Lorraine

Lorraine is in the region of . The region is home to a rich historical, architectural, and cultural heritage, with prestigious gems and sometimes little-known treasures.
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is in the Lorraine region of that borders and . and the rest of the region offer much to view of historical interest, as well as a well-rounded shopping scene, ranging from the low- to high-end and including a great Saturday farmers' market.

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is a moderate-sized city in the Grand-Est region of . is the capital of the French département of Meurthe-et-Moselle, and is the economic capital of the Lorraine region.

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is a commune in the Vosges department, , northeastern . It is a sub-prefecture of the department.

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is the capital of the Vosges département in Lorraine.

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is a city in the department in , northeastern . It is an arrondissement of the department. In 843, the Treaty of , which divided the Carolingian Empire into three kingdoms—considered the foundation of Germany and France—was signed there.

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is in Lorraine on the German border approximately 15 minutes from the centre of Saarbrücken, Germany.

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is a town in Lorraine. You might know from the brand of bottled mineral water of the same name, or their excellent thermal baths. It has a pleasant French small-town atmosphere.

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is a commune in Lorraine containing medieval hill village of the same name, that overlooks the Moselle River as it cuts way through its tree lined limestone gorge.

Lorraine

Latitude of center
48.6° or 48° 36′ north
Longitude of center
6.4872° or 6° 29′ 14″ east
Population
2,350,000
Wiki­data ID
Q1137
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Yue Chinese—“Lorraine” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “Lotaringe”
  • Albanian: “Lorena”
  • Albanian: “Lorraine”
  • Amharic: “ሎሬን”
  • Arabic: “لورين”
  • Aragonese: “Lorena”
  • Armenian: “Լոթարինգիա”
  • Arpitan: “Lorrêna”
  • Asturian: “Lorena”
  • Aymara: “Lorraine suyu”
  • Azerbaijani: “Lotaringiya”
  • Basque: “Lorrena”
  • Belarusian: “Латарынгія (рэгіён)”
  • Belarusian: “Латарынгія”
  • Belarusian: “Лятарынгія”
  • Belarusian: “рэгіён Латарынгія”
  • Bengali: “লোরেন”
  • Bosnian: “Lorena”
  • Breton: “Loren”
  • Breton: “Lorraine”
  • Bulgarian: “Лотарингия (регион)”
  • Bulgarian: “Лотарингия”
  • Catalan: “Lorena”
  • Cebuano: “Lorraine”
  • Chechen: “ЛугӀен”
  • Chinese: “Lorraine”
  • Chinese: “洛林”
  • Croatian: “Lorena”
  • Czech: “Lotrinsko”
  • Danish: “Lorraine”
  • Dimli (individual language): “Loren”
  • Dutch: “Lotharingen”
  • Esperanto: “Loreno”
  • Estonian: “Lorraine”
  • Finnish: “Lorraine”
  • Finnish: “Lothringen”
  • French: “Lorraine”
  • Galician: “Lorena”
  • Georgian: “ლოთარინგია”
  • German: “Lorraine”
  • German: “Lothringen”
  • Greek: “Λωρραίνη”
  • Hakka Chinese: “Lorraine”
  • Hebrew: “לורן”
  • Hungarian: “Lotaringia”
  • Ido: “Lotringia”
  • Indonesian: “Lorraine”
  • Interlingua: “Lorena”
  • Irish: “An Lorráin”
  • Italian: “Lorena”
  • Japanese: “ロレーヌ地域圏”
  • Javanese: “Lorraine”
  • Kashubian: “Lotringa”
  • Kazakh: “Лотарингия”
  • Kirghiz: “Лотарингия”
  • Korean: “로렌”
  • Kurdish: “Lorraine”
  • Ladino: “Lorraine”
  • Latin: “Lotharingia”
  • Latvian: “Lotringa”
  • Lithuanian: “Lotaringija”
  • Lombard: “Lorena”
  • Lower Sorbian: “Lothringska”
  • Luxembourgish: “Loutrengen”
  • Macedo-Romanian: “Lorraine”
  • Macedonian: “Лорена”
  • Malagasy: “Lorraine”
  • Malay: “Lorraine”
  • Marathi: “लोरेन”
  • Mazanderani: “لورنا (سائو پائولو)”
  • Mazanderani: “لورنا”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Lorraine”
  • Mingrelian: “ლოთარინგია”
  • Mongolian: “Лотаринг”
  • Northern Luri: “لورن”
  • Northern Sami: “Lothringen”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Lorraine”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Lorraine”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Regionen Lorraine”
  • Norwegian: “Lorraine”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Lorena”
  • Old English (ca. 450-1100): “Hloðeringa”
  • Ossetian: “Лотаринги”
  • Pampanga: “Lorraine”
  • Panjabi: “ਲੋਰੈਨ”
  • Persian: “لورن”
  • Pfaelzisch: “Lothringe”
  • Pfaelzisch: “Lothringen”
  • Picard: “Lorraine”
  • Piemontese: “Loren-a”
  • Polish: “Lotaryngia”
  • Portuguese: “Lorena”
  • Quechua: “Lorraine”
  • Romanian: “Lorena”
  • Russian: “Лотарингия”
  • Santali: “ᱞᱳᱨᱟᱭᱮᱱ”
  • Sardinian: “Lorena”
  • Scots: “Lorraine”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Lorraine”
  • Serbian: “Лорена”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Lorraine”
  • Sicilian: “Lurena”
  • Slovak: “Lotrinsko”
  • Slovenian: “Lorena”
  • Somali: “Lorraine”
  • South Azerbaijani: “لورن”
  • Spanish: “Lorena”
  • Swahili: “Lorraine”
  • Swedish: “Lorraine”
  • Swedish: “Lothringen”
  • Swiss German: “Lothringe”
  • Talysh: “Lotaringija”
  • Talysh: “Lotarinqiya”
  • Tamil: “லொரெயின்”
  • Thai: “แคว้นลอแรน”
  • Tosk Albanian: “Lothringen”
  • Turkish: “Loren”
  • Turkish: “Lorraine”
  • Ukrainian: “Лотарингія”
  • Upper Sorbian: “Lothringska”
  • Urdu: “لورین”
  • Uzbek: “Lotaringiya”
  • Venetian: “Lorena”
  • Vietnamese: “Lorraine”
  • Vlaams: “Lorraine”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Lorraine”
  • Welsh: “Lorraine”
  • Western Frisian: “Loataringen”
  • Western Frisian: “Lotaringen”
  • Western Panjabi: “لورین”
  • Wu Chinese: “洛林”
  • Yiddish: “לאטארינגיע”
  • Yue Chinese: “洛林”

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