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Bas-Rhin

American  
[bah-ran] / bɑˈrɛ̃ /

noun

  1. a department in NE France. 1,848 sq. mi. (4,785 sq. km). Strasbourg.


Bas-Rhin British  
/ bɑrɛ̃ /

noun

  1. a department of NE France in Alsace region. Capital: Strasbourg. Pop: 1 052 698 (2003 est). Area: 4793 sq km (1869 sq miles)

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The Bas-Rhin region's Fire and Rescue Service posted on X urging people to avoid the area to allow emergency services to access the area.

From BBC • Jan. 11, 2025

You can pick and choose from the cornucopia on display at the Bas-Rhin bakers federation; these industrious boulangers set up a tent on the Place du Marché-aux-Poissons and offer workshops and recipe booklets.

From Washington Post • Dec. 16, 2021

We are here on the borders of the lost provinces, the two fair and rich departments of Haut-Rhin and Bas-Rhin, now effaced from the map of France.

From In the Heart of the Vosges And Other Sketches by a "Devious Traveller" by Betham-Edwards, Matilda

In vain has the directory of the Bas-Rhin ordered its release; the Belfort municipality paid no attention to the order.

From The French Revolution - Volume 1 by Durand, John

Letter, of the Directory of the Bas-Rhin, April 26, 1792, and of Dietrich, Mayor of Strasbourg, May 8.

From The French Revolution - Volume 2 by Durand, John