Fraize

<h2 id="geography">Geography</h2>
<p>Fraize is a municipality in the <a href="/facts/Vosges/FUG7xABL">Vosges Mountains</a> located in the <a href="/facts/Ballons_des_Vosges_Nature_Park/EUA2lHCb">Ballons des Vosges Nature Park</a>,<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:1" href="#fn:1"><sup>1</sup></a> to the east of the department, between <a href="/facts/Saint-Di%25C3%25A9-des-Vosges/R5TuMYq8">Saint-Dié-des-Vosges</a> (11.8 km (7.3 mi)), <a href="/facts/G%25C3%25A9rardmer/txQMPTrU">Gérardmer</a> (15.3 km (9.5 mi)), and <a href="/facts/Colmar/nfsCFShd">Colmar</a> (28.9 km (18.0 mi)). The neighboring municipalities are <a href="/facts/Plainfaing/UHKSu6AM">Plainfaing</a>, <a href="/facts/Ban-sur-Meurthe-Clefcy/lsM9xrlM">Ban-sur-Meurthe-Clefcy</a>, <a href="/facts/Anould/jP1wPfRk">Anould</a>, <a href="/facts/Saint-L%25C3%25A9onard%2c_Vosges/D4K4wQTw">Saint-Léonard</a>, <a href="/facts/Mandray/06JlkqP4">Mandray</a>, and <a href="/facts/La_Croix-aux-Mines/xm80bXYI">La Croix-aux-Mines</a> in the Vosges, and <a href="/facts/Le_Bonhomme/yIjA2l1S">Le Bonhomme</a> in the <a href="/facts/Haut-Rhin/pVP5aPnS">Haut-Rhin</a>.
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<h2 id="population">Population</h2>
Historical population<table><tbody><tr><th>Year</th><th>Pop.</th><th>±% p.a.</th></tr><tr><th>1968 </th><td>3,486</td><td>—    </td></tr><tr><th>1975 </th><td>3,367</td><td>−0.49%</td></tr><tr><th>1982 </th><td>3,357</td><td>−0.04%</td></tr><tr><th>1990 </th><td>3,049</td><td>−1.20%</td></tr><tr><th>1999 </th><td>2,990</td><td>−0.22%</td></tr><tr><th>2007 </th><td>3,058</td><td>+0.28%</td></tr><tr><th>2012 </th><td>3,069</td><td>+0.07%</td></tr><tr><th>2017 </th><td>2,871</td><td>−1.32%</td></tr><tr><td colspan="3">Source: INSEE<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:2" href="#fn:2"><sup>2</sup></a></td></tr></tbody></table>
<h2 id="twin-communes">Twin communes</h2>
<p>Since 1998 <a href="/facts/Fierz%25C3%25AB%2c_Kuk%25C3%25ABs/9F7xNdD8">Fierzë</a>, <a href="/facts/Albania/8GP40BUD">Albania</a> is a twin commune of Fraize.
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<h2 id="see-also">See also</h2>
<ul><li><a href="/facts/Communes_of_the_Vosges_department/mPtKUfxo">Communes of the Vosges department</a></li></ul>

<h2 id="external-links">External links</h2>

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<ul><li><a href="https://www.fraize.eu/">Town website</a> (in French)</li></ul>

<h2 id="references">References</h2>

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<li id="fn:1"><p>"Le Parc en chiffres | PnrBV". Parc naturel régional des Ballons des Vosges. Retrieved 2024-10-28. <a href="https://www.parc-ballons-vosges.fr/comprendre/parc-naturel-regional-ballons-vosges/le-parc-en-chiffres/" target="_blank">https://www.parc-ballons-vosges.fr/comprendre/parc-naturel-regional-ballons-vosges/le-parc-en-chiffres/</a> <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
<li id="fn:2"><p>Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE <a href="https://www.insee.fr/fr/statistiques/4515315?geo=COM-88181#ancre-POP_T1" target="_blank">https://www.insee.fr/fr/statistiques/4515315?geo=COM-88181#ancre-POP_T1</a> <a href="#fnref:2" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
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