Bas-Rhin

Bas-Rhin
Department
Prefecture building of the Bas-Rhin department, in Strasbourg
Flag Coat of arms
Location of Bas-Rhin in France
Coordinates: 48°49′N 7°47′E / 48.817°N 7.783°E / 48.817; 7.783
Country	France
Region	Grand Est
Département	4 March 1790
Prefecture	Strasbourg
Subprefectures	Haguenau, Molsheim, Saverne, Sélestat
Government [1]
• President	Frédéric Bierry
Area [2]
• Total	4,755 km2 (1,836 sq mi)
Population  (2014)[3]
• Total	1,112,815
• Density	230/km2 (610/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
ISO 3166 code	FR-67
Arrondissements	5
Cantons	23
Communes	517
Website	Bas-Rhin Council

Bas-Rhin (French pronunciation: [bɑ.ʁɛ̃]; Alsatian: Unterelsàss, ‘s Unterlànd or ‘s Ingerlànd; traditional German: Niederrhein; English: Lower Rhine) is a department in the Grand Est region of France, named after the Rhine river that flows along its eastern border. The prefecture (capital) of Bas-Rhin is Strasbourg.

Bas-Rhin means "Lower Rhine", however, geographically speaking it belongs to the Upper Rhine region. This is the last French department to have kept the term Bas, meaning "Lower", in its name. Other departments using this word preferred to change their names.

1. ↑ "Le Conseil Départamental" (in French). Conseil départamental du Bas-Rhin. Archived from the original on 26 June 2017. Retrieved 14 November 2017.
2. ↑ "Département du Bas-Rhin (67)". Comparateur de territoire (in French). Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques - INSEE. Retrieved 14 November 2017.
3. ↑ "Populations légales 2014 des départements et des collectivités d'outre-mer" (in French). Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques - INSEE. Retrieved 14 November 2017.