The Canton of Plombières-les-Bains is a French former administrative and electoral grouping of communes in the

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'' of eastern

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and in the

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. It was disbanded following the French canton reorganisation which came into effect in March 2015. It consisted of 4 communes, which joined the

canton of Le Val-d'Ajol The canton of Le Val-d'Ajol is an administrative division of the Vosges department, in northeastern France. It was created at the French canton reorganisation which came into effect in March 2015. Its seat is in Le Val-d'Ajol. It consists of the ...

in 2015.Décret n° 2014-268 du 27 février 2014 portant délimitation des cantons dans le département des Vosges
/ref> It had 7,080 inhabitants (2012).Populations légales 2012: 88 Vosges
INSEE One of 13 cantons in the

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, the Canton of Plombières-les-Bains had its administrative centre at

Plombières-les-Bains Plombières-les-Bains () is a commune in the Vosges department in Grand Est in eastern France. It was the seat of the former canton of Plombières-les-Bains. ''Les bains'' refers to the hot springs in the area, whose properties were first di ...

Composition

The Canton of Plombières-les-Bains comprised the following 4

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: * Bellefontaine * Girmont-Val-d'Ajol *

* Le Val-d'Ajol

References

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