Commune of Vosges (88140) with 490 inhabitants
Saint-Ouen-lès-Parey
was
formed
on
March
5,
1833
by
the
merger
of
the
communes
of
Saint-Ouen
and
Parey.
Before
this
merger,
Saint-Ouen,
also
known
as
Sancta
Oda,
Saint-Ouïn,
Ouain
or
Ouyn,
was
composed
of
several
lordships.
Over
the
centuries,
these
lordships
belonged
successively
to
the
Duke
of
Lorraine,
the
Lords
of
Espine,
Mathey,
Châtelet,
Torneille,
Lavaux,
Orbilly,
Bresson
and
the
Canon
of
Villes.
The
lordship
of
Parey,
for
its
part,
also
belonged
to
the
Duke
of
Lorraine.
In
1634,
before
the
start
of
the
siege
of
La
Mothe,
the
village
of
Parey
was
set
on
fire,
destroying
92
houses
in
a
single
night.
In
1775,
the
Château
de
Saint-Ouen
passed
through
marriage
to
Baron
Canon
de
Ville,
a
former
captain
of
the
Holy
Roman
Emperor.
In
1791,
the
latter
refused
to
remove
the
coat
of
arms
above
the
castle's
entrance
gate,
leading
the
villagers,
with
the
protection
of
the
armed
militia,
to
tear
them
down.
On
13
June
1940,
during
the
Second
World
War,
civilians
were
killed
by
an
Italian
bomb
in
Saint-Ouen-lès-Parey.
Among
the
victims
were
Guy
Honore,
René
Noviant
and
Léon
Heck.
Coordonnées 48° 11′ 00″ nord, 5° 45′ 53″ est
