Gérardmer

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Gérardmer
Commune
Gérardmer and its lake
Coat of arms
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Coordinates: 48°05′N 6°53′E / 48.08°N 6.88°E / 48.08; 6.88Coordinates: 48°05′N 6°53′E / 48.08°N 6.88°E / 48.08; 6.88
Country	France
Region	Grand Est
Department	Vosges
Arrondissement	Saint-Dié-des-Vosges
Canton	Gérardmer
Intercommunality	CC Hautes Vosges
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Stessy Speissmann[1]
Area 1	54.78 km2 (21.15 sq mi)
Population  (Jan. 2018)[2]	7,802
• Density	140/km2 (370/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	88196 /88400
Elevation	584–1,125 m (1,916–3,691 ft) (avg. 670 m or 2,200 ft)
Website	mairie-gerardmer.fr
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Gérardmer (French pronunciation: [ʒeʁaʁme] (listen); German: Gerdsee or archaic Geroldsee, and Giraumoué in local Vosgian) is a commune in the Vosges department in Grand Est in northeastern France.

Twin towns[]

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

Culture[]

The Festival international du film fantastique de Gérardmer (literally Gérardmer International Festival of fantastic film, formerly named 'Fantastic'Arts' from 1994 to 2008) is an international festival of horror and fantastic films which has been held each year since 1994 in Gérardmer.

Notable people[]

• (1844–1906), industrialist and politician, born in Gérardmer
• (1872–1925), industrialist and politician, born in Gérardmer
• Edward Gardère (1909–1997), fencer, born in Gérardmer
• André Gardère (1913–1977), fencer, born in Gérardmer
• (1913–2005), journalist and dance critic, gallery owner and bookseller, born in Gérardmer
• (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,^[3] concealed Jews at his home in Gérardmer^[4]

See also[]

• Communes of the Vosges department

References[]

External links[]

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• Official website (in French)

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