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.


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
Strasbourg Airport ("Upper Rhine area")
servesRegion

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