Bas-Rhin

Also known as Lower Rhine

Bas-Rhin () is a department in Alsace which is a part of the Grand Est 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 (Upper Rhine) department. Both belong to the European Upper Rhine region. It is, with the Haut-Rhin (Upper Rhine), 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 1,163,810 inhabitants in 2023. The prefecture is based in S

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Bas-Rhin is a department (administrative division) located in the Alsace region of northeastern France, named "Lower Rhine" because it sits downstream from the neighboring Haut-Rhin department. As the more populous of Alsace's two departments with over 1.16 million residents, it forms part of France's Grand Est region and shares a historical connection to the broader Upper Rhine area of Europe.

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Key facts

Settlement.name: Bas-Rhin
Settlement.native_name: 's Unterlànd, Unterelsàss, Ingerlànd
Settlement.native_name_lang: fr
Settlement.settlement_type: Department
Settlement.image_skyline: Strasbourg-Préfecture.jpg
Settlement.image_caption: Prefecture building of the Bas-Rhin department, in Strasbourg
Settlement.image_flag: Flag of Basse-Alsace.svg
Settlement.image_shield: Blason département fr Bas-Rhin.svg
Settlement.image_map: Bas-Rhin-Position.svg
Settlement.map_caption: Location of Bas-Rhin in France
Settlement.subdivision_type: Country
Settlement.subdivision_name: France
Settlement.subdivision_type1: Region
Settlement.subdivision_name1: Grand Est
Settlement.seat_type: Prefecture
Settlement.seat: Strasbourg
Settlement.parts_type: Subprefectures
Settlement.parts_style: para