Upper Rhine metropolitan region
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The Upper Rhine metropolitan region is a major transnational urban and economic area spanning parts of France, Germany, and Switzerland along the Upper Rhine, known for its dense cross-border integration, industry, and transport networks.
Aliases (3)
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
European metropolitan region
→
cross-border region → transnational metropolitan region → |
| borderedBy |
Black Forest
→
Vosges Mountains → |
| countryComponent |
Baden-Württemberg
→
Canton of Aargau NERFINISHED → Canton of Basel-Landschaft NERFINISHED → Canton of Basel-Stadt NERFINISHED → Canton of Jura NERFINISHED → Canton of Solothurn NERFINISHED → Grand Est NERFINISHED → Rhineland-Palatinate → |
| crossBorderCooperation |
Eurodistrict PAMINA
→
Eurodistrict Strasbourg-Ortenau → Trinational Eurodistrict Basel → Upper Rhine Conference → |
| economicCharacteristic |
high degree of industrialization
→
important logistics hub → strong services sector → |
| hasLanguage |
Alsatian
→
French → German → Swiss German dialects → |
| hasPart |
Alsace
→
Baden → Northwestern Switzerland → Palatinate → |
| knownFor |
automotive and mechanical engineering industry
→
chemical and pharmaceutical industry → cross-border labor market integration → research and innovation clusters → trilingual environment → |
| locatedIn |
France
→
Germany → Switzerland → Upper Rhine → |
| majorCity |
Basel
NERFINISHED
→
Freiburg im Breisgau NERFINISHED → Karlsruhe NERFINISHED → Mulhouse → Strasbourg → |
| majorRiver |
Rhine
→
|
| partOf |
Franco-German-Swiss border area
→
|
| transportInfrastructure |
Basel port
→
EuroAirport Basel–Mulhouse–Freiburg → Strasbourg port → dense motorway network → high-speed rail connections → navigable Rhine waterway → |
Referenced by (8)
| Subject (surface form when different) | Predicate |
|---|---|
|
Basel–Mulhouse–Freiburg transport corridor
→
Eurodistrict Strasbourg-Ortenau ("Upper Rhine region") → Karlsruhe → Saint-Louis ("Franco-German-Swiss Upper Rhine region") → University of Freiburg ("Upper Rhine region") → |
partOf |
|
Basel–Mulhouse railway
("Upper Rhine region")
→
Saint-Louis ("Upper Rhine region") → |
locatedIn |
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Strasbourg Airport
("Upper Rhine area")
→
|
servesRegion |