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Departments:
Ardennes,
Aube,
Marne,
Haute-Marne,
Meurthe-et-Moselle,
Meuse,
Moselle
Bas-Rhin,
Haut-Rhin,
Vosges
Bordering Regions:
Bourgogne-Franche-Comté,
Hauts-de-France,
Île-de-France,
Bordering countries:
Belgium,
Germany,
Luxembourg,
Switzerland
Traditional provinces:
Alsace
Bourgogne,
Champagne,
Franche-Comté,
Lorraine
Area: 57,353 km2
Population (1995): 5,353;800 inhabitants
Regional prefecture: Strasbourg
Administrative data
Departments:
Bas-Rhin,
Haut-Rhin
Bordering Regions:
Franche-Comté,
Lorraine
Bordering countries:
Germany,
Switzerland
Traditional province: Alsace
Area: 8,280 km2
Population (1995): 1,689,800 inhabitants
Regional prefecture: Strasbourg
Flag of the Region
Flag of the former Region Alsace - Image by Pascal Vagnat, 21 February 2004
The flag of Region Alsace was a banner of the simplified arms of the traditional province of Alsace, De gueules à la bande d'argent accompagnée de deux cotices fleuronnées du même et accostée de six couronnes d'or posées en orle, celles de la pointe opposées à celles du chef.
These arms are based on the Alsatian arms, already documented in the 16th century but hardly used since then.
Instead of the two confronted bends of the traditional arms, the new arms
have kept only the white bend representing Lower-Alsace. The crowns
representing Upper-Alsace are now placed on both sides of the white
coticed bend.
These arms have been designed and used by the Regional Council since the
1990s.
The new flag is hoisted over the building of the Regional Council of Alsace in Strasbourg. Beforehand, the Regional Council used the flag of the traditional province of Alsace.
Pascal Vagnat, 21 February 2004
Administrative data
Departments:
Ardennes,
Aube,
Marne,
Haute-Marne
Bordering Regions:
Bourgogne,
Franche-Comté,
Île-de-France,
Lorraine,
Picardie
Bordering country: Belgium
Traditional provinces:
Bourgogne,
Champagne,
Franche-Comté,
Lorraine
Area: 25,606 km2
Population (1995): 1,352,500 inhabitants
Regional prefecture: Châlons-en-Champagne
Flag of the former Region Champagne-Ardenne - Image by Philippe-Pierre Darras, 18 January 1999Flag of the Region
Created in 1987, the logo of the Region shows two yellow and green hearts entwined. In a Region without much of a strong common identity between its constituent departments, they symbolize the union through which a feeling of regional identity should develop. Yellow and green stand for the Region's ressources: yellow for vineyards, champagne and the cornfields as well as for the Region prestigious past; green conveys the idea that Champagne-Ardenne nature is rich in forests and rivers.
Philippe-Pierre Darras, 18 January 1999
Administrative data
Departments:
Meurthe-et-Moselle,
Meuse,
Moselle,
Vosges
Bordering Regions:
Alsace,
Champagne-Ardenne,
Franche-Comté
Bordering countries:
Belgium,
Germany,
Luxembourg
Traditional provinces:
Lorraine,
Champagne
Area: 23,547 km2
Population (1995): 2,311,500 inhabitants
Regional prefecture: Metz
Former flag of the Region
Former flag of Region Lorraine - Image by Pascal Gross, 10 April 1999
Rarely used, this flag was hoisted on a hotel in Metz, closed to the
provincial flag and on a secondary school, owned by the Regional Council.
The logo is obsolete; in January 1999, the Regional Council replaced the word "région" by "conseil régional" in the same
font, but placed below "lorraine". The reason for the substitution of
is the misuse of the former logo, not linked enough to the regional
institution by some people.
Pascal Vagnat, 10 April 1999