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Colroy-la-Grande
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Colroy-la-Grande () is a former commune in the Vosges department in northeastern France. On 1 January 2016, it was merged into the new commune Provenchères-et-Colroy.
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Colroy-la-Grande was a commune in the Vosges department of France, situated within the Grand Est region. It lay in the arrondissement of Saint-Dié-des-Vosges and the canton of Provenchères-sur-Fave. The area had an elevation of 790 meters above sea level and covered 11.86 square kilometers. Its official names included Colroy-la-Grande, La Grande-Fave, and La Rochette.
The commune bordered Lubine, Lusse, Provenchères-et-Colroy, and Saales. It was associated with the electoral district of the canton of Saint-Dié-des-Vosges-2. Colroy-la-Grande received the Croix de guerre 1914–1918. With a population of 680, it was dissolved on December 31, 2015, and replaced by Provenchères-et-Colroy.
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It is catalogued under the topic Former communes of Vosges (department).
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Place details
- Locality
- Provenchères-et-Colroy
- Region
- Grand Est
- Country
- France
- Population
- 616
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Key facts
- French commune.name
- Colroy-la-Grande
- French commune.image coat of arms
- Blason Colroy la Grande.svg
- French commune.image
- Colroy-la-Grande 88490.jpg
- French commune.arrondissement
- Saint-Dié-des-Vosges
- French commune.canton
- Saint-Dié-des-Vosges-2
- French commune.INSEE
- 88112
- French commune.postal code
- 88490
- French commune.commune
- Provenchères-et-Colroy
- French commune.elevation m
- 453
- French commune.elevation min m
- 408
- French commune.elevation max m
- 790
- French commune.area km2
- 11.86
- French commune.population
- 479
- French commune.population date
- 2022
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- delegated commune
- Official name
- La Rochette
- Country
- France
- Located in
- arrondissement of Saint-Dié-des-Vosges
- Population
- 513
- Area
- 11.86
- Elevation
- 790
- Time zone
- UTC+02:00
- Shares border with
- La Grande-Fosse
- Image
- Colroy-la-Grande 88490.jpg
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- Commons category
- Colroy-la-Grande
- replaced by
- Provenchères-et-Colroy
- dissolved, abolished or demolished date
- 2015-12-31
- postal code
- 88490
- associated electoral district
- canton of Saint-Dié-des-Vosges-2
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Colroy-la-Grande () is a former commune in the Vosges department in northeastern France. On 1 January 2016, it was merged into the new commune Provenchères-et-Colroy.
==See also== Communes of the Vosges department
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Colroy-la-Grande” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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