Nordgau
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The Nordgau can refer to two distinct areas:
- Nordgau (Alsace) (:fr:Nordgau (Alsace) on French Wikipedia), the Alsatian Nordgau, the medieval County of Nordgau, the northern part of AlsaceAlsaceAlsace is the fifth-smallest of the 27 regions of France in land area , and the smallest in metropolitan France. It is also the seventh-most densely populated region in France and third most densely populated region in metropolitan France, with ca. 220 inhabitants per km²...
- Nordgau (Bavaria) (:de:Nordgau on German Wikipedia), the Bavarian Nordgau, the medieval Margraviate of Nordgau, in the area of the Upper PalatinateUpper PalatinateThe Upper Palatinate is one of the seven administrative regions of Bavaria, Germany, located in the east of Bavaria.- History :The region took its name first in the early 16th century, because it was by the Treaty of Pavia one of the main portions of the territory of the Wittelsbach Elector...