Senones, Commune in the Vosges department, Grand Est region, France.
Senones sits at an elevation of 498 meters in the Vosges Mountains, surrounded by dense forests and crossed by the Rabodeau valley, creating the mountainous landscapes characteristic of this northeastern French region.
Former capital of the Salm-Salm principality founded in 640 around the Benedictine abbey of Saint-Pierre, Senones was a micro-state of the Holy Roman Empire before its annexation to France in 1793 during the French Revolution.
The commune houses two 18th-century castles of the Salm princes, the 12th-century Saint-Gondelbert abbey church listed as a historic monument, and maintains artisan traditions inherited from its textile industrial past.
The town hall located at 7 rue Constant-Verlot welcomes the public Monday through Friday from 8:30 am to 12:00 pm and 1:30 pm to 5:00 pm, providing all municipal administrative services to residents and visitors.
Senones houses the Battery Museum, the world's only museum dedicated to the history of electric batteries, installed in a former building of this former princely capital with multiple historical facets.
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