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Haut-Rhin

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Haut-Rhin
Prefectur biggin o the Haut-Rhin depairtment, in Colmar
Prefectur biggin o the Haut-Rhin depairtment, in Colmar
Coat of airms o Haut-Rhin
Coat airms
Location o Haut-Rhin in Fraunce
Location o Haut-Rhin in Fraunce
Coordinates: 47°57′51″N 7°19′11″E / 47.96417°N 7.31972°E / 47.96417; 7.31972Coordinates: 47°57′51″N 7°19′11″E / 47.96417°N 7.31972°E / 47.96417; 7.31972
KintraFraunce
RegionAlsace
PrefecturColmar
SubprefectursAltkirch
Mulhouse
Thann
Govrenment
 • Preses o the General CooncilCharles Buttner (UMP)
Area
 • Total3525 km2 (1,361 sq mi)
Population
 (2007)
 • Total742,408
 • Rank28t
 • Density210/km2 (550/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Depairtment nummer68
Arrondissements4
Cantons17
Communes377
^1 French Laund Register data, which exclude estuaries, an lochs, ponds, an glaciers lairger nor 1 km2

Haut-Rhin (French pronunciation: ​[oʁɛ̃]; Alsatian: Owerelsàss) (German: Oberelsass, Hoch-Rhein) is a depairtment in the Alsace region o Fraunce, named efter the Rhine river.