Жоғарғы Рейн департаменті

Department of France

Haut Rhin (oʁɛ̃, ; Alsatian: Owerelsàss or ‘s Iwerlànd; Oberelsass, ) 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. On 1 January 2021, the départemental collectivities of Bas Rhin and Haut Rhin were merged into the European Collectivity of Alsace.

Haut Rhin is bordered by the Territoire de Belfort and Vosges départements and the Vosges Mountains to the west, the Bas Rhin département to the North, Switzerland to the south and its eastern border with Germany is also the Rhine. In the centre of the département lies a fertile plain. The climate is semi continental.

Haut Rhin is one of the richest French départements. Mulhouse is the home of the Stellantis Mulhouse Plant automobile factory, where the Peugeot 2008 and Peugeot 508 are currently built. The lowest unemployment rate in France can be found in the Southern Sundgau region (approximately 2%). The countryside is marked by hills. Many Haut Rhinois work in Switzerland, especially in the chemical industries of Basel, but commute from France where living costs are lower. However, the region does have some of France's worst socio economic inequalities; Mulhouse has long been one of France's poorest major cities.

Alsace and the adjacent Moselle department have a legal system slightly different from the rest of France. The statutes in question date from the period 1871–1919 when the area was part of the German Empire. With the return of Alsace Lorraine to France by the Treaty of Versailles in 1919, Paris accepted that Alsace and Moselle should retain some local laws in respect of certain matters, especially with regard to hunting, economic life, local government relationships, health insurance and social rights. It includes notably the absence of any formal separation between church and state: several mainstream denominations of the Christian church benefit from state funding, in contrast to principles applied in the rest of France.

ElectionWinning CandidateParty%2nd Place CandidateParty% 2022 Emmanuel Macron LREM 52.90 Marine Le Pen FN 47.10 2017 Emmanuel Macron LREM 57.97 Marine Le Pen FN 42.03 2012 Nicolas Sarkozy UMP 63.33 François Hollande PS 36.67 2007 Nicolas Sarkozy UMP 65.39 Ségolène Royal PS 34.61 2002 Jacques Chirac RPR 57.26 Lionel Jospin PS 42.74