Grand Est
More than any other region of France, Grand Est has been shaped by continual waves of settlement, invasion and border changes. As the name suggests, this is a large region of eastern France, fronting the entire border with Germany and Luxembourg, and significant portions of the Belgian and Swiss borders, too.Tap on the map to travel |
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Popular Destinations
Strasbourg
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Strasbourg is the capital of the Grand-Est region of France and is most widely known for hosting a number of important European institutions.
Reims
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Reims, a city in northern France, is perhaps best known for its world heritage listed cathedral, where generations of French kings were crowned.
Metz
Metz is in the Grand-Est region of France and in the Moselle departement that borders Luxembourg and Germany.Destinations
Nancy
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Nancy is a moderate-sized city in the Grand-Est region of France.
Saint-Dié-des-Vosges
Saint-Dié-des-Vosges, commonly referred to as just Saint-Dié, is a commune in the Vosges department, Grand Est, northeastern France.Mulhouse
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Mulhouse is an industrial city in Alsace, France west of the Rhine near the border to Germany.
Colmar
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Colmar is a city in Alsace, France. It was the last town in France to be liberated during World War II in Europe, on February 2, 1945.
Troyes
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Troyes is a commune and the capital of the department of Aube in the Grand Est region of north-central France.
Verdun
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Verdun is a city in the Meuse department in Grand Est, northeastern France.
Sélestat
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Sélestat is in the middle of Alsace. It is home to the humanist library.
Eguisheim
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Eguisheim is a commune in the Haut-Rhin department in Grand Est in north-eastern France.
Kaysersberg
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Kaysersberg, in Alsace, Grand-Est was an important town in the Middle Ages.
Saint-Louis
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Saint-Louis is in Grand-Est. Despite being separated from it by an international border, it serves in many ways as a suburb of Basel, including being linked to its tram network.
Neuf-Brisach
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Neuf-Brisach is a fortified town of the department in the French region of Grand-Est.
Vittel
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Vittel is a town in Lorraine. You might know Vittel from the brand of bottled mineral water of the same name, or their excellent thermal baths.
Sainte-Marie-aux-Mines
Sainte-Marie-aux-Mines is a commune in the Haut-Rhin department of Grand-Est.Husseren-les-Châteaux
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Husseren-les-Châteaux is in the foothills of the Vosges mountains, 6 km south of Colmar in the heart of Alsace.
Grand Est
- Type: State with 5,560,000 residents
- Description: administrative region of France
- Neighbors: Baden-Württemberg, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, Hauts-de-France, Land of the Red Rocks, Luxembourg, Rhineland-Palatinate, Saarland, Wallonia and Île-de-France
- Categories: region of France and locality
- Location: France, Europe
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Latitude of centre
48.4845° or 48° 29' 4" northLongitude of centre
6.113° or 6° 6' 47" eastPopulation
5,560,000Elevation
227 metres (745 feet)Inception
1st January 2016Abbreviation
ACALOpenStreetMap ID
node 3925295237OpenStreetMap Feature
place=stateGeoNames ID
11071622Wikidata ID
Q18677983Grand Est Satellite Map
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Also Known As
- Afrikaans: Grand Est
- Albanian: Lindja e madhe
- Arabic: Grand Est
- Arabic: ألزاس-شامبان أردان-لورين
- Arabic: الشرق العظيم
- Arabic: الشرق الكبير
- Aragonese: Gran Este
