Alsace

Alsace (French: Alsace; Alsatian/German: Elza?) is one of the 26 r?gions of France. Originally part of the Holy Roman Empire and inhabited by people speaking a dialect of Upper German, Alsace gradually passed under French sovereignty in the course of the 17th century, and became one of the provinces of France. It is located on the eastern border of France, adjacent to Germany and Switzerland. Its capital and largest city is Strasbourg.

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Alsace has an area of 8280 km², making it the smallest r?gion of metropolitan France. It is almost four times longer than it is wide, corresponding to a plain between the Rhine in the east and the Vosges mountains in the west.

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It includes the d?partements of Haut-Rhin and Bas-Rhin. It borders Germany on the north and the east, Switzerland and Franche-Comt? on the south, and Lorraine on the west.

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The Devil's Violin Illustration from the "Legends of Alsace" by Georges Spetz 1905	Close-Up of Kugelhopf Cakes in a Bakery Shop Alsace France	The White Lady of the River Fecht Illustration from the 'Legends of Alsace' by Georges Spetz 1905	The Plague of Guebwiller in 1348 The Legends of Alsace