
Last modified: 2009-12-11 by ivan sache
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Flag of the department of Haut-Rhin - Image by Pascal Vagnat & Ivan Sache, 24 October 2009
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Code: 68
Region: Alsace
Traditional province: Alsace
Bordering departments: Bas-Rhin,
Vosges, Territoire de
Belfort
Bordering countries: Germany (Federal
State of Baden-Württemberg),
Switzerland (Cantons of Basle-City,
Basle-Land, Jura and Solothurn)
Area: 3,525 km2
Population (2005): 731,000 inhabitants
Préfecture: Colmar
Sous-préfectures: Altkirch, Guebwiller,
Mulhouse, Ribeauvillé, Thann
Subdivisions: 6 arrondissements, 31 cantons, 377 communes.
The department is named ("Upper-Rhine") after river Rhine.
Ivan Sache, 14 November 2009
According to Brian Timms, the Count of Alsace bore "Gules a bend argent between six crowns or" in a 15th century armorial.
Ivan Sache, 24 October 2009