Raon-aux-Bois (French pronunciation: [ʁaɔ̃ o bwa] ⓘ) is a commune in the Vosges department in Grand Est in northeastern France.
As the name of the commune implies, the district has retained its woodland countryside, with traditional mature timberland in the south and conifer plantations to the north.
A small river, the Niche [fr], crosses the centre of the village on the way to Arches where it joins up with the Moselle.
The earliest traces of human activity date back only to the late Middle Ages, suggesting that throughout and beyond the first millennium the thick forest of this part of Lorraine were left to nature.
Julien Absalon, a mountain biker born in 1980 at nearby Remiremont, grew up at Raon-aux-Bois.