Grand Est

Grand Est
Basic data
Country	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		Ardennes	Charleville-Mezieres	FR-08	4th	8th	19th	449	273,579	5,230	52
10		Aube	Troyes	FR-10	3	13	17th	431	310.020	6.004	52
51		Marne	Châlons-en-Champagne	FR-51	4th	15th	23	613	568,895	8,169	70
52		Haute-Marne	Chaumont	FR-52	3	9	17th	426	175,640	6.218	28
54		Meurthe-et-Moselle	Nancy	FR-54	4th	20th	23	591	733.481	5,246	140
55		Meuse	Bar-le-Duc	FR-55	3	16	17th	499	187.187	6.215	30th
57		Moselle	Metz	FR-57	5	23	27	725	1,043,522	6.217	168
67		Bas-Rhin	Strasbourg	FR-67	5	25th	23	514	1,125,559	4,757	237
68		Haut-Rhin	Colmar	FR-68	4th	17th	17th	366	764.030	3,528	217
88		Vosges	Epinal	FR-88	3	12	17th	507	367.673	5,870	63
total					38	149	200	5.121	5,549,586	57,454	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:

• List Philippe Richert (Union de la Droite from LR , UDI and MoDem ): 48.40% = 1,060,065 votes, 104 seats
• List Florian Philippot ( FN ): 36.08% = 790,179 votes, 46 seats
• List Jean-Pierre Masseret (independent left list with members of the PS and PRG ): 15.51% = 339,757 votes, 19 seats

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.

See also : List of Presidents of French Regional Councils

Web links

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

• Official website of the Grand Est region (French)

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