German-speaking Lorraine

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German-speaking Lorraine is a historically Germanic-language region in northeastern France, bordering Germany and Luxembourg, known for its mixed Franco-German cultural heritage.

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Label Occurrences
German-speaking Lorraine canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf historical region
linguistic region
associatedWith cross-border commuting
transnational identity
borders Germany
Luxembourg
borderWith Luxembourg
surface form: Grand Duchy of Luxembourg

Rhineland-Palatinate
Saarland
country France
culturalHeritage Franco-German
hasCharacteristic historically multilingual
linguistic border region
mixed cultural identity
hasToponymy Germanic place names
bilingual place names
historicalInfluence German Empire
Holy Roman Empire
Kingdom of France
historicalLanguage German
Germanic languages
Rhenish Franconian
surface form: Lorraine Franconian

Luxembourgish dialects
Rhenish Franconian
surface form: Moselle Franconian
historicalMinority German-speaking population
knownFor Franco-German cultural blending
borderland dialects
historical language contact zone
languageShift from Germanic dialects to French
locatedIn Grand Est
Lorraine
Moselle River
surface form: Moselle valley

Upper Lorraine
northeastern France
minorityLanguage German dialects
Rhenish Franconian
surface form: Lorraine Franconian

Luxembourgish
partOf France
Greater Region of Saar-Lor-Lux
Moselle department
regionType borderland
sharesCultureWith French Lorraine
Germany
Luxembourg

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German-speaking Europe includesPartOfCountry German-speaking Lorraine