Vosges (French pronunciation: [voʒ] ) is a department in the Grand Est region, Northeastern France. It covers part of the Vosges mountain range, after which it is named. Vosges consists of three arrondissements, 17 cantons and 507 communes, including Domrémy-la-Pucelle, where Joan of Arc was born. In 2019, it had a population of 364,499 with an area of 5,874 km (2,268 sq mi); its prefecture is Épinal.
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👉 Vosges (department) in the context of Lorraine (region)
Lorraine is a historical area of Eastern France that today falls within the administrative region of Grand Est. It was the medieval kingdom called Lotharingia (855–959 AD), after Emperor Lothair I or King Lothair II, which extended further north and came to be ruled by the Holy Roman Empire as the Duchy of Lorraine, before the Kingdom of France annexed it in 1766.
From 1982 until January 2016, Lorraine was an administrative region of France. In 2016, under a reorganisation, it became part of the new region Grand Est. As a region in modern France, Lorraine consisted of the four departments Meurthe-et-Moselle, Meuse, Moselle and Vosges (from a historical point of view the Haute-Marne department is also located in the region), containing 2,337 communes. Metz is the regional prefecture. The largest metropolitan area of Lorraine is Nancy, which was the seat of the duchy for centuries.
In this Dossier
- ⭐ Core Definition: Vosges (department)
- 👉 Vosges (department) in the context of Lorraine (region)
- Vosges (department) in the context of Greater Region
- Vosges (department) in the context of Meurthe-et-Moselle
- Vosges (department) in the context of Meuse (department)
- Vosges (department) in the context of Cleurie
- Vosges (department) in the context of Saône
- Vosges (department) in the context of Arrondissements of the Vosges department
- Vosges (department) in the context of Cantons of the Vosges department
Vosges (department) in the context of Greater Region
The Greater Region (German: Großregion [ˈɡʁoːsʁeˌɡioːn]; French: Grande Région [ɡʁɑ̃d ʁeʒjɔ̃]; Luxembourgish: Groussregioun), formerly also known as SaarLorLux, is a euroregion of eleven regional authorities located in four European states. The term has also been applied to cooperations of several of these authorities or of their subdivisions, administrations, organisations, clubs and people. Member regions represent different political structures: Wallonia, comprising the French and German-speaking Communities of Belgium; the former Lorraine part of the French Grand Est region, including the departments Meurthe-et-Moselle, Meuse, Moselle and Vosges; the German federated states of Rhineland-Palatinate and Saarland; and the sovereign state of Luxembourg.
Vosges (department) in the context of Meurthe-et-Moselle
Meurthe-et-Moselle (French pronunciation: [mœʁt e mɔzɛl] , lit. 'Meurthe and Moselle') is a department in the Grand Est region of France, named after the rivers Meurthe and Moselle. Its prefecture and largest city is Nancy and it borders the departments of Meuse to the west, Vosges to the south, Moselle and Bas-Rhin and it borders the Belgian province of Luxembourg and the country of Luxembourg by the canton of Esch-sur-Alzette to the north. It had a population of 733,760 in 2019.
Vosges (department) in the context of Meuse (department)
Meuse (French pronunciation: [møz] ) is a department in northeast France, named after the River Meuse. Meuse is part of the current region of Grand Est and is landlocked and borders by the French departments of Ardennes, Marne, Haute-Marne, Vosges, Meurthe-et-Moselle, and Belgium to the north. Parts of Meuse belong to Parc naturel régional de Lorraine. It had a population of 184,083 in 2019. Front lines in trench warfare during World War I ran varying courses through the department and it hosted an important battle/offensive in 1916 in and around Verdun.
Vosges (department) in the context of Cleurie
Cleurie (French pronunciation: [klœʁi] ) is a commune in the Vosges department in Grand Est in northeastern France.
Vosges (department) in the context of Saône
The Saône (/soʊn/ SOHN, French: [son]; Arpitan: Sona; Latin: Arar) is a river in eastern France (modern region of Bourgogne-Franche-Comté). It is a right tributary of the Rhône, rising at Vioménil in the Vosges department and joining the Rhône in Lyon, at the southern end of the Presqu'île.
Vosges (department) in the context of Arrondissements of the Vosges department
The 3 arrondissements of the Vosges department are:
- Arrondissement of Épinal, (prefecture of the Vosges department: Épinal) with 140 communes. The population of the arrondissement was 187,993 in 2021.
- Arrondissement of Neufchâteau, (subprefecture: Neufchâteau) with 251 communes. The population of the arrondissement was 70,442 in 2021.
- Arrondissement of Saint-Dié-des-Vosges, (subprefecture: Saint-Dié-des-Vosges) with 116 communes. The population of the arrondissement was 102,238 in 2021.
Vosges (department) in the context of Cantons of the Vosges department
The following is a list of the 17 cantons of the Vosges department, in France, following the French canton reorganisation which came into effect in March 2015: