La Petite-Raon

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La Petite-Raon
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La Petite-Raon is located in France
La Petite-Raon
La Petite-Raon
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Location within Lorraine region
La Petite-Raon is located in Lorraine
La Petite-Raon
La Petite-Raon
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Country France
Region Alsace-Champagne-Ardenne-Lorraine
Department Vosges
Arrondissement Saint-Dié-des-Vosges
Canton Senones
Intercommunality Association of Senones Country communes
Government
 • Mayor (2008–2014) Pierre Schoub
Area1 9.09 km2 (3.51 sq mi)
Population (2006)2 928
 • Density 100/km2 (260/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code 88346 / 88210
Elevation 345–800 m (1,132–2,625 ft)
(avg. 360 m or 1,180 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. 2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

La Petite-Raon is a commune in the Vosges department in Lorraine in northeastern France.

Inhabitants are called Petit-Raonnais.

Geography

La Petite-Raon nestles in the valley of the Rabodeau at the point where it is joined by the little Stream de la Rochère. The village is some 2 kilometres upstream of Senones on a small road that continues north-east and ultimately, road conditions permitting, crosses the Vosges Mountains into Alsace.

History

La Petite-Raon was a village in the old Duchy of Lorraine. In the late medieval period is was part of the County of Salm, but fetched up in Lorraine in 1600. When the principality of Salm-Salm was formed in 1751, La Petite-Raon was incorporated within it until 1792 when in the wake of the Revolution the village found itself in France, as a commune within the Canton of Senones.

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