- Armenian: Գրանդ Էստ
- Asturian: ACAL
- Asturian: Alsace-Champagne-Ardenne-Lorraine
- Asturian: Gran Este
- Asturian: Grand-Est
- Azerbaijani: Qrand Est
- Balinese: Grand Est
- Basque: Ekialde Handia
- Belarusian: Вялікі ўсходні рэгіён
- Belarusian: Гранд-Эст
- Belarusian: Гранд Эст
- Belarusian: Эльзас-Шампань-Ардэны-Латарынгія
- Belarusian: рэгіён Гранд-Эст
- Belarusian: рэгіён Гранд Эст
- Bengali: গ্রঁতেস্ত
- Breton: Grand Est
- Breton: Reter-Meur
- Bulgarian: Гранд Ест
- Catalan: Gran Est
- Cebuano: Grand Est
- Chechen: ГгӀанд-Эст
- Chinese: Grand Est
- Chinese: 大东部大区
- Chinese: 大東部
- Chinese: 大東部大區
- Chinese: 阿爾薩斯-香檳-阿登-洛林
- Crimean Tatar: Grand-Est
- Croatian: Grand Est
- Czech: Grand Est
- Danish: Alsace-Champagne-Ardenne-Lorraine
- Danish: Grand Est
- Dimli (individual language): Grand Est
- Dutch: Alsace-Champagne-Ardenne-Lorraine
- Dutch: Elzas-Champagne-Ardenne-Lotharingen
- Dutch: Grand Est
- Egyptian Arabic: جراند ايست
- English: ACAL
- English: Alsace-Champagne-Ardenne-Lorraine
- English: FR-GES
- English: Grand-Est
- Esperanto: Grand Est
- Esperanto: Granda Oriento
- Estonian: Grand Est
- Finnish: Alsace-Champagne-Ardenne-Lorraine
- Finnish: Grand Est
- French: ACAL
- French: Alsace-Champagne-Ardenne-Lorraine
- French: Grand-Est
- French: Grand Est
- French: région Grand Est
- Galician: Alsacia-Champaña-Ardenas-Lorena
- Galician: Gran Leste
- German: Alsace-Champagne-Ardenne-Lorraine
- German: Elsass-Champagne-Ardennen-Lothringen
- German: Grand-Est
- German: Grand Est
- Greek: ACAL
- Greek: Αλσατία-Καμπανία-Αρδέννες-Λωρραίνη
- Greek: Γκραντ Εστ
- Hebrew: אלזס-שמפאן-ארדן-לורן
- Hebrew: גראנד-אסט
- Hebrew: גראנד אסט
- Hindi: ग्रांड एस्ट
- Hungarian: Grand Est
- Hungarian: Kelet-Franciaország
- Icelandic: Grand Est
- Indonesian: Grand Est
- Interlingua: Grand Est
- Interlingue: Grand Est
- Irish: Alsace-Champagne-Ardenne-Lorraine
- Irish: Grand Est
- Italian: Alsazia-Champagne-Ardenne-Lorena
- Italian: Grand Est
- Italian: Grande Est
- Japanese: グラン・テスト地域圏
- Japanese: グラン・テスト地方
- Kazakh: Гранд-Эст
- Korean: 그랑테스트
- Korean: 알자스샹파뉴아르덴로렌
- Kurdish: Grand Est
- Ladin: Grand Est
- Latin: Alsatia Campania Arduenna et Lotharingia
- Latin: Magnus Oriens
- Latvian: Grand Est
- Latvian: Grandesta
- Limburgan: Grand Est
- Lithuanian: Grand Estas
- Luxembourgish: Grand Est
- Macedonian: Голем Исток
- Macedonian: Гран Ест
- Maltese: Grand Est
- Marathi: ग्रांद एस्त
- Mongolian: Гранд Эст
- Northern Frisian: Grand Est
- Norwegian: Grand Est
- Norwegian Bokmål: Alsace-Champagne-Ardenne-Lorraine
- Norwegian Bokmål: Grand Est
- Norwegian Nynorsk: Grand Est
- Occitan (post 1500): Alsàcia-Champanha-Ardena-Lorena
- Occitan (post 1500): Grand Èst
- Ossetian: Гранд-Эст
- Persian: آلزاس-شامپاین-آردن-لورن
- Persian: گرانت است
- Picard: Grand Est
- Piemontese: Grand Est
- Polish: Grand Est
- Portuguese: ACAL
- Portuguese: Alsace-Champagne-Ardenne-Lorraine
- Portuguese: Alsácia-Champanha-Ardenas-Lorena
- Portuguese: Grand-Est
- Portuguese: Grand Est
- Portuguese: Grande Leste
- Romanian: Grand Est
- Russian: Большой восточный регион
- Russian: Гранд-Эст
- Russian: Гранд Эст
- Russian: Эльзас-Шампань-Арденны-Лотарингия
- Sardinian: Grand Est
- Scots: Alsace-Champagne-Ardenne-Lorraine
- Scots: Grand Est
- Serbian: Алзас-Шампања-Ардени-Лорен
- Serbian: Гранд Ест
- Serbian: Гран ест
- Serbo-Croatian: Grand Est
- Slovak: Alsasko-Champagne-Ardenne-Lotrinsko
- Slovak: Grand Est
- Slovenian: Grand Est
- South Azerbaijani: قرانت است
- Spanish: Alsacia-Lorena-Champaña-Ardenas
- Spanish: Gran Este
- Swedish: Alsace-Champagne-Ardenne-Lorraine
- Swedish: Grand Est
- Swiss German: Elsass-Champagne-Ardenne-Lothringe
- Swiss German: Grossa Oschta
- Tajik: Гранд-Эст
- Tatar: Граңд-Эст
- Thai: กร็อง อีส
- Thai: แคว้นกร็องแต็สต์
- Tosk Albanian: Grand Est
- Turkish: Grand Est
- Ukrainian: Гранд-Ест
- Ukrainian: Гранд Ест
- Urdu: گرایت است
- Venetian: Grand Est
- Venetian: Grando Est
- Vietnamese: Grand Est
- Vlaams: Grand Est
- Waray (Philippines): Grand Est
- Welsh: Dwyrain Mawr
- Western Frisian: Grutte Easten
- Wu Chinese: 大东部大区
- Yue Chinese: 大東部
- Zeeuws: Grand Est
- Alsace-Champagne-Ardenne-Lorrain
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