Bas-Rhin [SEP] inception
1969 became Pyrénées-Atlantiques and "Basses-Alpes" in 1970 became the department of Alpes-de-Haute-Provence. The same phenomenon was observed for the "inférieur" (also meaning "lower") departments such as "Charente-Inférieure, Seine-Inférieure", and "Loire-Inférieure".
History.
Bas-Rhin is one of the original 83 departments created on 4 March 1790, during the French Revolution.
On 14 January 1790 the National Constituent Assembly decreed:
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Bas-Rhin's 8th constituency
The 8th constituency of the Bas-Rhin is a French legislative constituency in the Bas-Rhin "département".
Description.
The 8th constituency of Bas-Rhin covers the Northern most portion of the Departement, bordering (Germany) to both the east and north. It includes the small town of Wissembourg on the German border as well as the surrounding countryside.
It has been a bastion of the conservative right since the inception of the Fifth Republic. It won easily by