Pays-Haut

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Pays-Haut is a historical and geographical region in northeastern France known for its former iron and steel industries and its location near the borders with Belgium and Luxembourg.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Pays Haut 1
Pays-Haut canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf geographical region ⓘ
historical region ⓘ
country France ⓘ
hasCharacteristic cross-border economic links with Belgium ⓘ
cross-border economic links with Luxembourg ⓘ
post-industrial landscape ⓘ
presence of former mining towns ⓘ
presence of former steelworks sites ⓘ
hasCurrentTrend economic reconversion ⓘ
heritage tourism development ⓘ
hasEconomicHistory decline of heavy industry in late 20th century ⓘ
hasLandscapeFeature plateau terrain ⓘ
urbanized mining and steel towns ⓘ
historicalLanguage Lorrain dialects ⓘ
Luxembourgish (in some border areas) ⓘ
historicalPeriodOfIndustrialPeak 19th century ⓘ
20th century ⓘ
knownFor industrial heritage ⓘ
iron industry ⓘ
mining activities ⓘ
steel industry ⓘ
language French ⓘ
locatedIn Grand Est region ⓘ
linked to: Grand Est

Meurthe-et-Moselle department ⓘ
linked to: Meurthe-et-Moselle

Meuse department ⓘ
Moselle department ⓘ
northeastern France ⓘ
northeastern Lorraine iron ore basin ⓘ
nearBorderWith Belgium ⓘ
Luxembourg ⓘ
partOf French–Belgian–Luxembourg border area ⓘ
Lorraine ⓘ

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Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Longwy → partOf → Pays-Haut ⓘ
Algrange → subregion → Pays Haut ⓘ
linked to: Pays-Haut