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The Vosges is a department, or administrative region, located in eastern France. It is named after the Vosges Mountains and serves as one of France's local government divisions responsible for providing public services to its residents.
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- Instance of
- French legislative constituency
- Named after
- Vosges Mountains
- Official name
- Vosges
- Country
- France
- Contains
- Nonville
- Capital
- Épinal
- Population
- 357248
- Area
- 5874
- Time zone
- UTC+02:00
- Head of government
- Christian Poncelet
- Shares border with
- Territoire de Belfort
- Highest point
- Hohneck
- Followed by
- Unterelsaß
- Official website
- www.vosges.gouv.fr
- Image
- Chaume Ferchmuss et route des crêtes, vus du Rainkopf. 27-06-08.jpg
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- topic's main category
- Category:Vosges (department)
- Commons category
- Vosges (department)
- inception
- 1790-03-04
- Commons gallery
- Vosges
- category for people born here
- Category:Births in Vosges
- category for people who died here
- Category:Deaths in Vosges
- category of associated people
- Category:People from Vosges (department)
- described by source
- Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary
- replaced by
- Alsace–Lorraine
- annual number of weddings
- 1035
- native label
- Vosges
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Encyclopedic overview
Vosges ( French pronunciation: [voʒ] ) is a department in the Grand Est region of northeastern France. It covers part of the Vosges mountain range, after which it is named. Vosges consists of three arrondissements, 17 cantons, and 506 communes, including Domrémy-la-Pucelle, where Joan of Arc was born. In 2023, it had a population of 357,248 with an area of 5,874 km (2,268 sq mi); its prefecture is Épinal.
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