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Location within Lorraine region
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Country | France |
Region | Lorraine |
Department | Vosges |
Arrondissement | Saint-Dié-des-Vosges |
Canton | Gérardmer |
Intercommunality | Lacs et des Hauts Rupts |
Mayor | Jean-Paul Lambert |
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Elevation | 584–1,125 m (1,916–3,691 ft) (avg. 670 m/2,200 ft) |
Land area1 | 54.78 km2 (21.15 sq mi) |
Population2 | 9,379 (2006) |
- Density | 171 /km2 (440 /sq mi) |
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 without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once. |
Gérardmer (French pronunciation: [ʒeʁaʁme]; German: Gerdsee or archaic Geroldsee) is a commune in the Vosges department in Lorraine in northeastern France.
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It is twinned with Le Locle, Switzerland.
The Fantastic'Arts festival of horror and fantastic film (Festival du Film Fantastique) has been held in Gérardmer each year since 1994.