| LC control no. | n 80013632 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Geographic heading | Haut-Rhin (France) |
| Geographic subdivision usage | France--Haut-Rhin |
| Variant(s) | Owerelsàss (France) |
| See also | Mont-Terrible (France) Belfort (France : Territory) |
| Beginning date | 1790 |
| Associated country | France |
| Found in | GeoNames, algorithmically matched, 2009 (adm2; 48°00ʹ00ʺN 007°20ʹ00ʺE) Wikipedia, Sept. 5, 2014 (Haut-Rhin; Alsatian: Owerelsàss; department in the Alsace region of France, named after the Rhine river. Its name means Upper Rhine. Haut-Rhin is the smaller and less populated of the two departments of Alsace, although it is still densely populated compared to the rest of France. Haut-Rhin is one of the original 83 departments, created during the French Revolution, on 4 March 1790. Its boundaries have been modified many times: in 1798, it absorbed Mulhouse, formerly a free city, and the last Swiss enclave in the south of Alsace; 1800, it absorbed the whole département of Mont-Terrible; 1814, it lost the territories which had been part of Mont-Terrible, which were returned to Switzerland, except for the old principality of Montbéliard; 1816, it lost Montbéliard, which was transferred to the département of Doubs;1871, it was mostly annexed by Germany (Treaty of Frankfurt). The remaining French part formed the Territoire de Belfort in 1922; 1919, it was reverted to France (Treaty of Versailles) but remains administratively separated from Belfort. 1940, it was annexed de facto by Nazi Germany. 1944, it was recovered by France) |
| Geographic area code | e-fr--- |
| Associated language | fre |
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