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ID: 7002870
 
Record Type: administrative
Hierarchy of Alsace (region)  Alsace (region)

Coordinates:
Lat: 48 11 00 N  degrees minutes   Lat: 48.1833  decimal degrees
Long: 007 30 00 E  degrees minutes   Long: 7.5000  decimal degrees

Note: Located between Rhine river & Vosges mountains; area historically has alternated between French & German rule; see also historic region, Alsace.

Names:
Alsace (preferred,C,V)
Elsass (C,V)
Elzas (C,V)

Hierarchical Position:
Hierarchy of World (facet)    World (facet)
Hierarchy of Europe (continent)  ....  Europe (continent) (P)
Hierarchy of France (nation)  ........  France (nation) (P)
Hierarchy of Alsace (region)  ............  Alsace (region) (P)

Place Types:
region (preferred, C)
first level subdivision (C)

Sources and Contributors:
Alsace..........  [BHA, GRLPSC, VP Preferred]
.................  Cambridge World Gazetteer (1990) 211
.................  Columbia Lippincott Gazetteer (1961)
.................  Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988) XIX, 427
.................  Times Atlas of the World (1994) 11
.................  Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1984)
.................  Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1988) 39
Elsass..........  [GRLPSC]
.................  Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1984)
Elzas..........  [VP]
..............  Engels Woordenboek (1987) II, 211
Subject: .....  [BHA, GRLPSC, VP]
..................  Cambridge World Gazetteer (1990) 211
..................  Columbia Lippincott Gazetteer (1961)
..................  Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988) XIX, 427
..................  Engels Woordenboek (1987) II, 211
..................  Times Atlas of the World (1994) 11
..................  Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1984)
..................  Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1988) 39
 
Note:
English .......... [VP]

 

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