Canton Vittel Time zone CET (UTC+1) Area 24.13 km² Population (2006)2 5,745 | Intercommunality CC Terre d'eau INSEE/Postal code 88516 /88800 Local time Tuesday 1:19 PM Area1 24.13 km2 (9.32 sq mi) | |
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Weather 16°C, Wind N at 14 km/h, 44% Humidity | ||
Vittel refresh cap
Vittel (archaic German: Wittel) ([viˈtɛl]) is a commune in the Vosges department in Grand Est in northeastern France.
Contents
- Vittel refresh cap
- Map of 88800 Vittel France
- Live junior team finals european indoor championships vittel 2017
- History
- World War I
- World War II
- References
Map of 88800 Vittel, France
Mineral water is bottled and sold here by Nestlé Waters France, under the Vittel brand.
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History
In 1854, after visiting the baths at nearby Contrexéville, lawyer Louis Bouloumié purchased the Fontaine de Gérémoy, site of the modern-day town of Vittel. Two years later, Bouloumie built a pavilion from which developed the grand, luxurious architecture which characterises the site.
In 1968, the Club Med was opened.
World War I
Home to U.S. Army Base Hospital 36 from Detroit, Mi. from November 1917 until February 1919. This unit was formed at the Detroit College of Medicine and Surgery now Wayne State University, School of Medicine. They occupied the five resort hotels in the city plus the casino.
World War II
During the Battle of France in the summer of 1944, a small grass airstrip north of the town was used for light liaison aircraft by the United States Army Air Forces. The Twelfth Air Force headquartered several fighter wings in Vittel during their drive east into Germany. In 1945, that flat, grassy area of land (now a racetrack for horses) was used as a holding area for captured Luftwaffe aircraft before their shipment to England and the United States for evaluation (Operation Lusty).