Raves () is a
commune in the
Vosges department
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Government and military
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in
Grand Est in northeastern
France.
History
The earliest surviving record of the village comes from a document of 1329 in which it is called Rayves.
Raves during the
ancien regime
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* the French word for "ancient, old"
** Société des anciens textes français
* the French for "former, senior"
** Virelai ancien
** Ancien Régime
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period fell under the
bailiwick
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of
Saint-Dié. There is a small chapel in the village dedicated to St Stephen, but there is no church: for
Mass, the commune shares the church at
Bertrimoutier
Bertrimoutier () is a commune in the Vosges department in Grand Est in northeastern France.
See also
*Communes of the Vosges department
The following is a list of the 507 communes of the Vosges department of France.
The communes cooperate in ...
. The presbytery and the cemetery are shared in the same way as, until the end of the nineteenth century, was the school.
Under the administrative settlement established after the
French Revolution, the commune came under the canton of
Bertrimoutier
Bertrimoutier () is a commune in the Vosges department in Grand Est in northeastern France.
See also
*Communes of the Vosges department
The following is a list of the 507 communes of the Vosges department of France.
The communes cooperate in ...
. The present administrative framework is based on the one established some ten years later under
Napoleon I
Napoleon Bonaparte ; it, Napoleone Bonaparte, ; co, Napulione Buonaparte. (born Napoleone Buonaparte; 15 August 1769 – 5 May 1821), later known by his regnal name Napoleon I, was a French military commander and political leader who ...
.
See also
*
Communes of the Vosges department
References
Communes of Vosges (department)
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