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Geographically, Alsace–Lorraine encompassed most of Alsace and the Moselle department of Lorraine. The Alsatian part lay in the Rhine Valley on the west bank of the Rhine River, east of the Vosges Mountains; the section originally in Lorraine was in the upper Moselle valley to the north of the Vosges.
Alsace-Lorraine is an area along the border between France and Germany. It is not just a term for the two provinces Alsace and Lorraine taken together; it refers specifically to the parts of them that were amalgamated under German rule 1871-1918. Map. Directions.
Coordinates: 48°30′N7°30′E48.500°N 7.500°E. For other uses, see Alsace (disambiguation). "Elsaß" redirects here. For the battleship, see SMS Elsaß. For the region of the German Empire, see Alsace–Lorraine.
As an administrative entity, it encompassed the départements of Haut-Rhin (“Upper Rhine”) and Bas-Rhin (“Lower Rhine”) and was bounded by the régions of Lorraine to the west and Franche-Comté to the southwest. Switzerland lies to the south of Alsace, and Germany borders it to the east and north.
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May 20, 2024 · Below is a map of the historic Alsace region of France, once the smallest French region, located in the northeast of France on the Border with Germany and Switzerland. Since 2016 the regions of Alsace, Lorraine, and Champagne-Ardenne were combined to form a larger region called Grand Est.
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Coordinates: 48°30′N 7°30′E. The history of Alsace has been influenced by the Rhine and its tributaries, a favorable climate, fertile loess soils, and the region's relative accessibility through and around the Vosges. It was first inhabited by early modern humans during the Paleolithic.
Alsace-Lorraine was a border region located between the Rhine River and the Vosges Mountains. Its role in French wartime propaganda, its geographic location, and its tumultuous recent history all combined to give the region a distinct experience of the First World War.
