Grand Est

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Grand Est
Nouvelle-Aquitaine Nouvelle-Aquitaine Nouvelle-Aquitaine Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes Bretagne Bretagne Bourgogne-Franche-Comté Centre-Val de Loire Grand Est Île-de-France Korsika Okzitanien Hauts-de-France Normandie Pays de la Loire Pays de la Loire Provence-Alpes-Côte d’AzurLocation of the Grand Est region in France
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Basic data
Country FranceFrance France
prefecture Strasbourg
President of the Regional Council Jean Rottner ( LR )
population 5,549,586 (2017)
Population density 96.6 inhabitants per km²
surface 57,454 km²
Departments 10
Arrondissements 38
Community associations 149
Cantons 200
Communities 5.124
ISO-3166-2 code FR-GES

Relief map of the Grand Est region

Grand Est ( French [ ɡʁɑ̃t‿ɛst ]), German  Great East , is the name of the French region that arose on January 1, 2016 from the territory of the previous regions Alsace ( Alsace ), Lorraine ( Lorraine ) and Champagne-Ardenne . Alsace-Champagne-Ardenne-Lorraine was initially used as a preliminary name . This was replaced by the current name on October 1, 2016 by the Council of State ( Conseil d'État ).

Grand Est is the fourth largest region with 57,433 km² (excluding overseas regions) and has 5,549,586 inhabitants (as of 2017), making it the sixth largest region in terms of population. The administrative seat and most populous city is Strasbourg . The Grand Est region is divided into the ten departments Ardennes , Aube , Bas-Rhin , Haute-Marne , Haut-Rhin , Marne , Meurthe-et-Moselle , Meuse , Moselle and Vosges . It borders (clockwise) on Belgium , Luxembourg , Germany , Switzerland and the regions of Bourgogne-Franche-Comté , Île-de-France and Hauts-de-France .

Protests against the formation of this new region took place in advance, particularly in Alsace. In 2019 it was decided that from January 1, 2021, the two departments of Alsace would again be combined as a political unit ( Collectivité Européenne ) with a special status that is unique in France.

Surname

Logo of the region

The provisional name Alsace-Champagne-Ardenne-Lorraine was formed from the alphabetical order of the merged regions and was replaced by the final name on July 1, 2016. In a joint survey by the TV channels France 3 Champagne-Ardenne and France 3 Lorraine , a majority voted for Grand Est as the new name. From March 14th to April 1st, 2016, an online poll could be used to vote on a new name. Grand Est was subsequently added to the three original proposals, Rhin-Champagne , Acalie and Nouvelle- Austrasie . On April 4, it was announced that 75% of those who voted had voted for Grand Est (German for “Great East”).

Cities

The most populous cities in the Grand Est region are:

city Inhabitants (year) Department
Strasbourg ( Strasbourg ) 280,966 (2017) Bas-Rhin
Reims 182,460 (2017) Marne
Metz 116,429 (2017) Moselle
Mulhouse ( Mulhouse ) 109,443 (2017) Haut-Rhin
Nancy 104,286 (2017) Meurthe-et-Moselle
Colmar 069,105 (2017) Haut-Rhin
Troyes 61,652 (2017) Aube
Charleville-Mezieres 46,428 (2017) Ardennes
Châlons-en-Champagne 44,753 (2017) Marne
Diedenhofen ( Thionville ) 40,701 (2017) Moselle
Hagenau ( Haguenau ) 034,504 (2017) Bas-Rhin

politics

Political structure

The Grand Est region is divided into ten departments :

