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The department of the the Vosges ( 88 ) belonged to the Lorraine area . Its name comes from the massive of the Vosges which occupies most of its territory.

History

Occupying the south of the Lorraine province of and some communes of Champagne and Franche-Comté, the department of the Vosges was one of the 83 departments created with the French revolution the March 4th 1790, pursuant to the law of the December 22nd 1789.

In 1793, the Principality of Salm, centered foreign enclave with Senones, chose its fastening in France after the departure of its princes. In 1795, the area of Schirmeck, initially included in the the Low-Rhine, was attached to the Vosges.

In 1871, by the Treated of Frankfurt, the Germany annexed a small portion of the Vosges: the canton of Schirmeck and the half of the canton of Saales, which make since part of the Alsace. The communes of the canton of Saales remained French formed a new canton, with Provenchères-on-Fave like chief town. The territories thus lost were returned to France by the Traité of Versailles in 1919, but remained Alsatian, attached to the the Low-Rhine.

Leitartikel: History of the Vosges

Geography

The department of the Vosges belongs to the area Lorraine, it is surrounded by the departments of the Meuse and Meurthe-et-Moselle in the north which it crosses with the Site of the 3 terminals, of the the Low-Rhine and the Haut-Rhin in the east, the Territoire of Belfort and the Haute-Saône in the south, and of the Haute-Marne in the west.

The department with the characteristic to be with horse on three river basins: that of the the Rhine with the the Moselle and its affluents, of which the Vologne and the Meurthe, that of the the Rhone by the the Saone, and that of the Meuse which drains the extreme-west where it receives the Vair.

One can distinguish two disparate halves on both sides of Épinal. The west of the department, including/understanding the Vôge and the Xaintois, is an area of hills with a cover of leafy trees. Is, sometimes granitic, sometimes sandy, more is raised and covered with forests of coniferous tree. The highest part is included in the regional park of the Balloons.

Leitartikel: Geography of the Vosges

Climate

See also: Climate of the Vosges

Economy

See also: Economy of the Vosges

Demography

The inhabitants are the Vosgiens .

The Vosges are an area of medium mountains, where the population concentrated along the valleys. Thanks to an important industrial development (forestry development and derived industries), the cities are numerous, but of rather low size. Only the agglomeration of Épinal exceeds 50.000 inhabitants, and only the other important city is the Saint-Dié-of-Vosges. The other cities are either of the isolated centers (Neufchâteau, Mirecourt, Rambervillers), or of the agglomerations which are stretched in length at the bottom of a valley (Remiremont, the Bresse, Thillot, Gérardmer, Moyenmoutier…)

The population of the department remained very a long time stable. The reduction in the agricultural activity being compensated by the increase in the industrial activity, the department passed from 397  987 inhabitants in 1831 with 433  914 in 1911, progressing slowly but rather regularly. Fallen with 383  684 inhabitants in 1921, the population will be maintained then, culminating with 397  957 in 1975. Since this date, local industries underwent the crisis, and the population decreased regularly.

Leitartikel: Demography of the Vosges

Culture

Leitartikel: Culture in the Vosges

Tourism

Leitartikel: Tourism in the Vosges

Policy

Leitartikel: Political of the Vosges

  • List of the deputies of the Vosges

  • List of the senators of the Vosges
  • List of the general advisers of the Vosges
  • General advice of the Vosges

Administration

Leitartikel: Administration of the Vosges

Personalities born in the Vosges

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