Senones, Vosges

Commune in Grand Est, France

Coat of arms

Location of Senones

(2020–2026) Jean-Luc Bévérina^[1]Area

18.73 km² (7.23 sq mi)Population

(2021)^[2]

2,364 • Density130/km² (330/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)INSEE/Postal code

88451 /88210

Elevation328–722 m (1,076–2,369 ft)
(avg. 340 m or 1,120 ft)Websitewww.senones.fr¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Senones (French pronunciation: [sənɔn] ^ⓘ) is a commune in the Vosges department in Grand Est in northeastern France. It is the location of the former Senones Abbey, founded around 640. The belltower of the abbey church dates from the 12th century, most of the other surviving buildings date from the 18th and 19th century.^[3]

Until 1793, Senones was the capital of the Principality of Salm-Salm. The journalist and writer Pierre Humbourg (1901–1969), winner of the 1948 Prix Cazes, was born in Senones.

Population

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	4,015	—
1975	3,882	−0.48%
1982	3,427	−1.77%
1990	3,157	−1.02%
1999	2,906	−0.92%
2007	2,772	−0.59%
2012	2,513	−1.94%
2017	2,464	−0.39%
Source: INSEE^[4]

References

^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.
^ "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
^ Base Mérimée: Ancienne abbaye, Ministère français de la Culture. (in French)
^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE