East of the plain of the Vosges, near the Département of Meurthe-et-Moselle. This common belongs to the Canton of Mirecourt.

In the south of the village is established the slope of approach of the Aéroport of Épinal-Mirecourt.

The territory of Puzieux is a not very broken plate crossed by the brooks of the Stones and Oëlleville. The village culminates at an altitude of 287 m and is spread in front of a succession of slopes which form the relief of cuesta.

The meadows are distributed around the rivers while the arable lands occupy the remainder of the communal territory. One still finds around the village some orchards and the trace of old vines. The forest is rare and is confined in periphery of the commune.

History

Its Gallo-Roman name; Puzeoli , drift of puteus ; him three different significances are given. That would indicate:

• a well dug out of ground supplied with a subterranean water tablecloth;
• a pit dug out of ground to store corn;
• a practiced built opening of place in place along a water pipeline to visit of it easier.

It is thought that the most probable version would be that of the grain silo. The Xaintois produced at the time Gallo-Roman wheat in great quantity. The presence of these silos would thus not be surprising, Puzieux being in the middle of Xaintois.
The village was destroyed during the invasion of Swedish during the Guerre Thirty Year old. It was one quite sad and quite painful time. Puzieux undergoes the French Armies, helped their combined savages, the Swedes, who devastated and plundered the village. It was in 1633, under the reign of Louis XIII. It remained of Puzieux only 3 maisons.
It is only after 1670, and mainly when the Traité of Ryswick restored Lorraine with its duke legitimates Léopold, that the village was rebuilt. Currently, of many indices lets think that the village of Puzieux is resulting from the fusion of two other villages them so destroyed by the Swedes: Méréville and Fontenelle.

Inheritance

This agricultural village knew to keep its traditional character. The old frame is characterized by a diversified typology. One finds there the house of Master, that of the plowman and that of the manouvrier who knew all to preserve their charm and their characteristics. You will be pleased to see there the old doors charretières, the niches decorated with their invaluable statues and the architectural elements of the 16th century.

In addition to its small inheritance, you will be able to discover the water tower built after the Second world war characterized by a concrete framework.

Lastly, the vault Holy-Carries out end XIXe, built in a style néo-novel. It accommodates every May the pilgrimage dedicated to the holy one.

Curiosities

; The pilgrimage of Holy Carries out: An extremely old tradition which was reactivated at the XXe century. It consists in making a procession with the relics of holy of the vault, outside the village, with the church in the center.

; The path Holy-Carries out: It is a route in loop, approximately 12 km, based on the component of the inheritance. A series of didactic panels marks out the course. This path belongs to a hike on the territory of the Communauté of communes of the Country of Mirecourt. This circuit consists of six paths approaching various sets of themes and presenting monumental sculptures dating from the Symposium of Monumental Sculptures of Mirecourt.

; The labyrinth of Puzieux: A renewed original animation each summer, in July and August. A Labyrinthe - each year different - is traced in the middle of 5 hectares of fields of Maïs; it is the goal of family exits within a natural framework.

Administration

Demography

External bonds

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

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