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Épinal (French pronunciation: ⓘ; German: Spinneln; Latin: Spinalium) is a commune in northeastern France and the prefecture of the Vosges department. [ 4 ] Geography
The arrondissement of Épinal is an arrondissement of France in the Vosges department in the Grand Est region. It has 140 communes. [2] Its population is 187,993 (2021), and its area is 2,209.7 km 2 (853.2 sq mi). [3]
Epinal American Cemetery is located approximately 4 miles (7 km) southeast of Épinal , France, on road D-157, in the village of Dinozé-Le Quéquement. It can be reached by automobile from Paris (231 miles) in about 5 hours via toll autoroute A-4 , eastward to the Nancy exit, then highway N-57 or about 4 hours via toll autoroute A-5 to ...
Various military cemeteries are located in the department, the largest of which is the Epinal American Cemetery and Memorial in Dinozé, near Épinal. It was built by the American 45th Infantry Division in September 1944 and completed in 1959. 5,253 soldiers killed in action during fighting in France, the Vosges, the Rhine valley and Germany ...
Annales de la Société d'Émulation des Vosges, Epinal, from 1826. Bulletin de la Société Philomatique Vosgienne, Saint-Dié, from 1875 to 1999 (nowadays Mémoire des Vosges Histoire Société Coutumes) Publications of the Société d'Histoire et d'Archéologie lorraine, Metz (from 1890, nowadays Les Cahiers Lorrains, trimestrial review).
Located 6 kilometres (3.7 mi) northwest of Épinal, the Fort d'Uxegney is part of a 43-kilometre (27 mi) line of sixteen major fortifications designed to bar the advance of a German army into France. It retains a functioning example of an eclipsing Galopin turret. Armed with a 155mm gun, the assembly weighs 250 tons and was installed in 1907.
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The Communauté d'agglomération d'Épinal is an administrative association of communes in the Vosges department of eastern France.It was created on 1 January 2013 by the merger of the former Communauté d'agglomération d'Épinal-Golbey, Communauté de communes CAPAVENIR, Communauté de communes du Pays d'Olima et du Val d'Avière, Communauté de communes Est-Épinal Développement and 11 ...