Vittel

Vittel
Vittel
Commune
	General view of the town
	Coat of arms
	Location of Vittel
	Vittel Vittel
	Coordinates: 48°12′09″N 5°57′01″E / 48.2025°N 5.9503°E
Country	France
Region	Grand Est
Department	Vosges
Arrondissement	Neufchâteau
Canton	Vittel
Intercommunality	Terre d'eau
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Franck Perry
Area 1	24.13 km2 (9.32 sq mi)
Population (2022)	4,766
• Density	200/km2 (510/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	88516 /88800
Elevation	322–457 m (1,056–1,499 ft) ; (avg. 335 m or 1,099 ft)
	1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Vittel (French pronunciation: [vitɛl] ^ⓘ; archaic German: Wittel) is a commune in the Vosges department in Grand Est in northeastern France.

Mineral water is bottled and sold here by Nestlé Waters France, under the Vittel brand. A series of negotiations involving Nestlé, local agricultural smallholders, and the French national agricultural research institute to protect groundwater quality from nonpoint source pollution yielded a unique arrangement that is often cited as a case study in payment for ecosystem services based on Coasean bargaining.^[3]^[4]

^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.
^ "Populations de référence 2022" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 19 December 2024.
^ Bingham, LR (2021). "Vittel as a model case in PES discourse: Review and critical perspective". Ecosystem Services. 48 (101247). doi:10.1016/j.ecoser.2021.101247. Retrieved 26 Feb 2024.
^ Perrot-Maitre, Daniele (2006). "The Vittel payments for ecosystem services: a "perfect" PES case?". International Institute for Environment and Development. Retrieved 26 February 2024.