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 Domrémy-la-Pucelle
Domrémy-la-Pucelle (French pronunciation: [dɔ̃ʁemi la pysɛl] , lit. 'Domrémy [of] the Maid') is a commune in the Vosges department in Grand Est in northeastern France.
The village, originally named Domrémy, is the birthplace of Joan of Arc. It has since been renamed Domrémy-la-Pucelle after Joan's nickname, la Pucelle d'Orléans ("the Maid of Orléans").
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Saint-Dié-des-Vosges (French pronunciation: [sɛ̃ dje de voʒ] ; German: Sankt Didel, before 1999: Saint-Dié) is a commune in the Vosges department, Grand Est, northeastern France.
It is a sub-prefecture of the department.
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