Vézelise

Vézelise is a common French, located in the department of Meurthe-et-Moselle and the area Lorraine.

Geography

Vézelise is located at small about thirty kilometers in the south Nancy, in the middle of the country of the Saintois whose village is in addition the capital. Its Surnom of “Chamberpot of Lorraine” reflects its topographic situation: Vézelise is located in a hollow, at the place of the confluence of the Brénon and Uvry.

History

Middle Ages

The first hard copy of Vézelise goes back to 960 in which its church is mentioned. One century later, in 1071, Vézelise becomes the capital of the Comté of Vaudémont. Many wars burst between the county of Vaudémont and the duchy of Lorraine. In 1473, the marriage of the count de Vaudémont Ferry II and the girl of the duke Rene Ier of Anjou, Yolande, reconciles the two camps and the county of Vaudémont is then attached to the duchy of Lorraine. In spite of this reunification, the city keeps the habits specific to the old county of Vaudémont until 1723, date where the duke Léopold decides to apply the Lorraine habit to Vézelise.

Modern and contemporary time

Vézelise is especially known for its beer which was introduced for the first time in 1863 by Antoni Moreau and which was exported in all France and all the French colonial empire thanks to the railway line Nancy-Vézelise Mirecourt. The production of beer, which is assembled until 175.000 hectolitres per annum, is stopped since 1971. However, of the projects of microbrasseries are currently considered by nostalgic inhabitants of Vézelise of the yellow liquid.

Administration

Demography

Places and monuments

  • the church Saint-Like-and-Damien is of style Gothic, it dates from 15th and 16th century, it has beautiful stained glasses of the beginning of the 16th century, it was devoted in 1521. It has also a remarkable Orgue, built in 1775, by Küttinger, one of the best Lorraine organ builders of the time. The church has also a twisted Clocher, a gate out of wooden carved of 16th.

  • the wood market dating from the 16th century,

  • the Town hall and audience of justice (18th century).
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