Association of Bulgnéville communes between Xaintois and Bassigny

The Association of Bulgnéville communes between Xaintois and Bassigny (French: Communauté de communes de Bulgnéville entre Xaintois et Bassigny) is a French administrative association of communes in the Vosges département of eastern France and in the region of Lorraine.

The full name of the association includes the name Xaintois, an alternative spelling for the district currently more normally names Saintois. The name of Bassigny refers to a fertile area which seems to have been valued as far back as the Roman period. The current territorial extent of these districts is indeterminate.

The modern association of these communes has its administrative offices at the small town of Bulgnéville

Composition

The association comprises 24 rural communes located in the Vosges département of France as follows:

The area covered by the association is similar but not identical to the area covered by the Canton of Bulgnéville. Eighteen of the twenty-four communes listed here are included in both.

Sources and further reading

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