Vosges department
Vosges | |
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region | Grand Est |
prefecture | Epinal |
Sub-prefecture (s) |
Neufchâteau Saint-Dié-des-Vosges |
Residents | 367,673 (Jan. 1, 2017) |
Population density | 63 inhabitants per km² |
surface | 5,870.25 km² |
Arrondissements | 3 |
Community associations | 12 |
Cantons | 17th |
Communities | 507 |
President of the Department Council |
François Vannson ( UMP ) |
ISO-3166-2 code | FR-88 |
Location of the department of Vosges in the region Grand Est |
The Département Vosges [ voːʒ ] is the French department with the serial number 88. It is located in the east of the country in the Grand Est region and is named after the low mountain range Vosges (French: Vosges ). Its prefecture is in Épinal , sub-prefectures are Neufchâteau and Saint-Dié-des-Vosges .
geography
The department is formed by the departments of Meuse (Maas) and Meurthe-et-Moselle in the north, Bas-Rhin (Lower Rhine ) and Haut-Rhin (Upper Rhine ) in the east, Territoire de Belfort and Haute-Saône in the south and Haute-Marne in the west limited.
The name "Vosges" is derived from the low mountain range of the same name in this region, the Vosges . The Vosges, however, only occupy the eastern third of the department. You can see two quite different landscapes east and west of the Moselle . The west is characterized by hills covered with deciduous forest . The east is higher and shows granite and sandstone mountains covered with coniferous forest . The highest areas are part of the Ballons des Vosges Regional Nature Park .
The area of the department is divided into the catchment areas of four rivers:
- in the east, north and in the middle the catchment area of the Rhine over the Moselle and its tributaries
- in the south and southwest the catchment area of the Rhone over the Saône
- in the west and northwest the catchment area of the Meuse
- in the extreme northwest the catchment area of the Seine over the Ornain
As a result, several watersheds run in the department . The Canal des Vosges overcomes the Rhine-Rhône watershed; it connects the valleys of the Moselle and Saône and is part of a waterway from the North Sea to the Mediterranean.
history
The Vosges department in southern Lorraine was formed on March 4, 1790 during the French Revolution .
Originally it was divided into 9 districts with the capitals Épinal , Saint-Dié , Remiremont , Mirecourt , Neufchâteau , Bruyères , Darney , Rambervillers and Lamarche . Together these districts comprised 60 cantons.
In 1793, the Principality of Salm , an enclave with the capital Senones (Eng. Sens), decided to join France after its princes had left it as a result of the Revolution. In 1795, the Schirmeck region , previously part of the Bas-Rhin department , was added.
On February 17, 1800, five arrondissements were created: Épinal, Mirecourt, Neufchâteau, Remiremont and Saint-Dié.
In 1871, a small part of the department passed to the German Empire through the Peace of Frankfurt : the canton Schirmeck and half of the canton Saales , which have since belonged to Alsace . The communes of the canton Saales that remained French formed a new canton with the capital Provenchères-sur-Fave . The territories "lost" in this way were returned to France by the Treaty of Versailles in 1919, but remained assigned to the Alsatian department of Bas-Rhin.
On September 10, 1926, the administration of the departments in France was newly regulated. A total of 106 arrondissements were dissolved, including two in the Vosges department: Mirecourt and Remiremont. The corresponding cantons were assigned to the Arrondissement Épinal, with the exception of the cantons Mirecourt and Vittel , which came to the Arrondissement Neufchâteau.
From 1960 to 2015 the department was part of the Lorraine region , which in 2016 became part of the Grand Est region.
Cities
The most populous municipalities in the Vosges department are:
city | Population (2017) |
Arrondissement |
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Epinal | 31,740 | Epinal |
Saint-Dié-des-Vosges | 19,607 | Saint-Dié-des-Vosges |
Thaon-les-Vosges | 8,862 | Epinal |
Golbey | 8,623 | |
Gerardmer | 7,967 | Saint-Dié-des-Vosges |
Remiremont | 7,714 | Epinal |
Neufchâteau | 6,664 | Neufchâteau |
Raon-l'Étape | 6,388 | Saint-Dié-des-Vosges |
Rambervillers | 5,170 | Epinal |
Mirecourt | 5,246 | Neufchâteau |
Administrative division
In 1793 the territory of the Principality of Salm-Salm was annexed to France, for whose administration a new district was set up in Senones, which was assigned to the Département Vosges. In the constitutional reform carried out shortly afterwards (1795), the districts were dissolved. The now 68 cantons were directly subordinate to the prefecture; the cantons were distributed among the later arrondissements as follows: Épinal (14 cantons), Mirecourt (12), Neufchâteau (17), Remiremont (6) and Saint-Dié (19).
In the reorganization of the administration decreed by Napoleon in the year IX (1800), the number of cantons was reduced to less than half. From now on the classification was:
- Arrondissement Épinal with 6 cantons:
Bains (12 communes), Bruyères, Châtel, Épinal, Rambervillers and Xertigny (8); - Arrondissement Neufchâteau with 5 cantons:
Bulgnéville, Châtenois, Coussey, Lamarche and Neufchâteau; -
Arrondissement Mirecourt with 7 cantons:
Bains-les-Bains, Charmes, Darney, Dompaire, Mirecourt, Monthureux-sur-Saône (12) and Vittel; - Arrondissement St. Dié with 9 cantons:
Brouvelieures (10), Corcieux, St. Dié, Fraize, Gérardmer, Raon-l'Étape, Saales, Schirmeck and Senones; -
Arrondissement Remiremont with 4 cantons:
Plombières (5), Ramonchamp, Remiremont and Saulxures (10).
In 1871, the canton Schirmeck and half of the canton Saales were lost to the German Empire. The canton of Provenchères-sur-Fave in the Arrondissement of St. Dié was formed from the remainder of the canton of Saales that remained with France . The return of Alsace-Lorraine to France in 1919 did not change the administrative structure of this department.
The greatest change after 125 years was brought about by the law of September 10, 1926, in which every third arrondissement of mainland France was repealed and the associated cantons were assigned to other arrondissements; this law also resulted in the abolition of the arrondissements of Mirecourt and Remiremont. Subsequently, the cantons of Mirecourt and Vittel came to the Arrondissement Neufchâteau, the other 8 cantons were assigned to Épinal. On January 15, 1982, the canton of St. Dié was divided: The two cantons of Saint-Dié-Est (since 1999 Saint-Dié-des-Vosges-Est) and Saint-Dié-Ouest (since 1999 Saint-Dié-des -Vosges-Ouest).
The department is divided into 3 arrondissements , 17 cantons and 507 communes :
Arrondissement | Cantons | Communities | Residents January 1, 2017 |
Area km² |
Density of population / km² |
Code INSEE |
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Epinal | 15th | 236 | 203,481 | 2,594.65 | 78 | 881 |
Neufchâteau (France) | 5 | 175 | 53,271 | 1,817.42 | 29 | 882 |
Saint-Dié-des-Vosges | 7th | 96 | 110,921 | 1,458.18 | 76 | 883 |
Vosges department | 17th | 507 | 367.673 | 5,870.25 | 63 | 88 |
See also
- List of communes in the Vosges department
- List of cantons in the Vosges department
- List of associations of municipalities in the Vosges department
Web links
- Vosges department (French)
- Prefecture of the Vosges department (French)
- Literature on the Département Vosges in the catalog of the German National Library
- Parc naturel regional des Ballons des Vosges (French)
Individual evidence
- ↑ elections2015.vosges.fr ( Memento of the original from March 4, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. accessed on May 1, 2015
Coordinates: 48 ° 10 ' N , 6 ° 27' E