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The region sits astride three water basins ( Seine, Meuse and Rhine ), spanning an area of 57,433 km 2 (22,175 sq mi), the fifth largest in France; it includes two mountain ranges ( Vosges and Ardennes ). It shares borders with Belgium, Luxembourg, Germany and Switzerland.
Le Grand Est [1] est une région administrative française résultant de la fusion le 1 er janvier 2016 des anciennes régions administratives Alsace, Champagne-Ardenne [N 1] et Lorraine.
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Grand Est (French pronunciation: [ɡʁɑ̃t‿ɛst] ; Alsatian: Grossa Oschta; Moselle Franconian/Luxembourgish: Grouss Osten; Rhine Franconian: Groß Oschte; German: Großer Osten [ˈɡʁoːsɐ ˈɔstn̩]; English: Greater East) is an administrative region in northeastern France.
- 57,433 km² (22,175 sq mi)
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- Strasbourg
Grand Est is an administrative region in northeastern France. It was made from three former administrative regions, Alsace, Champagne-Ardenne, and Lorraine, on 1 January 2016 under the short-lived name of Alsace-Champagne-Ardenne-Lorraine because of territorial reform which had been passed by the French law in 2014.
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With more than 5.5 million inhabitants in a vast area of 57,441 km² and a strategic position in the heart of Europe, the Région Grand Est came into being on 1 January 2016 from the merger between Alsace, Champagne-Ardenne and Lorraine, and has a remarkable potential for development and attractiveness.
Grand Est. More than any other region of France, Grand Est has been shaped by continual waves of settlement, invasion and border changes. As the name suggests, this is a large region of eastern France, fronting the entire border with Germany and Luxembourg, and significant portions of the Belgian and Swiss borders, too.
Grand Est. English: Region Grand Est (official name since 30 September 2016) or Alsace-Champagne-Ardenne-Lorraine (former temporary name) is since 1 January 2016 a French administrative region combining the three former French regions: Alsace, Champagne-Ardenne and Lorraine which were suppressed at the end of 2015.
