Bas-Rhin

French administrative district of the European Collectivity of Alsace
Organization department_of_france Q12717
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Bas-Rhin

Summary

Bas-Rhin is a department of France[1]. Bas-Rhin has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[2]

Key Facts

  • Bas-Rhin is located in Grand Est[3].
  • Bas-Rhin is located in European Collectivity of Alsace[4].
  • Bas-Rhin is in the country of France[5].
  • Bas-Rhin's head of government is recorded as Frédéric Bierry[6].
  • Bas-Rhin's instance of is recorded as department of France[7].
  • Bas-Rhin's capital is recorded as Strasbourg[8].
  • Bas-Rhin's shares border with is recorded as Moselle[9].
  • Bas-Rhin's shares border with is recorded as Haut-Rhin[10].
  • Bas-Rhin's shares border with is recorded as Vosges[11].
  • Bas-Rhin's shares border with is recorded as Meurthe-et-Moselle[12].
  • Bas-Rhin's shares border with is recorded as Rhineland-Palatinate[13].
  • Bas-Rhin's shares border with is recorded as Baden-Württemberg[14].
  • Rhine is named after Bas-Rhin[15].
  • Bas-Rhin's contains the administrative territorial entity is recorded as arrondissement of Haguenau-Wissembourg[16].
  • Bas-Rhin's contains the administrative territorial entity is recorded as arrondissement of Molsheim[17].
  • Bas-Rhin's contains the administrative territorial entity is recorded as arrondissement of Saverne[18].
  • Bas-Rhin's contains the administrative territorial entity is recorded as arrondissement of Sélestat-Erstein[19].
  • Bas-Rhin's contains the administrative territorial entity is recorded as arrondissement of Strasbourg-Campagne[20].
  • Bas-Rhin's contains the administrative territorial entity is recorded as arrondissement of Strasbourg-Ville[21].
  • Bas-Rhin's contains the administrative territorial entity is recorded as arrondissement of Wissembourg[22].
  • Bas-Rhin's contains the administrative territorial entity is recorded as Colroy-la-Roche[23].
  • Bas-Rhin's contains the administrative territorial entity is recorded as Blancherupt[24].
  • Bas-Rhin's contains the administrative territorial entity is recorded as Bourg-Bruche[25].
  • Bas-Rhin's contains the administrative territorial entity is recorded as Fouday[26].
  • Bas-Rhin's contains the administrative territorial entity is recorded as Solbach[27].

Body

Founding

March 4, 1790 marks the founding of Bas-Rhin[28].

Identity

Bas-Rhin is part of Alsace-Moselle[29]. Predecessors include province of Alsace[30], County of Saarwerden[31], Vosges[32], Alsace–Lorraine[33], Unterelsaß[34], and Gau Baden-Elsaß[35]. Successors include Alsace–Lorraine[36], Unterelsaß[37], Gau Baden-Elsaß[38], and CdZ-Gebiet Elsaß[39].

Operations

Bas-Rhin's headquarters location is recorded as Strasbourg[40].

Why It Matters

Bas-Rhin has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[2] Bas-Rhin is known by 9 alternative names across languages and contexts.[41]

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [6] . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] . archINFORM. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [7] . wikidata.org.
  4. [8] . wikidata.org.
  5. [9] . wikidata.org.
  6. [10] . wikidata.org.
  7. [11] . wikidata.org.
  8. [12] . wikidata.org.
  9. [13] . wikidata.org.
  10. [14] . wikidata.org.
  11. [3] . wikidata.org.
  12. [4] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.
  26. [30] . wikidata.org.
  27. [31] . wikidata.org.
  28. [32] . wikidata.org.
  29. [33] . wikidata.org.
  30. [34] . wikidata.org.
  31. [35] . wikidata.org.
  32. [36] . wikidata.org.
  33. [37] . wikidata.org.
  34. [38] . wikidata.org.
  35. [39] . wikidata.org.
  36. [40] . Global LEI Index. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  37. [29] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  38. [28] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  2. [41] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 3d ago · Printstream · 2026-07-01 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Contains the administrative territorial entity arrondissement of Haguenau-Wissembourg, arrondissement of Molsheim, arrondissement of Saverne +532
    P14586 84877
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ [[Property:P14586]]: 84877, #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1782930762135"
  2. 18d ago · Albgr03 · 2026-06-17 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Contains the administrative territorial entity arrondissement of Haguenau-Wissembourg, arrondissement of Molsheim, arrondissement of Saverne +532
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/36975|batch #36975]]: Remove French communes from French depts"
  3. 19d ago · Albgr03 · 2026-06-15 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Gnd id 2048404-5
    Capital Strasbourg
    Category for people buried here Q32390945
    Country France
    + 52 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/36652|batch #36652]]: Remove redundant P421, they are available at a higher administrative level"
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