Gérardmer
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Commune of Gérardmer |
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| Administration | |
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| Country | France |
| Region | Lorraine |
| Department | Vosges |
| Arrondissement | Saint-Dié-des-Vosges |
| Canton | Gérardmer |
| Intercommunality | Communauté de communes des Lacs et des Hauts Rupts |
| Mayor | Jean-Paul Lambert |
| Statistics | |
| Elevation | 584 m–1,125 m (avg. 670 m) |
| Land area¹ | 54.78 km² |
| Population² (1999) |
8,845 |
| - Density | 161/km² (1999) |
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| INSEE/Postal code | 88196/ 88400 |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
| 2 Population sans doubles comptes: residents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel) only counted once. | |
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Gérardmer (IPA: [ʒeʁaʁme]; German: Gerdsee or archaic Geroldsee) is a town and commune in the Vosges département, Lorraine région in northeastern France.
It is twinned with Le Locle, Switzerland.
[edit] Culture
The Fantastic'Arts festival of horror and fantastic film (Festival du Film Fantastique) is held in Gérardmer each year since 1994.
[edit] External links
- Official site (French)
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