troops withdrew towards Baccarat and the new Franco-German frontier to the north of Nancy. The departure of the soldiers unleashed much celebration in Raon. Population Sport US Raon-l'Étape is based in the town. Personalities Alain Devaquet, a Gaullist politician prominent in the Jacques Chirac period, was born in 1942 at Raon. Alain Schneider, the singer, was born at Raon. Joseph Julien Souhait 1759 - 1842, who achieved prominence as a politician in the wake of the French Revolution and was accordingly exiled (to Switzerland) following the Bourbon restoration of 1814, was born at Raon. He was allowed back after the 1830 revolution installed the son of a fellow regicide as the 'bourgeois' king. Souhait died in Nancy. See also Communes of the Vosges department References Bibliography Schneider (Michel), Raon-l'Étape des origines au XVIIIe siècle, Raon-l'Étape, Kruch Éditeur, 1990, 21 x 30 cm. Sadoul (Louis), Une petite ville vosgienne, Raon-l'Étape de ses origines à 1918, Édition du Syndicat d'Initiative de Raon-l'Étape, 1934, 369 p., relié 16 x 25 cm. Picard (Raymond), L'Histoire religieuse de Raon-l'Étape, Imprimerie Fetzer, 1987, 159 p., relié, 22,5 X 24 cm. Staub (Jean-Luc), Croix de chemins, chapelles et bornes de Raon-l'Étape, 2007, 96 p., monographie, 2007 - (manuscrit non publié). Diez J. (lieutenant), Le Combat de Nompatelize - le 6 octobre 1870, Paris, Henri Charles-Lavauzelle, Éditeur militaire, 56 p., brochure reliée, 14 x 22 cm. Communes of Vosges (department)