Bas-Rhin is a département in Alsace which is a part of the Grand Est super-region of France. The name means 'Lower Rhine', referring to its lower altitude among the two French Rhine departments: it is downstream of the Haut-Rhin department. Note that both belong to the European Upper Rhine region. It is, with the Haut-Rhin, one of the two departments of the traditional Alsace region which until 1871, also included the area now known as the Territoire de Belfort. The more populous and densely populated of the pair, it had 1,148,073 inhabitants in 2020. The prefecture is based in Strasbourg. The INSEE and Post Code is 67.
Haut-Rhin is a département in the Grand Est region, France, bordering both Germany and Switzerland. It is named after the river Rhine. Its name means Upper Rhine. Haut-Rhin is the smaller and less populated of the two departments of the former administrative Alsace region, the other being the Bas-Rhin. Especially after the 1871 cession of the southern territory known since 1922 as Territoire de Belfort, although it is still densely populated compared to the rest of metropolitan France. It had a population of 767,842 in 2020.
Riquewihr is a commune in the Haut-Rhin department in Grand Est in north-eastern France.
Ensisheim (French pronunciation:[ɛnsisaim] ; in Alsatian Ansa is a commune in the Haut-Rhin department in Grand Est in north-eastern France. It is also the birthplace of the composer Léon Boëllmann. The Germanic origins of the village's name reflect the area's history.
Soultz-Haut-Rhin is a commune in the Haut-Rhin département in Grand Est in north-eastern France.
Hunawihr is a commune in the Haut-Rhin department in Grand Est in north-eastern France.
Meyenheim is a commune in the Haut-Rhin department in Grand Est in north-eastern France. It lies on the Ill river, 12km east of Soultz-Haut-Rhin.
Magstatt-le-Haut is a commune in the Haut-Rhin department in Alsace in north-eastern France.
Breitenbach-Haut-Rhin is a commune in the Haut-Rhin department in Grand Est in north-eastern France.
Hombourg is a commune in the Haut-Rhin department in Alsace in north-eastern France.
Leimbach is a commune in the Haut-Rhin department in Grand Est in north-eastern France.
Levoncourt is a commune in the Haut-Rhin department in Alsace in north-eastern France.
Romagny is a commune in the Haut-Rhin department in Alsace in north-eastern France.
Steinbach is a commune in the Haut-Rhin department, administrative region of Grand Est, northeastern France.
Patricia Schillinger is a member of the Senate of France, representing the Haut-Rhin department since 2004. She is the mayor of the French village of Hégenheim, in Alsace. she was a member of the Socialist Party until 2017, when she moved to La République En Marche!
The 4th constituency of the Haut-Rhin is a French legislative constituency in the Haut-Rhin département.
Brigitte Klinkert is a French politician who became the Member of Parliament for Haut-Rhin's 1st constituency in the 2022 French legislative election. She served as Minister Delegate in charge of Integration attached to the Minister of Labour, Employment and Integration in the government of Prime Minister Jean Castex from 2020 to 2022.
Henri Goetschy was a French politician and veterinarian. A member of the Democratic Centre, he served in the Senate from 1977 to 1995. He was also President of the Departmental Council of Haut-Rhin from 1973 to 1988.
The Departmental Council of Haut-Rhin was the deliberative assembly of the French department of Haut-Rhin. It included 34 departmental councillors from the 17 cantons of Haut-Rhin. Its headquarters were in Colmar.
