La Planche des Belles Filles

Ballons Comtois natural reserve

Created in 2002, the Ballons Comtois Natural Reserve is located at the North end of the Vosges massif. It protects a vast mountain area of 2,259 ha, culminating at the Ballon de Servance at 1,126 metres in altitude. Country paths take the nature lovers across a vast mosaic of rare species of trees and animals, like Tengmalm owls or wood grouses. 

Notre-Dame du Haut de Ronchamp chapel

Imagined and conceived by Le Corbusier, the chapel of Ronchamp is a unique building, remarkable by its shapes, proportions and play of light, which make it the emblematic site of the region. Le Corbusier was chosen by the population to rebuild their church, destroyed during WWII. It was not an easy choice: an agnostic, the famous architect had already had been in conflict with the Church for a previous project at la Sainte Baume near Marseille. But the local clergy and the population held to their decision and the church was completed in 1955.

Ronchamp mining museum

The museum, evoking two centuries of mining history in the region, opened its doors in 1976. At the height of its activity, the coalmines employed some 1,500 people and produced 200,000 tons of coal each year. The site closed in 1958. 

Plancher Bas church

It is dedicated to St Pancras and was built in 1488. A big fire destroyed it in 1771 but it was rebuilt the following year. The church has two 17th century altarpieces depicting the Virgin of the Rosary and St Pancras’ martyrdom. Two 18th centuries statues represent St Guerin and St Joachim.

In Champagney

House of Negritude

In 1789, Champagney had only 2,000 inhabitants, most of them poor, illiterate and remote from Africa as can be. Still they voted for the abolition of slavery in a plea addressed to King Louis XVI. To celebrate the decision, a House of Negritude devoted to the history of abolitionism has been created in town.

In Luxeuil-les-Bains

Thermal spa

The town takes its name from the hot and cold springs whose virtues have been known since antiquity. Combining the charms of an 18th cenury building to the most up-to-date techniques, the spa welcomes hundreds of patients affected with rheumatism.