Ramonchamp
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Location within Grand Est region
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| Coordinates: 47°53′32″N 6°44′25″E / 47.8922°N 6.7403°ECoordinates: 47°53′32″N 6°44′25″E / 47.8922°N 6.7403°E | ||
| Country | France | |
| Region | Grand Est | |
| Department | Vosges | |
| Arrondissement | Épinal | |
| Canton | Le Thillot | |
| Intercommunality | CC Ballons des Hautes-Vosges | |
| Area1 | 15.74 km2 (6.08 sq mi) | |
| Population (2006)2 | 2,122 | |
| • Density | 130/km2 (350/sq mi) | |
| Time zone | CET (UTC+1) | |
| • Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) | |
| INSEE/Postal code | 88369 /88160 | |
| Elevation | 454–903 m (1,490–2,963 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.
Ramonchamp is a large commune in the Vosges department in Grand Est in northeastern France.
Inhabitants are called Ramoncenais.
Downstream of Le Thillot and upstream of Ferdrupt, Ramonchamp is positioned in a narrow section of the upper Moselle valley. The only main road is the National road which connects with Remiremont some 25 kilometres (16 mi) to the south west and the into Alsace en route for Mulhouse to the eastsoutheast.
In other directions, the mountain slopes are too steep to afford easy access to Saulxures-sur-Moselotte, positioned in an adjacent valley to the north, though for the intrepid a relatively direct route exists courtesy of the 791-meter-high Morbieux Pass (Col de Morbieux).
Ramonchamp traditionally featured mountain style agriculture, but in recent decades many of the little family farms have been purchased by outsiders and transformed into second homes.
First recorded under the Latin name 'Romanici Campus', Ramoncamp was at one stage the administrative centre of a "ban" (medieval territory) and then of a canton, but that was before the commune of Le Thillot had come into being.
The territory of Ramonchamp (Le ban de Ramonchamp) originally covered the entire upper valley of the Moselle, upstream of Ferdrupt. It fell under the bailiwick of Remiremont while the church, dedicated to Saints Rémi and Blaise, was within the Diocese of Saint-Dié in the deanery of Remiremont.
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