Federation of Learned Societies of the Vosges

The Fédération des Sociétés Savantes des Vosges (F.S.S.V.) is a French association created in 1983 under the French law of 1901 on non-profit associations. Its purpose is to bring together the learned societies (sociétés savantes) of the Vosges department, a group of more than thirty associations dedicated to studying and promoting the history and heritage of the Vosges. The federation works with two associated institutions, the Archives départementales des Vosges and Université Nancy-II. The F.S.S.V. is best known for coordinating the Journées d'études vosgiennes (J.E.V.), a series of study days first organized in 1975 in Épinal. These events bring together academics and local historians to examine the history and geography of Vosges towns, alternating between plain and mountain communes. Since 2009 the federation has coordinated these days and published their proceedings. It also organizes a book fair, the Salon du livre Vosges, since 2009, where history societies and associations present new publications and where old books on Vosges topics can be exchanged, bought, and sold. The federation publishes works on Vosges heritage, often in partnership with local societies, including titles such as 'Patrimoine et culture du pays de Neufchâteau' (2009), 'Eau, flottage et industries à Raon-l'Étape' (2010), 'La Vallée du Côney, métallurgie et thermalisme' (2011), 'Le Pays de Dompaire' (2012), and the two-volume 'Mirecourt, la ville, son architecture et son histoire' / 'Mirecourt, une ville et ses métiers' (2013). In 2018 it received the Prix des sociétés savantes from the Fondation des travaux historiques et scientifiques. As a non-profit association, the F.S.S.V. is not a commercial company; it operates as a cultural and scholarly network. Its official website is histoire-patrimoine-vosges.org. It is registered in the French SIREN and Répertoire national des associations databases.

The Fédération des Sociétés Savantes des Vosges (F.S.S.V.) was created in 1983 as an association under the French law of 1901. Its stated purpose is to group together the learned societies of the Vosges department. More than thirty associations currently work under its umbrella to enhance knowledge of the history and heritage of the Vosges. The federation is supported by two associated institutions: the Archives départementales des Vosges and Université Nancy-II. A key activity of the federation is the Journées d'études vosgiennes (J.E.V.), which were first organized in 1975 in Épinal. The idea was to bring together academics and local historians in one place for a series of conferences to study the history and geography of Vosges towns. The organizers favor alternating between communes of the Vosges plain and communes of the mountains for hosting the J.E.V. These days result in the publication of a volume containing the conference texts. Since 2009, the F.S.S.V. has coordinated these days and ensured the publication of their proceedings. Since 2009, the F.S.S.V. has also organized a book fair, the Salon du livre Vosges. These events allow history societies and associations of the department to present their new publications. One can also find old works there, exchange them, and sell or buy any book whose subject is the Vosges department. The federation has published numerous works, often in collaboration with local societies. Examples include 'Patrimoine et culture du pays de Neufchâteau' (2009, with Amis du livre et du patrimoine de Neufchâteau), 'Eau, flottage et industries à Raon-l'Étape' (2010, with Société philomatique vosgienne), 'La Vallée du Côney, métallurgie et thermalisme' (2011, with Amis du vieux Fontenoy), 'Les Vosges' by François de Neufchâteau (2009, original text edited by Philippe Alexandre), 'Le Pays de Dompaire' (2012, with Histoire et patrimoine de Ville-sur-Illon), and the two-volume 'Mirecourt, la ville, son architecture et son histoire' and 'Mirecourt, une ville et ses métiers' (2013, edited by Jean-Paul Rothiot and Jean-Pierre Husson, proceedings of the October 2012 Journées d'études vosgiennes). In 2018, the F.S.S.V. received the Prix des sociétés savantes from the Fondation des travaux historiques et scientifiques. The federation remains active, with its official website at histoire-patrimoine-vosges.org.

• 2018

  Awarded the Prix des sociétés savantes by the Fondation des travaux historiques et scientifiques.

• 2013

  Publication of two-volume 'Mirecourt, la ville, son architecture et son histoire' and 'Mirecourt, une ville et ses métiers'.

• 2012

  Publication of 'Le Pays de Dompaire'.

• 2011

  Publication of 'La Vallée du Côney, métallurgie et thermalisme'.

• 2010

  Publication of 'Eau, flottage et industries à Raon-l'Étape'.

• 2009

  F.S.S.V. begins coordinating the Journées d'études vosgiennes and publishing their proceedings; also organizes the first Salon du livre Vosges.

• 2009

  Publication of 'Patrimoine et culture du pays de Neufchâteau' and 'Les Vosges' by François de Neufchâteau.

• 1983

  Fédération des Sociétés Savantes des Vosges created as an association under the 1901 law.

• 1975

  First Journées d'études vosgiennes organized in Épinal.

A non-profit scholarly federation dedicated to preserving and promoting the history and heritage of the Vosges department through conferences, publications, and book fairs.

• 2009

  Patrimoine et culture du pays de Neufchâteau

• 2010

  Eau, flottage et industries à Raon-l'Étape

• 2011

  La Vallée du Côney, métallurgie et thermalisme

• 2009

  Les Vosges, François de Neufchâteau

• 2012

  Le Pays de Dompaire

• 2013

  Mirecourt, la ville, son architecture et son histoire

• 2013

  Mirecourt, une ville et ses métiers

1. 1Fédération des sociétés savantes des Vosges - Wikipédiafr.wikipedia.org
2. 2Fédération des Sociétés Savantes des Vosges - Wikidatawikidata.org
3. 3Official websitehistoire-patrimoine-vosges.org