Grande Île

The Grande Île is an that lies at the historic centre of , France. Its name derives from the fact that it is surrounded on one side by the main channel of the and on the other side by the Canal du Faux-Rempart, a canalised arm of that river.
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  • Type: Protected area
  • Description: island in Bas-Rhin, France
  • Also known as: “Grande Île, Strasbourg” and “Strasbourg Grande Île”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Temple Neuf and Aubette.

Church
Photo: Robert Cutts, CC BY 2.0.
The in is a Lutheran church built on the site of the former Dominican convent where Meister Eckhart studied. The Temple was constructed at the end of the 19th century after the old Dominican Church was destroyed during the Siege of Strasbourg on the night of 24-25 August 1870, during the Franco-Prussian War.

Shopping center
Photo: Tael, CC BY 3.0.
L' is a historic building on the Place Kléber in , France. It was built by Jacques-François Blondel in 1765–1772 on the site of a medieval monastery, but was burnt out in 1870. is situated 170 metres northwest of Grande Île.

Museum
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The is the old masters paintings collection of the city of , located in the Alsace region of . The museum is housed in the first and second floors of the baroque since 1898. is situated 410 metres southeast of Grande Île.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Petite France and Hautepierre.

Neighborhood
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The , in Alsatian dialect: Französel; "Little France"), also known as the Quartier des Tanneurs is the south-western part of the Grande Île of , France, the most central and characteristic of the city that forms the historic centre.

Suburb
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is a suburb, which is situated 3½ km west of Grande Île.

Town
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or Hoenheim is a commune in the department in in north-eastern . is situated 4½ km north of Grande Île.

Grande Île

Latitude
48.58294° or 48° 34′ 59″ north
Longitude
7.7477° or 7° 44′ 52″ east
Open location code
8FW9HPMX+53
Open­Street­Map ID
way 217834967
Open­Street­Map feature
landuse=­residential
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­attraction
Wiki­data ID
Q1895943
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Basque to Vietnamese—“Grande Île” goes by many names.
  • Basque: “Estrasburgoko Uharte Handia”
  • Catalan: “Gran Illa d’Estrasburg”
  • Chinese: “大岛”
  • Croatian: “Grande Île”
  • Danish: “Grande Île, Strasbourg”
  • Danish: “Strasbourg Grande Île”
  • Dutch: “Grande Île”
  • Finnish: “Grande Île”
  • French: “Grande Île de Strasbourg”
  • Galician: “Grande Illa de Estrasburgo”
  • German: “Altstadt”
  • German: “Straßburg: Grande Île”
  • Hindi: “ग्रांडे आइल, स्ट्रैसबर्ग”
  • Hungarian: “Grande Île”
  • Italian: “Grande Île”
  • Japanese: “ストラスブールのグラン・ディル”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Grande Île”
  • Norwegian: “Grande Île”
  • Portuguese: “Grande Île de Estrasburgo”
  • Russian: “Гранд-Иль (Страсбург)”
  • Russian: “Гранд-Иль”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Grande Île”
  • Slovenian: “Grande Île, Strasbourg”
  • Slovenian: “Strasbourg Grande Île”
  • Spanish: “Gran Isla de Estrasburgo”
  • Swedish: “Grande île”
  • Thai: “กร็องดีล”
  • Turkish: “Grande Île”
  • Ukrainian: “Гранд-Іль”
  • Vietnamese: “Grande Île, Strasbourg”
  • Vietnamese: “Strasbourg Grande Île”

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