Haut-Rhin

Haut-Rhin (French pronunciation: [oʁɛ̃], lit. 'Upper Rhine'; Alsatian: Owerelsàss or ‘s Iwerlànd;^[3] German: Oberelsass, lit. 'Upper Alsace') is a département in the Grand Est region, France, bordering both Germany and Switzerland. It is named after the river Rhine. Its name means Upper Rhine. Haut-Rhin is the smaller and less populated of the two departments of the former administrative Alsace region, the other being the Bas-Rhin (Lower Rhine). Especially after the 1871 cession of the southern territory known since 1922 as Territoire de Belfort, although it is still rather densely populated compared to the rest of metropolitan France. It had a population of 767,083 in 2021.^[4]

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Département
Prefecture building of the Haut-Rhin department, in Colmar
Flag Coat of arms
Location of Haut-Rhin in France
Coordinates: 47°57′51″N 7°19′11″E
Country	France
Region	Grand Est
Prefecture	Colmar
Subprefectures	Altkirch Mulhouse Thann
Government
• Prefect	Louis Laugier[1]
Area 1
• Total	3,525 km2 (1,361 sq mi)
Population  (2021)[2]
• Total	767,083
• Rank	29th
• Density	220/km2 (560/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Department number	68
Arrondissements	4
Cantons	17
Communes	366
^1 French Land Register data, which exclude estuaries, and lakes, ponds, and glaciers larger than 1 km2

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On 1 January 2021, the départemental collectivities of Bas-Rhin and Haut-Rhin were merged into the European Collectivity of Alsace.