Marainville-sur-Madon
Commune in Grand Est, France
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Marainville-sur-Madon (French pronunciation: [maʁɛ̃vil syʁ madɔ̃] ⓘ, literally Marainville on Madon) is a commune in the Vosges department in Grand Est in northeastern France.
Marainville-sur-Madon | |
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The town hall in Marainville-sur-Madon | |
.svg) Coat of arms | |
 Location of Marainville-sur-Madon | |
  Marainville-sur-Madon  Marainville-sur-Madon | |
| Coordinates: 48°23′55″N 6°10′12″E | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Grand Est |
| Department | Vosges |
| Arrondissement | Neufchâteau |
| Canton | Charmes |
| Intercommunality | CC Mirecourt Dompaire |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2020–2026) | Anne Simonin[1] |
Area 1 | 4.88 km2 (1.88 sq mi) |
| Population (2023)[2] | 94 |
| • Density | 19/km2 (50/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 88286 /88130 |
| Elevation | 247–307 m (810–1,007 ft) (avg. 300 m or 980 ft) |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
Geography
Marainville is positioned in the north-east of the department. It is the last commune traversed by the Madon before that river continues north into the adjacent département of Meurthe-et-Moselle.
The land is devoted to agriculture: there is no longer any forest in the commune.
Interesting discovery
A seventh-century tomb was identified under a tumulus in 1977 and excavated between 1986 and 1988. It appears to be connected with the pre-Christian fortifications at Saxon-Sion in Meurthe-et-Moselle.[3]
Personalities
Michał Jan Pac (1730-1787), a Polish nobleman exiled after the defeat of the Bar Confederation, bought the castle and Marainville in 1780;[4] his steward, Adam Weydlich, made acquaintance with the village syndic, François Chopin.
François Chopin had a son, Nicolas. After Pac's death, the Weydlichs left France for Poland, and Nicolas Chopin emigrated with them; in 1810, his better known son, Frédéric Chopin, was born in the Polish village of Żelazowa Wola.