OZ = Ordinal number of the department         Arr. = Number of arrondissements        According to = Number of municipalities
W. = Coat of arms of the department Kant. = Number of cantons
ISO = ISO-3166-2 code GV = Number of municipal associations
OZ W. Department prefecture ISO Arr. GV Kant. According to Residents
January 1, 2017
Area
(km²)
Density
(inh / km²)
08 Coat of arms of the Ardennes department Ardennes Charleville-Mezieres FR-08 000000000000004.00000000004th 000000000000008.00000000008th 000000000000019.000000000019th 000000000000449.0000000000449 000000000273579.0000000000273,579 000000000005230.00000000005,230 52
10 Coat of arms of the Aube department Aube Troyes FR-10 000000000000003.00000000003 000000000000013.000000000013 000000000000017.000000000017th 000000000000431.0000000000431 000000000310020.0000000000310.020 000000000006004.00000000006.004 52
51 Coat of arms of the Marne department Marne Châlons-en-Champagne FR-51 000000000000004.00000000004th 000000000000015.000000000015th 000000000000023.000000000023 000000000000613.0000000000613 000000000568895.0000000000568,895 000000000008169.00000000008,169 70
52 Coat of arms of the Haute-Marne department Haute-Marne Chaumont FR-52 000000000000003.00000000003 000000000000009.00000000009 000000000000017.000000000017th 000000000000426.0000000000426 000000000175640.0000000000175,640 000000000006218.00000000006.218 28
54 Coat of arms of the Meurthe-et-Moselle department Meurthe-et-Moselle Nancy FR-54 000000000000004.00000000004th 000000000000020.000000000020th 000000000000023.000000000023 000000000000591.0000000000591 000000000733481.0000000000733.481 000000000005246.00000000005,246 140
55 Coat of arms of the Meuse department Meuse Bar-le-Duc FR-55 000000000000003.00000000003 000000000000016.000000000016 000000000000017.000000000017th 000000000000499.0000000000499 000000000187187.0000000000187.187 000000000006215.00000000006.215 30th
57 Coat of arms of the Moselle department Moselle Metz FR-57 000000000000005.00000000005 000000000000023.000000000023 000000000000027.000000000027 000000000000725.0000000000725 000000001043522.00000000001,043,522 000000000006217.00000000006.217 168
67 Coat of arms of the Bas-Rhin department Bas-Rhin Strasbourg FR-67 000000000000005.00000000005 000000000000025.000000000025th 000000000000023.000000000023 000000000000514.0000000000514 000000001125559.00000000001,125,559 000000000004757.00000000004,757 237
68 Coat of arms of the Haut-Rhin department Haut-Rhin Colmar FR-68 000000000000004.00000000004th 000000000000017.000000000017th 000000000000017.000000000017th 000000000000366.0000000000366 000000000764030.0000000000764.030 000000000003528.00000000003,528 217
88 Coat of arms of the Vosges department Vosges Epinal FR-88 000000000000003.00000000003 000000000000012.000000000012 000000000000017.000000000017th 000000000000507.0000000000507 000000000367673.0000000000367.673 000000000005870.00000000005,870 63
total 000000000000038.000000000038 000000000000149.0000000000149 000000000000200.0000000000200 000000000005121.00000000005.121 5,549,586 000000000057454.000000000057,454 97
Arrondissements in the Grand Est region
Cantons in the Grand Est region
Associations of municipalities in the Grand Est region

Regional council

Result of the election of the regional council on December 13, 2015:

Authorities

Although Strasbourg, as the seat of the regional prefecture and the regional council, takes on the role of the capital of the region, some regional authorities are located in other cities: Nancy is the seat of the health authority (ARS, Agence régionale de Santé ). Metz is the seat of the authority for the environment, infrastructure and housing (DREAL, Direction régionale de l'Environnement, de l'Aménagement et du Logement ) and the Court of Auditors (CRC, Chambre Régionale des Comptes ), in Châlons-en-Champagne is the authority for food, agriculture and forestry (DRAAF, Direction régionale de l'Alimentation, de l'Agriculture et de la Forêt ). The rectorates of the Académies (upper school and university offices) remain in Nancy, Reims and Strasbourg for each of the old regions, with Nancy receiving the regional rectorate.

Web links

Commons : Grand Est  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. Décret n ° 2016-1262 from September 28th 2016 portant fixation du nom de la region Grand Est on legifrance.gouv.fr. Retrieved October 1, 2016.
  2. Mathilde SIRAUD: Occitanie, Nouvelle-Aquitaine ...: discordes autour des nouveaux noms de régions. In: lefigaro.fr. Le Figaro, June 27, 2016, accessed April 5, 2019 (French).
  3. ^ Manifestation à Strasbourg pour une Alsace sans la Lorraine. In: liberation.fr. Liberation, October 11, 2014, accessed April 5, 2015 (French).
  4. Report on vie-publique.fr from June 27, 2019
  5. La carte des régions en 2015 on vie-publique.fr, accessed on May 9, 2015
  6. France 3 Champagne-Ardenne: Votez pour le nom de la future grande région Champagne-Ardenne - Lorraine - Alsace , accessed on April 5, 2015
  7. DNA: Nom de l'ACAL: "Grand Est" ajouté aux trois autres propositions
  8. ^ France: The border region is to be called Grand Est in future , orf.at, April 4, 2016, accessed on April 4, 2016.
  9. Résultats régionales 2015 - Alsace, Champagne-Ardenne, Lorraine (Acal - Grand-Est) on linternaute.com, accessed on January 6, 2016