The Vosges (/ v oʊ ʒ / VOHZH, French: (); German: Vogesen [voˈɡeːzn̩] (); Franconian and Alemannic German: Vogese) are a range of low 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 low mountain range of around 8,000 km 2 (3,100 sq …

The diocese of Saint-Dié was created in 1777, but suppressed by the Concordat of 1801.It was restored in 1822 as a suffragan of the Diocese of Besançon covering the department of the Vosges, of which 18 parishes were transferred to the Diocese of Strasbourg in 1871.. The diocese of Saint-Dié originated in the celebrated abbey, initially named "Galilée", and was established by …

Description. Vosges' 2nd Constituency consists of the north-eastern corner of Vosges and includes the town of Saint-Dié-des-Vosges as well the surrounding countryside and small villages.. The constituency has historically been a marginal one with the Socialist Party winning in 1978, 1981 and 1997. The constituency, has however, now been represented by the conservative …

Aurillac is at 600 m (2,000 ft) above sea level and located at the foot of the Cantal mountains in a small Sedimentary basin.The city is built on the banks of the Jordanne, a tributary of the Cère.It is 558 km (347 mi) south of Paris and 223 km (139 mi) north of Toulouse.Aurillac was part of a former Auvergne province called Haute-Auvergne and is only 20 km (12 mi) away from the …

The Cross of Lorraine is an emblem of Lorraine in eastern France. Between 1871 and 1918 (and again between 1940 and 1944), the north-eastern quarter of Lorraine (the Moselle department) was annexed to Germany, along with Alsace.During that period the Cross served as a rallying point for French ambitions to recover its lost provinces.

Martinique (/ ˌ m ɑːr t ɪ ˈ n iː k / MAR-tin-EEK, French: (); Martinican Creole: Matinik or Matnik; Kalinago: Madinina or Madiana) is an island and an overseas department/region and single territorial collectivity of France. An integral part of the French Republic, Martinique is located in the Lesser Antilles of the West Indies in the eastern Caribbean Sea.It has a land area of 1,128 …

Pyrénées-Orientales has an area of 4,115 km 2 and a population of 481,000, of whom about a quarter live in the capital, Perpignan.Other towns with more than 10,000 inhabitants include Canet-en-Roussillon, Saint-Estève, Saint-Cyprien and Argelès-sur-Mer.They are followed in decreasing order by Cabestany, Saint-Laurent-de-la-Salanque, Rivesaltes, Céret, Elne, Pia, Thuir, Bompas, Le …

The present department consists of the historical region of Léon and parts of Cornouaille and Trégor, both parts of pre-revolutionary Brittany.. The name Finistère derives from the Latin Finis Terræ, meaning end of the earth. In England, a similar area is called Land's End.The Breton name for Finistère, Penn ar Bed, translates as "Head/End of the World" and is similar to the Cornish …

Dijon (UK: / ˈ d iː ʒ ɒ̃ /, US: / d iː ˈ ʒ oʊ n /, French: ()) is the prefecture of the Côte-d'Or department and of the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region in Northeastern France. As of 2017 the commune had a population of 156,920.. The earliest archaeological finds within the city limits of Dijon date to the Neolithic period.Dijon later became a Roman settlement named Divio, located on ...

Administration. Pontoise is the official préfecture (capital) of the Val-d'Oise département, although in reality the préfecture building and administration, as well as the department council (conseil général), are located in the neighboring commune of Cergy, which is regarded as the de facto capital of Val-d'Oise.. Pontoise is also the seat of the Arrondissement of Pontoise.