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Gérardmer

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Country
  
France

Department
  
Vosges

Population (2014)
  
8,276

Local time
  
Sunday 8:48 PM

Region
  
Grand Est

Canton
  
Gérardmer

Area
  
54.78 km²

Arrondissement
  
Saint-Dié-des-Vosges

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Intercommunality
  
Lacs et des Hauts Rupts

Weather
  
7°C, Wind S at 5 km/h, 61% Humidity

Points of interest
  
La Mauselaine, Lac de Gérardmer, Casino JOA, GERARDMER Ski, Gérardmer

Gérardmer ([ʒeʁaʁme]; German: Gerdsee or archaic Geroldsee) is a commune in the Vosges department in Grand Est in northeastern France.

Contents

Map of 88400 G%C3%A9rardmer, France

Twin towns

  • Le Locle, Switzerland
  • Tidermène, Mali
  • Waremme, Belgium
  • Culture

    The Fantastic'Arts festival of horror and fantastic film (Festival du Film Fantastique) has been held in Gérardmer each year since 1994.

    Notable people

  • Maximilien Kelsch (1844-1906), industrialist and politician, born in Gérardmer
  • Paul Cuny (1872-1925), industrialist and politician, born in Gérardmer
  • Edward Gardère (1909-1997), fencer, born in Gérardmer
  • André Gardère (1913-1977), fencer, born in Gérardmer
  • Gilberte Cournand (1913-2005), journalist and dance critic, gallery owner and bookseller, born in Gérardmer
  • Claude Vanony (1935), storyteller and humorist, born in Gérardmer
  • Patrick Rémy (1965), cross-country skier, born in Gérardmer
  • Raphaël Dargent (1970), historian, essayist and writer, born in Gérardmer
  • Julien Bontemps (1979), sailor, learnt to sail in Gérardmer
  • Maxime Laheurte (1985), world nordic combined team champion (2012), born in Gérardmer
  • Émile Duguet, Righteous Among the Nations, concealed Jews at his home in Gérardmer
  • References

    Gérardmer Wikipedia