Vosges
The Vosges ( , ; ; Franconian and ) is a range of medium mountains in Eastern France, near its border with Germany. Together with the Palatine Forest to the north on the German side of the border, they form a single geomorphological unit and ...
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département
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'' of eastern
France
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and in the
region
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of
Lorraine
Lorraine, also , ; ; Lorrain: ''Louréne''; Lorraine Franconian: ''Lottringe''; ; ; is a cultural and historical region in Eastern France, now located in the administrative region of Grand Est. Its name stems from the medieval kingdom of ...
Provenchères-sur-Fave
Provenchères-sur-Fave (, literally ''Provenchères on Fave'') 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.communes
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* Commune (administrative division), a municipality or township
** Communes of ...
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Le Beulay
Le Beulay () 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 506 communes of the Vosges department of France.
Intercommunalities
The c ...
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Colroy-la-Grande
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.La Grande-Fosse
La Grande-Fosse () is a commune in the Vosges department in Grand Est in northeastern France
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La Petite-Fosse
La Petite-Fosse () is a commune in the Vosges department in Grand Est in northeastern France
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Provenchères-sur-Fave
Provenchères-sur-Fave (, literally ''Provenchères on Fave'') 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.Canton of Saales. Following the
Franco-Prussian War
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, however, in
1871
Events January–March
* January 3 – Franco-Prussian War: Battle of Bapaume – Prussians win a strategic victory.
* January 18 – Proclamation of the German Empire: The member states of the North German Confederation and the sout ...
, the Canton of Saales was partitioned between
France
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and
Germany
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. The part remaining in France became the new canton of Provenchères-sur-Fave.Historique des Vosges Site sur la Population et les Limites Administratives de la France In
1919
Events
January
* January 1
** The Czechoslovak Legions occupy much of the self-proclaimed "free city" of Pressburg (later Bratislava), enforcing its incorporation into the new republic of Czechoslovakia.
** HMY ''Iolaire'' sinks off th ...
the formerly German portion of the original Canton of Saales was returned to France, but the decision was taken not to redraw the departmental frontiers more than necessary, so that now the Canton of Saales is in the
region
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of
Alsace
Alsace (, ; ) is a cultural region and a territorial collectivity in the Grand Est administrative region of northeastern France, on the west bank of the upper Rhine, next to Germany and Switzerland. In January 2021, it had a population of 1,9 ...
, leaving the canton of Provenchères-sur-Fave in
region
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of
Lorraine
Lorraine, also , ; ; Lorrain: ''Louréne''; Lorraine Franconian: ''Lottringe''; ; ; is a cultural and historical region in Eastern France, now located in the administrative region of Grand Est. Its name stems from the medieval kingdom of ...