This is another new region of France, we call it Grand Est . it took some time to get it as the folks were not too happy to change the name especially the Alsace. Finally, the gov’t won and the name was voted by the council of States .
The official regional webpage is here in French: https://www.grandest.fr/presentation
And the site tourist information in French is here: https://www.grandest.fr/competences/tourisme
Grand Est is the old regions of Alsace, Lorraine, and Champagne-Ardennes . In turn this new region comprises the departments of Haut-Rhin, Bas-Rhin, Meurthe-et-Moselle, Moselle, Vosges, Ardennes, Marne, Haute-Marne, Aube ,and the Meuse.
Great network of transportation that will soon merge into one for the whole region. Still working on merging all into one but the main ones are:
All transports
https://www.vialsace.eu/fr/itineraires-grand-est/176
the transfrontaliers, nearby countries
https://www.vialsace.eu/fr/itineraires-transfrontaliers/160/JourneyPlannerEU/Index
the train TER grand est
https://www.vialsace.eu/ftp/%7Blang%7D_documents/plan-ter-grandest.pdf
link grand est sncf
https://www.ter.sncf.com/grand-est
the Lorraine
https://www.simplicim-lorraine.eu/fr/part24/le-reseau/34
Champagne
http://www.vitici.fr/fr/Reseaux-partenaires/Reseau-des-Ardennes
several on bus
http://www.transdev-grandest.fr/
The biggest city is Strasbourg, here the city host the European Parliament as well as the mediator European who controls the UE. Also, it’s the seat of the Council of Europe of which is attach the European Court of Human Rights as well as the pharma European organism. Here , also ,you have the IT system network of Schengen.
The region frontiers are with four countries Belgium, Luxembourg, Germany, and Switzerland. In the region ,other than the official French language, you can also hear German, Alsacien, Francine Lorrain, Lorrain Romanesque(Welche), and Champenois
Some of the wonderful Unesco world heritage sites here are:
At Nancy, the areas around the Place Stanislas, Place de la Carriére, Place de’Alliance. The Grande île or big island in Strasbourg ; at Reims the Notre Dame Cathedral, Basilica of Saint Remi, and the Episcopal palace of Tau. On the road to St James (Santiago) you have the Basilica of Notre Dame at L’Epine and the Notre Dame en Vaux Church in Châlons-en-Champagne; fortifications of Vauban such as the Citadelle of Longwy and Citadelle of Neuf-Brisach; the mountain sides of the houses and cellars of Champagne; the architectural work of Le Corbusier, the manufacture Claude et Duval at Saint-Dié-des-Vosges.
Enjoy the Grand Est, far East of France where history of nations intertwined with the modern Europe in France.
Happy Monday, me on a roll lol!!! Cheers!!!
Paris1972-Versailles2003 
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