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Bas-Rhin ((:bɑ.ʁɛ̃); Alsatian: ''Unterelsàss'') is a department in the Alsace region of France. The name means "Lower Rhine". It is the more populous and densely populated of the two departments of the Alsace region, with 1,095,905 inhabitants in 2010. The prefecture and the General Council are based in Strasbourg. The INSEE and Post Code is 67. The inhabitants of the department are known as ''Bas-Rhinois'' or ''Bas-Rhinoises''〔(Inhabitants of France ) 〕 == Geography == The Rhine has always been of great historical and economic importance to the area, and it forms the eastern border of Bas-Rhin. The area is also home to some of the foothills of the Vosges Mountains. To the north of Bas-Rhin lies the Palatinate forest ''(Pfälzerwald)'' in the German State of Rhineland-Palatinate, and the German State of Baden-Württemberg lies to the east. To the south lies the department of Haut-Rhin, the town of Colmar and southern Alsace, and to the west the department of Moselle in Lorraine. On its south-western corner, Bas-Rhin also joins the department of Vosges. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Bas-Rhin」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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