Alsace (;
Alsatian:
’s Elass ; German:
Elsass,
pre-1996 also:
Elsaß ; ) is a cultural and historical region in eastern France, now located in the administrative region of
Alsace-Champagne-Ardenne-Lorraine. Alsace is located on France's eastern border and on the west bank of the upper
Rhine adjacent to Germany and Switzerland.