ONE DAY A STORY. Jean Viard, the man of the East

Even far away, its roots are in the East. Jean Viard maintains a very special link with Lorraine in general, and the Vosges in particular. In Metz, he was born in 1949 at the option of his father’s first obtaining a position as a teacher in Latin-Greek, after the aggregation. But it is in Gruey-lès-Surance, a small village south of Remiremont, that his village ancestors are found. “I go there regularly and I am able to surprise the inhabitants today with my historical knowledge of the village. Take a look at the identities of the graves in the cemetery: two thirds of Viard ”, smiles …

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