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==History==
==History==
The department of the Vosges is one of the 83 departments created during the French Revolution on March 4, 1790.  In 1871, following the Treaty of Frankfurt, an agreement annexed to Germany eighteen communes of the Vosges. These were returned to France by the Treaty of Versailles in 1919, and placed in the Bas-Rhin department.  Bordering departments are Bas-Rhin, Haut-Rhin, Haute-Saône, Haute-Marne, Meuse, and Meurthe-et-Moselle.  [https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vosges_(d%C3%A9partement) (French Wikipedia)]
The department of the Vosges is one of the 83 departments created during the French Revolution on March 4, 1790.  In 1871, following the Treaty of Frankfurt, an agreement annexed to Germany eighteen communes of the Vosges. These were returned to France by the Treaty of Versailles in 1919, and placed in the Bas-Rhin department.  Bordering departments are Bas-Rhin, Haut-Rhin, Haute-Saône, Haute-Marne, Meuse, and Meurthe-et-Moselle.  [https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vosges_(d%C3%A9partement) (Wikipedia)]


==Localities (Communes)==
==Localities (Communes)==
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