Darney, the name given for a time (1933-1941) in the Gemeinde-Kalender to the French Mennonite congregation living widely scattered in the region of which Épinal is the approximate center. Before 1933, and in the reissued Gemeinde-Kalender, the. name is given as the Vosges congregation. The history of this congregation is given in Christ Seul for August 1930, pp. 5-8. By the 1950s the congregation had become very small, 25-50 souls, and was meeting only once per month in the homes of the members.

Adapted by permission of Herald Press, Harrisonburg, Virginia, and Waterloo, Ontario, from Mennonite Encyclopedia, Vo. 2, p. 16. All rights reserved. For information on ordering the encyclopedia visit the Herald Press website.

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