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Grand Est

administrative region of France
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Summary

Grand Est is a region of France[1]. It draws 9,832 Wikipedia views per month (region of france category, ranking #10 of 27).[2]

Key Facts

  • Located in the administrative territorial entity: metropolitan France[3], Q88521129[4]
  • Country: France[5]
  • Head of government: Franck Leroy[6]
  • Capital: Strasbourg[7]
  • Official language: French[8]
  • Shares border with: Hauts-de-France[9], Île-de-France[10], Bourgogne-Franche-Comté[11], Walloon Region[12], Luxembourg[13], Saarland[14], Rhineland-Palatinate[15], Baden-Württemberg[16], Canton of Basel-Stadt[17], Canton of Basel-Landschaft[18], Canton of Solothurn[19], Canton of Jura[20], Canton of Esch-sur-Alzette[21], Canton of Remich[22]
  • Contains the administrative territorial entity: Ardennes[23], Aube[24], Marne[25], Haute-Marne[26], Meurthe-et-Moselle[27], Meuse[28], Moselle[29], Bas-Rhin[30], Haut-Rhin[31], Vosges[32]
  • Headquarters location: Q66690314[33]
  • Commons category: Grand Est[34]
  • Archives at: archives régionales du Grand-Est[35]
  • Inception: January 1, 2016[36]
  • Start time: January 1, 2016[37]
  • Highest point: Grand Ballon[38]
  • Official website: https://www.grandest.fr/[39]
  • IPA transcription: ɡʁɑ̃.t‿ɛst[40]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Grand Est[41]
  • Commons gallery: Grand Est[42]
  • Population: 5,555,186[43], 5,549,586[44], 5,550,389[45], 5,556,219[46], 5,562,651[47], 5,561,287[48], 5,560,079[49], 5,563,378[50]
  • Described by source: English Wiktionary[51]
  • Replaces: Alsace (ancienne région administrative)[52], Champagne-Ardenne[53], Lorraine[54]
  • Official name: Région Grand Est[55], Grand Est[56]
  • Category for people born here: Category:People born in Grand Est[57]
  • Category for people who died here: Category:Deaths in Grand Est[58]
  • Category for people buried here: Category:Burials in Grand Est[59]
  • Category of associated people: Category:People from Grand Est[60]

Why It Matters

Grand Est has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[61] It is known by 53 alternative names across languages and contexts.[62]

Related Entities

France Luxembourg

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] ↑ . archINFORM. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
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  31. [33] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  32. [34] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  33. [35] ↑ . grandest.fr. Retrieved . grandest.fr. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  34. [36] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  35. [37] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  42. [44] ↑ . Populations légales 2017. wikidata.org.
  43. [45] ↑ . Populations légales 2018. wikidata.org.
  44. [46] ↑ . Populations légales 2019. wikidata.org.
  45. [47] ↑ . Populations légales 2020. wikidata.org.
  46. [48] ↑ . Populations légales 2021. wikidata.org.
  47. [49] ↑ . Populations de référence 2022. wikidata.org.
  48. [50] ↑ . Populations de référence 2023. wikidata.org.
  49. [51] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  53. [55] ↑ . Q104585386. wikidata.org.
  54. [56] ↑ . Q104585386. wikidata.org.
  55. [57] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [61] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [62] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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