Lorraine

Summary

Lorraine is a cultural region^[1]. Lorraine draws 778 Wikipedia views per month (cultural_region category, ranking #10 of 59).^[2]

Key Facts

• Lorraine is located in metropolitan France^[3].
• Lorraine is in the country of France^[4].
• Lorraine's image is recorded as Cathedrale metz 2003.jpg^[5].
• Lorraine's instance of is recorded as cultural region^[6].
• Lorraine's capital is recorded as Metz^[7].
• Lorraine's flag image is recorded as Flag of Lorraine.svg^[8].
• Lorraine's shares border with is recorded as Franche-Comté^[9].
• Lorraine's shares border with is recorded as Champagne-Ardenne^[10].
• Lorraine's shares border with is recorded as Alsace^[11].
• Lorraine's shares border with is recorded as Saarland^[12].
• Lorraine's coat of arms image is recorded as Blason Lorraine.svg^[13].
• Duchy of Lorraine is named after Lorraine^[14].
• Lorraine's flag is recorded as flag of Lorraine^[15].
• Lorraine's executive body is recorded as Regional Council of Lorraine^[16].
• Lorraine's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 144260070^[17].
• Lorraine's GND ID is recorded as 4036377-6^[18].
• Lorraine's coat of arms is recorded as Q680157^[19].
• Lorraine's locator map image is recorded as Lorraine in France.svg^[20].
• Lorraine's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as n81124886^[21].
• Lorraine's Bibliothèque nationale de France ID is recorded as 119342914^[22].
• Lorraine's IdRef ID is recorded as 027262685^[23].
• Lorraine's ISO 3166-2 code is recorded as FR-M^[24].
• Lorraine's Commons category is recorded as Lorraine^[25].
• Lorraine's OpenStreetMap relation ID is recorded as 8645^[26].
• Lorraine's patron saint is recorded as Saint Nicholas^[27].

Body

Geography

Lorraine is in the country of France^[4]. Lorraine is located in metropolitan France^[3].

Physical Characteristics

Lorraine's area is recorded as {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+23547'}^[28]. Lorraine's population is recorded as {'amount': '+2345197'}^[29].

Designation and Status

Lorraine's instance of is recorded as cultural region^[6].

History and Context

Duchy of Lorraine is named after Lorraine^[14].

Cultural Significance

Things named for Lorraine include cross of Lorraine^[30], a crosses in heraldry^[31]; Lorain County^[32], a county of Ohio^[33], in United States^[34], founded in 1824^[35]; Lorraine^[36], a frigate^[37]; Metz-Nancy-Lorraine Airport^[38], an airport^[39], in France^[40], founded in 1991^[41]; and Gare de Lorraine TGV^[42], a railway station^[43], in France^[44], founded in 2007^[45].

Why It Matters

Lorraine draws 778 Wikipedia views per month (cultural_region category, ranking #10 of 59).^[2] Lorraine has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[46]

Entities named for Lorraine include cross of Lorraine^[30], a crosses in heraldry^[31]; Lorain County^[32], a county of Ohio^[33], in United States^[34], founded in 1824^[35]; Lorraine^[36], a frigate^[37]; Metz-Nancy-Lorraine Airport^[38], an airport^[39], in France^[40], founded in 1991^[41]; and Gare de Lorraine TGV^[42], a railway station^[43], in France^[44], founded in 2007^[45].