Lorraine (region)

Lorraine
Lorraine
	Region o Fraunce
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Kintra	Fraunce
Prefectur	Metz
Departments	4 Meurthe-et-Moselle; Meuse; Moselle; Vosges;
Govrenment
• Preses	Jean-Pierre Masseret (PS)
Area
• Total	23547 km2 (9,092 sq mi)
Population (2007-01-01)
• Total	2,343,000
• Density	100/km2 (260/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
GDP (2006)	Rankit {{{GDP_rank}}}
Tot	€54 billion (US${{{GDP_US$}}} bn)
Per capita	€23,300 (US${{{GDP_per_capita_US$}}})
NUTS Region	FR4
Website	lorraine.eu

Lorraine (French pronunciation: [lɔʁɛn]; Lorrain: Louréne; Lorraine Franconian: Lottringe; German: Lothringen) is ane o the 27 régions o Fraunce. The admeenistrative region haes twa ceeties o equal importance, Metz an Nancy. Metz is considered tae be the offeecial caipital syne that is whaur the regional parliament is situatit. The region's name is derivit frae the medieval Lotharingie.

The region consists o fower depairtments: Meurthe-et-Moselle, Meuse, Moselle an Vosges an contains 2,337 communes.

References

↑ "GDP per inhabitant in 2006 ranged from 25% of the EU27 average in Nord-Est in Romania to 336% in Inner London" (PDF). Eurostat.

Further readin

Putnam, Ruth. Alsace and Lorraine: From Cæsar to Kaiser, 58 B.C.-1871 A.D. New York: 1915.

Freemit airtins

Steid o the Regional Cooncil Archived 2008-09-25 at the Wayback Machine
A short guide to the Lorraine region and its main attractions
MyLorraine.fr - Share your Lorraine
Business in Lorraine Archived 2010-11-24 at the Wayback Machine

Coordinates: 49°00′N 6°00′E / 49.000°N 6.000°E / 49.000; 6.000

[eurostat-1] "GDP per inhabitant in 2006 ranged from 25% of the EU27 average in Nord-Est in Romania to 336% in Inner London" (PDF). Eurostat.

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