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The Greater Region ((フランス語:Grande Région), (ドイツ語:Großregion), (ルクセンブルク語:Groussregioun)) is the area of Saarland, Lorraine, Luxembourg, Rhineland-Palatinate, Wallonia and the rest of the French Community of Belgium, and the German-speaking Community of Belgium.〔(Download of the charter 9 October 1998 )〕 It is ''not'' identical with the SaarLorLux Euroregion, despite being in the same territory. It is situated between the Rhine, Moselle, Saar and Meuse rivers, has an overall area of 65,401 km². Its population counts 11.2 million inhabitants, representing 2.5% of the total population of the 27-state European Union, and accounting for the same proportion of the EU GDP. The Greater Region is divided between Romance and Germanic languages and also forms the hub for transport in Europe. It has an urban, rural (Ardennes-Eifel-Rheinhessen) and industrial fabric which is the source of rich and ongoing economic and cultural relations. == Geography == The size of the Greater Region is more than 400 km from East to West and more than 350 km from North to South. "11.2 Millions of people live in the Greater Region; this is corresponding to 3% of the total population of the 15 European Union member states. In the same dimension the Greater Region contributes to the gross domestic product of the community. (...) All four member states are faced with economic challenges, being subject to changes in their industrial and mining industries. So they create a certain syndicate to cope with these problems, like the "European Development Pool of the sectors Longwy (France), Rodange (Luxembourg), Athus (Belgium)". 〔(Description of the Greater Region on the official web page ) by Evelyne Arnould, university lecturer for Geographie at the Université de Nancy〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Greater Region」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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