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The Germanic areas of the Vosges mountains are part of the Alemannic dialect region and cultural area and, in the north, also part of the Frankish dialect region and cultural area. The Romance-speaking areas are traditionally part of the Lorrain language region in the west and the Frainc-Comtou region in the south. For a long time the ...
The Vologne is a substantial river, as a result of its neighbours in the region of the Vosges Mountains.Its flow rate has been observed for a period of 40 years at Cheniménil, a locality in the Vosges department situated slightly before its confluence with the Moselle. [2]
The Northern Vosges Massif consists of a monoclinal tilted to the northeast and is mainly composed of Buntsandstein sandstone (colorful sandstone dating from 245 to 230 million years ago). [2] This sandstone is visible on the high points and takes the form of rugged rocks and stacks (a characteristic utilized in the construction of numerous ...
Sainte-Marie-aux-Mines is located in the massif of the Vosges Mountains, where it occupies the V-shaped valley of the Lièpvrette River.Nearby Lorraine is accessible by road over the Col de Sainte-Marie (772 metres; 2533') or the Tunnel Maurice-Lemaire (reopened, following a major upgrade, in October 2008).
The Mortagne (French: la Mortagne) is a 74.6-kilometre (46.4 mi) long river in the Vosges and Meurthe-et-Moselle départements, northeastern France. [1] Its source is at Saint-Léonard, 5 km (3.1 mi) west of the village, in the Vosges Mountains. It flows generally northwest.
The commune is positioned on undulating lower slopes of the Vosges Mountains. The settlements in the commune are dispersed across various hamlets that include l'Orme, le Bout du Dessus, le Bout du Milieu and le Bout du Dessous. The commune is crossed by the little River Mossoux, a tributary of the Mortagne which itself feeds into the Meurthe ...
The Belfort Gap (French: Trouée de Belfort) or Burgundian Gate (German: Burgundische Pforte) is the area of relatively flat terrain in France between the Vosges Mountains to the north and the Jura Mountains to the south, connecting Franche-Comté in the West and Alsace in the east.
[1] [2] Located in the Vosges mountains just west of Sélestat, situated in a strategic area on a rocky spur overlooking the Upper Rhine Plain, it was used by successive powers from the Middle Ages until the Thirty Years' War when it was abandoned. From 1900 to 1908 it was rebuilt at the behest of the German kaiser Wilhelm II. Today it is a ...