Collier's New Encyclopedia (1921)/Vosges
VOSGES, a department in the E. of
France; bounded N. by Meurthe-et-Moselle
and Meuse, W. by Haute-Marne,
S. by Haute-Saône, and E. by Elsass;
area 2,303 square miles; pop. about
430,000. The surface is covered in the
E. by the wooded summits of the Vosges
Mountains, and in the W. consists of
fertile undulating plains. It is watered by
the Moselle, with its affluents the
Moselotte, Vologne, Madon, and Meurthe; the
Meuse with the Mouzon and the Vaire;
and the Saône with its affluent the Coney.
The industries include silk and wool
spinning and weaving, embroidery and
lace-making, bleaching and dyeing, and
the manufacture of glass, pottery, paper,
beet sugar, beer, leather, and machinery.
The capital of the department is Epinal.
The Vosges was the scene of the earliest
fighting in France during the World
War. See .

Vosges