Alsace

Summary

Alsace is a cultural region^[1]. Alsace ranks in the top 2% of cultural_region entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (5,942 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• Alsace is located in Grand Est^[3].
• Alsace is located in Kingdom of France^[4].
• Alsace is located in Kingdom of France^[5].
• Alsace is located in Kingdom of France^[6].
• Alsace is in the country of France^[7].
• Alsace's instance of is recorded as cultural region^[8].
• Alsace's instance of is recorded as historical region^[9].
• Alsace's shares border with is recorded as Lorraine^[10].
• Alsace's shares border with is recorded as Franche-Comté^[11].
• Alsace's shares border with is recorded as Baden-Württemberg^[12].
• Alsace's shares border with is recorded as Rastatt^[13].
• Alsace's shares border with is recorded as Karlsruhe Government Region^[14].
• Alsace's shares border with is recorded as Canton of Solothurn^[15].
• Alsace's shares border with is recorded as Canton of Basel-Landschaft^[16].
• Alsace's shares border with is recorded as Canton of Basel-Stadt^[17].
• Alsace's shares border with is recorded as Canton of Jura^[18].
• Alsace's shares border with is recorded as Lorraine^[19].
• Alsace's flag is recorded as Rot un Wiss^[20].
• Alsace's Commons category is recorded as Alsace^[21].
• Alsace's patron saint is recorded as Odile of Alsace^[22].
• Alsace's located in time zone is recorded as UTC+01:00^[23].
• Alsace's located in time zone is recorded as UTC+02:00^[24].
• Alsace was dissolved in December 31, 2015^[25].
• Alsace's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 48.5, 'lon': 7.5}^[26].
• Alsace's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Alsace^[27].

Body

Geography

Alsace is in the country of France^[7]. Located in include Grand Est^[3], a region of France^[28], in France^[29], founded in 2016^[30], headquartered in Q66690314^[31] and Kingdom of France^[4], a sovereign state^[32], in Kingdom of France^[33], founded in 0987^[34].

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include cultural region^[8] and historical region^[9].

Cultural Significance

Things named for Alsace include Gau Baden-Elsaß^[35], a Gau^[36], in Weimar Republic^[37], founded in 1925^[38]; Mulhouse Alsace Agglomération^[39], a public institution of intermunicipal cooperation with own taxation^[40], in France^[41], founded in 2017^[42], headquartered in Mulhouse^[43]; and Formica alsatica^[44], a fossil taxon^[45].

Why It Matters

Alsace ranks in the top 2% of cultural_region entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (5,942 views/month).^[2] Alsace has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[46] Alsace is known by 8 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[47]

Entities named for Alsace include Gau Baden-Elsaß^[35], a Gau^[36], in Weimar Republic^[37], founded in 1925^[38]; Mulhouse Alsace Agglomération^[39], a public institution of intermunicipal cooperation with own taxation^[40], in France^[41], founded in 2017^[42], headquartered in Mulhouse^[43]; and Formica alsatica^[44], a fossil taxon^[45].