Bas-Rhin is a department of France. The Rhine has forever been of great historical and economic importance to the area, and it forms the eastern border of Bas-Rhin. The region is also home to some of the foothills of the Vosges. The central plains are very productive, producing cereals, tobacco, hops, beets, and fruit. Livestock is also farmed. The department has manufacturing industries such as textiles, machinery, chemicals, and earthenware. The administrative centre is Strasbourg, which houses many buildings of the European Union. Bas-Rhin is produced from part of the previous province of Alsace.

The Bas-Rhin is a department of France. The Bas-Rhin is a part of the region Alsace. It borders the departments of Haut-Rhin south of the Vosges and Meurthe-et-Moselle in the south-west of the Moselle in the west, as well as the Germany to the east along the Rhine and north. The Bas-Rhin department has a lot of relics and patrimony such as ancient churches or medieval castles. In reality, it has the most important numbers of fortified castles of France.