Lorraine

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Lorraine is a historical and cultural region in northeastern France known for its strategic location bordering Luxembourg, Germany, and Belgium, and for its mixed French-German heritage.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf cultural region
historical region
borders Belgium
Germany
Luxembourg
containsCity Metz
Nancy
Thionville
Épinal
country France
formerAdministrativeRegionOf France
frontierRegionOf Franco-German border
hasCulturalInfluenceFrom Roman Catholicism
hasDepartment Meurthe-et-Moselle
Meuse
Moselle
Vosges Mountains
surface form: Vosges
hasHeritage French
German
hasMinorityLanguage Alsatian (in border areas)
Rhenish Franconian
surface form: Lorraine Franconian

Luxembourgish
hasRiver Meurthe River
surface form: Meurthe

Moselle River
surface form: Moselle
hasSymbol coat of arms with three alérions
historicalCapital Metz
Nancy
historicalEvent Franco-Prussian War territorial changes
Campaigns of World War I
surface form: World War I battles

World War II
surface form: World War II campaigns
historicalStatus Duchy of Lorraine
knownFor Mirabelle plums
Quiche Lorraine
industrial history
iron and steel industry
mixed French-German heritage
strategic location
languageTradition French
German
Lorrain Romance
Rhenish Franconian
surface form: Lorraine Franconian
locatedIn northeastern France
partOf Grand Est
Holy Roman Empire
surface form: historic Holy Roman Empire (partially, in earlier periods)
partOfRegion Alsace-Lorraine
wasAnnexedBy German Empire
wasAnnexedIn 1871
wasReturnedIn 1918
wasReturnedTo France

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