Oncourt

Oncourt
Oncourt

Coordinates: 48°15′09″N 6°22′33″E / 48.2525°N 6.3758°E / 48.2525; 6.3758Coordinates: 48°15′09″N 6°22′33″E / 48.2525°N 6.3758°E / 48.2525; 6.3758
Country France
Region Grand Est
Department Vosges
Arrondissement Épinal
Canton Châtel-sur-Moselle
Intercommunality Association of Capavenir communes
Government
 • Mayor (2008–2014) Jacquis Brunet
Area1 3.94 km2 (1.52 sq mi)
Population (2006)2 167
 • Density 42/km2 (110/sq mi)
Time zone CET (UTC+1)
 • Summer (DST) CEST (UTC+2)
INSEE/Postal code 88337 / 88150
Elevation 310–377 m (1,017–1,237 ft)

1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

Oncourt is a former commune in the Vosges department in northeastern France. On 1 January 2016, it was merged into the new commune Capavenir-Vosges.[1] Inhabitants are called Oncourtois.

Geography

The village is positioned some 3 kilometres (2 mi) to the west of Thaon-les-Vosges, and crossed by the little River Avière, itself a tributary of the Moselle.

Personalities

Laurent Mariotte, actor and animator with a French radio and television providers, spent a part of his childhood and adolascence at Oncourt.

See also

References

  1. ↑ Arrêté préfectoral 24 December 2015 (French)
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