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Vosges

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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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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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