Vioménil

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Coordinates: 48°05′40″N 6°10′55″E / 48.0944444444°N 6.18194444444°E / 48.0944444444; 6.18194444444

Commune of Vioménil

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Fontaine
Location
Vioménil is located in France
Vioménil
Administration
Country France
Region Lorraine
Department Vosges
Arrondissement Épinal
Canton Bains-les-Bains
Intercommunality Communauté de communes du Pays de Saône et Madon
Mayor Brigitte Scalvinoni
(2008–2014)
Statistics
Elevation 290–467 m (950–1,500 ft)
Land area1 23.59 km2 (9.11 sq mi)
Population2 145  (2006)
 - Density 6 /km2 (16 /sq mi)
Miscellaneous
INSEE/Postal code 88515/ 88260
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.
2 Population sans doubles comptes: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

Vioménil is a commune of the Vosges département, in France. In 2006, the registered population comprised 145 residents, known as Viamanciliens, after the roman name of the commune, Viamansalis.

[edit] Geography

The rivers Saône and Madon have their source in the commune. The European Watershed goes through Vioménil.

[edit] People

The writer Hervé Bazin spent most of his youth here.