Alsace - Alzacja

Alsace
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Capital cityStrasbourg
Currencyeuro
Surface8 280
Population1 857 477
TongueFrench, German

Alsace - historical land and former administrative region in France, located in the northeastern part of the country on the Rhine. It consists of two departments: the Lower Rhine to the north and the Upper Rhine to the south. Historic Alsace was still a small area around the city of Belfort, which now forms the department of Territoire-de-Belfort.

It currently belongs to the Grand Est region.

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  • Riquewihr
  • Ribeauvillé
  • Hunawihr
  • Bergheim
  • Neuf-Brisach

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