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Introduction

Lorraine, administrative region and former province in north-east France, located directly east of Paris, bordered on the north by Belgium, Luxembourg, and Germany, on the east by Alsace, on the south by Franche-Comté, and to the west by Champagne-Ardenne. The region is today divided into the four departments of Meuse, Meurthe-et-Moselle, Moselle, and Vosges and has a total land area of 23,547 sq km (9,092 sq mi).