Senones, Vosges

Senones
Commune

View of the center of Senones

Coat of arms
Senones

Coordinates: 48°24′N 6°59′E / 48.40°N 6.98°E / 48.40; 6.98Coordinates: 48°24′N 6°59′E / 48.40°N 6.98°E / 48.40; 6.98
Country France
Region Grand Est
Department Vosges
Arrondissement Saint-Dié-des-Vosges
Canton Raon-l'Étape
Intercommunality CA Saint-Dié-des-Vosges
Government
  Mayor (2008–2014) Jean-Luc Bévérina
Area1 18.73 km2 (7.23 sq mi)
Population (2006)2 2,838
  Density 150/km2 (390/sq mi)
Time zone CET (UTC+1)
  Summer (DST) CEST (UTC+2)
INSEE/Postal code 88451 /88210
Elevation 328–722 m (1,076–2,369 ft)
(avg. 340 m or 1,120 ft)
Website www.senones.fr

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.

Senones is a commune in the Vosges department in Grand Est in northeastern France. The journalist and writer Pierre Humbourg (1901–1969), winner of the 1948 Prix Cazes, was born in Senones.

Until 1793, Senones was the capital of the Principality of Salm-Salm.

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