Le Saulcy

Last updated
Le Saulcy
Commune
Le Saulcy 88.jpg
A general view of Le Saulcy
Location of Le Saulcy
Le Saulcy
France location map-Regions and departements-2016.svg
Red pog.svg
Le Saulcy
Grand Est region location map.svg
Red pog.svg
Le Saulcy
Coordinates: 48°24′51″N7°02′34″E / 48.4142°N 7.0428°E / 48.4142; 7.0428 Coordinates: 48°24′51″N7°02′34″E / 48.4142°N 7.0428°E / 48.4142; 7.0428
Country France
Region Grand Est
Department Vosges
Arrondissement Saint-Dié-des-Vosges
Canton Raon-l'Étape
Intercommunality CA Saint-Dié-des-Vosges
Government
 • Mayor (2008–2014) Noël Georges
Area
1
9.83 km2 (3.80 sq mi)
Population
 (Jan. 2017) [1]
327
 • Density33/km2 (86/sq mi)
Time zone UTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST) UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
88444 /88210
Elevation395–910 m (1,296–2,986 ft)
(avg. 450 m or 1,480 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Le Saulcy is a commune in the Vosges department in Grand Est in northeastern France.

Contents

History

In the nearby hamlet of Le Harcholet, a war crime was committed by Waffen SS forces under the command of Oberscharfuhrer Max Kessler. Three members of an SAS infiltration team (including Lieutenant Silly and Trooper Brown) were burnt alive whilst bound by German forces in an abandoned barn. The three soldiers had been caught attempting to cross the River Meurthe whilst trying to reach the Allied lines on the 10th October 1944 after the termination of Operation Loyton, an attempt to inspire a French uprising in the Vosges to pave the way for an offensive by General Patton's Seventh Army [2] .

See also

Related Research Articles

Vosges (department) Department of France

Vosges is an eastern department of France named after the Vosges mountain range. It consists of 17 cantons and 507 communes, of which 234 are rural, including the commune of Domrémy-la-Pucelle, where Joan of Arc was born.

Operation Loyton

Operation Loyton was the codename given to a Special Air Service (SAS) mission in the Vosges department of France during the Second World War.

Épinal Prefecture and commune in Grand Est, France

Épinal is a commune in northeastern France and the capital (prefecture) of the Vosges department. Inhabitants are known as Spinaliens.

Neufchâteau, Vosges Subprefecture and commune in Grand Est, France

Neufchâteau is a commune in the Vosges department in Grand Est in northeastern France.

Cornimont Commune in Grand Est, France

Cornimont is a commune in the Vosges department in Grand Est in northeastern France.

Biffontaine Commune in Grand Est, France

Biffontaine is a commune in the Vosges department in Grand Est in northeastern France.

Bruyères Commune in Grand Est, France

Bruyères is a commune in the Vosges department in Grand Est in northeastern France.

Deycimont Commune in Grand Est, France

Deycimont is a commune in the Vosges department in Grand Est in northeastern France. The residents are known as Rouges-Fournants

Souffelweyersheim Commune in Grand Est, France

Souffelweyersheim is a commune in the Bas-Rhin department in Grand Est in north-eastern France, and is part of metropolitan Strasbourg.

Graffigny-Chemin Commune in Grand Est, France

Graffigny-Chemin is a commune in the Haute-Marne department in north-eastern France.

Basse-sur-le-Rupt Commune in Grand Est, France

Basse-sur-le-Rupt is a commune in the Vosges department in Grand Est in northeastern France. Its inhabitants are called Bassurois. It is a mountainous commune of seven hamlets, crossed by the river Rupt. Its landmarks include Le Haut du Roc, Le Pierre des Communes, Le Piquante Pierre and the memorial of Le Croix des Moinats. Its historical industries were textiles, sawmills and granite.

Mandray Commune in Grand Est, France

Mandray is a commune in the Vosges department in Grand Est in northeastern France.

Monthureux-le-Sec Commune in Grand Est, France

Monthureux-le-Sec is a commune in the Vosges department in Grand Est in northeastern France.

Nayemont-les-Fosses Commune in Grand Est, France

Nayemont-les-Fosses is a commune in the Vosges department in Grand Est in northeastern France.

Ramonchamp Commune in Grand Est, France

Ramonchamp is a large commune in the Vosges department in Grand Est in northeastern France.

Fontenoy-le-Château Commune in Grand Est, France

Fontenoy-le-Château is a commune in the Vosges department in Grand Est in northeastern France. In January 2013 it merged with the former commune of Le Magny.

Thaon-les-Vosges Part of Capavenir-Vosges in Grand Est, France

Thaon-les-Vosges is a former commune in the Vosges department in northeastern France. On 1 January 2016, it was merged into the new commune Capavenir-Vosges.

Les Voivres Commune in Grand Est, France

Les Voivres is a commune in the Vosges department in Grand Est in northeastern France.

Moussey, Vosges Commune in Grand Est, France

Moussey is a commune in the Vosges department in Grand Est in northeastern France.

Puzieux, Vosges Commune in Grand Est, France

Puzieux is a commune in the Vosges department in Grand Est in northeastern France.

References

  1. ↑ "Populations légales 2017". INSEE . Retrieved 6 January 2020.
  2. ↑ Lewis. SAS Nazi Hunters: The Ultra-Secret Unit and the Hunt for Hitler's War Criminals, (Quercus, London (2015)).


This page is based on this Wikipedia article
Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.
Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.