Bulgnéville
Encyclopedia
Bulgnéville is a commune
in the Vosges
department in Lorraine
in northeastern France
.
took place there on 2 July 1431.
A major employer is the cheese factory of the Hermitage
, which makes Le Brouère
.
Communes of France
The commune is the lowest level of administrative division in the French Republic. French communes are roughly equivalent to incorporated municipalities or villages in the United States or Gemeinden in Germany...
in the Vosges
Vosges
Vosges is a French department, named after the local mountain range. It contains the hometown of Joan of Arc, Domrémy.-History:The Vosges department is one of the original 83 departments of France, created on February 9, 1790 during the French Revolution. It was made of territories that had been...
department in Lorraine
Lorraine (région)
Lorraine is one of the 27 régions of France. The administrative region has two cities of equal importance, Metz and Nancy. Metz is considered to be the official capital since that is where the regional parliament is situated...
in northeastern France
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
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History
The Battle of BulgnévilleBattle of Bulgnéville
The Battle of Bulgnéville fought on 2 July 1431 . The battle was fought between two cousins René I d'Anjou and Antoine de Vaudémont over partition of the Duchy of Lorraine after the death of Duke Charles II...
took place there on 2 July 1431.
A major employer is the cheese factory of the Hermitage
Hermitage (religious retreat)
Although today's meaning is usually a place where a hermit lives in seclusion from the world, hermitage was more commonly used to mean a settlement where a person or a group of people lived religiously, in seclusion.-Western Christian Tradition:...
, which makes Le Brouère
Le Brouère
Le Brouère is a French cheese, originally from Lorraine. It is made by the dairy of the Bulgnéville hermitage in Vosges départment. A typical round is about in diameter and weighs . It is shaped in wooden molds with patterns created by an artisan sculptor. Maturation time is 4 to 7 months...
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