Lorraine

Lorraine is an administrative region in eastern France. It borders the countries of Belgium, Luxembourg, and Germany in addition to the French regions of Franche-Comté, Alsace, and Champagne-Ardenne. Part of the region spent a lot of its history bouncing back and forth between the German and French political units. As a result, the contempory feeling of "frenchness" in the province is very strong. That is not to say the locals in Germanic Lorraine are not interested in maintaing their distinct multi-ethnic heritage.