vosges
The Vosges are a French department on the eastern side of mainland France, and a chain of old mountains in the same location.
The Moselle River has it's source in the Vosges Mountains in north east France.
The Vosges, the Jura and the Alps are three mountain ranges on the eastern side of mainland France: the Vosges sitting near the regions of Loraine and alsace, the Jura further south on the Swiss border, the Alps stretching from the Mediterranean sea, upwards along the Italian border, then turning into Switzerland and Austria.
Fault blocks are causes by stresses in the Earth's crust. Examples of fault block mountains are the Vosges Mountains and the Black Forest Mountains.
"Les Vosges" are used as a feminine ; ex: 'les Vosges sont belles en mai'
North-East has the Vosges mountains, which are fairly high, and the Jura, which are quite high; but SE has the Alps, which are the highest mountains in Europe.
There are more than 40 named mountains in the country of France. All of these belong to one of the Five Mountain Ranges of France. The ranges are the Massif Central, the Pyrenees, the Jura, the Alps, and the Vosges.
The Jura mountain range are located north of the French Alps, bordering Switzerland, and further north the Vosges (which are older and lower, but still categorized as mountains).
Thaon-les-Vosges's population is 8,257.
Battle of the Vosges happened on 1794-07-13.
Place des Vosges was created in 1612.