Rambervillers
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Location within Grand Est region
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| Coordinates: 48°20′48″N 6°38′08″E / 48.3467°N 6.6356°ECoordinates: 48°20′48″N 6°38′08″E / 48.3467°N 6.6356°E | ||
| Country | France | |
| Region | Grand Est | |
| Department | Vosges | |
| Arrondissement | Épinal | |
| Canton | Saint-Dié-des-Vosges-1 | |
| Intercommunality | CC Région de Rambervillers | |
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| • Mayor (2008–2014) | Gérard Keller | |
| Area1 | 20.64 km2 (7.97 sq mi) | |
| Population (2006)2 | 5,874 | |
| • Density | 280/km2 (740/sq mi) | |
| Time zone | CET (UTC+1) | |
| • Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) | |
| INSEE/Postal code | 88367 /88700 | |
| Elevation | 272–348 m (892–1,142 ft) (avg. 287 m or 942 ft) |
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1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. 2Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once. |
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1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.
Rambervillers is a commune in the Vosges department in Grand Est in northeastern France.
Inhabitants are called Rambuvetais.
The town is built on the banks of the Mortagne, some 28 kilometres (17 mi) to the west of Saint-Dié and 22 kilometres (14 mi) to the north-east of Épinal.
The river flows from and the forests to the south-east of the town: where it passes through Rambervillers it has been channeled, but unfortunately the work was done without sufficient planning for the volume of water unleashed in stormy weather, which gives rise to flooding. Notably, during 2006 the town centre was under 2 meters of water after an outbreak of torrential rain.
Rambervillers was the creation in the ninth century of a man called Rambert, who was the Count of Mortagne, or the Abbot of Senones: sources differ.
Through the later medieval period, Rambervillers belonged to the Bishops opf Metz. The care taken with its maintenance and fortification indicate that it was an important regional commercial centre. In the twelfth century the Bishop of Metz, Étienne of Bar protected the town with wooden fortifications and ditches: in the thirteenth century another Bishop of Metz, , replaced the stone fortifications with a stone wall backed up with 24 large towers.
Despite its fortifications, Rambervillers found itself torched by a Huguenot army acting on the orders of the Baron of Bollweiler, in the sixteenth century. Recovery seems to have been relatively rapid, however, since in 1581 the leading citizens resolved to construct the Town Hall.
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