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

La Petite-Raon
Commune
A general view of La Petite-Raon
Coat of arms
Location of La Petite-Raon
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Coordinates: 48°24′26″N 6°59′44″E
Country	France
Region	Grand Est
Department	Vosges
Arrondissement	Saint-Dié-des-Vosges
Canton	Raon-l'Étape
Intercommunality	CA Saint-Dié-des-Vosges
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Jean Rabolt[1]
Area 1	9.09 km2 (3.51 sq mi)
Population  (Jan. 2019)[2]	742
• Density	82/km2 (210/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
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.

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 it 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.

See also

• Communes of the Vosges department

References

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