Gérardmer

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Coordinates: 48°04′23″N 6°52′46″E / 48.0730555556, 6.87944444444

Commune of Gérardmer

Gérardmer and its lake

Location
Gérardmer (France)
Gérardmer
Administration
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)
Miscellaneous
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.
France

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.

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