place_of_birth patricia schillinger
Hégenheim ( Alsatian : " Hagena ") is a commune in the Haut - Rhin department in ___MASK76___ in north - eastern ___MASK14___ . It is adjacent to the Swiss town of Allschwil , and is part of the Basel country side . ___MASK14___ , officially the French ___MASK91___ , is a country with territory in western Europe and several overseas regions and territories . The European , or metropolitan , area of ___MASK14___ extends from the Mediterranean Sea to the English Channel and the North Sea , and from the Rhine to the Atlantic Ocean . Overseas ___MASK14___ include French Guiana on the South American continent and several island territories in the Atlantic , Pacific and Indian oceans . ___MASK14___ spans and had a total population of almost 67 million people as of January 2017 . It is a unitary semi - presidential ___MASK91___ with the capital in Paris , the country ' s largest city and main cultural and commercial centre . Other major urban centres include Marseille , Lyon , Lille , Nice , Toulouse and Bordeaux . The Territoire de ___MASK26___ is a department in the Bourgogne - Franche - Comté region ___MASK46___ eastern ___MASK14___ . The Rhine (, , ) is a European river that begins in the Swiss ___MASK9___ ___MASK46___ ___MASK84___ in the southeastern Swiss Alps , forms part ___MASK46___ the Swiss - Austrian , Swiss - Liechtenstein , Swiss - German and then the Franco - German border , then flows through the Rhineland and eventually empties into the North Sea in the Netherlands . The largest city on the river Rhine is Cologne , Germany , with a population ___MASK46___ more than 1 , 050 , 000 people . It is the second - longest river in Central and Western Europe ( after the Danube ), at about , with an average discharge ___MASK46___ about . The Upper Rhine is the section ___MASK46___ the Rhine in the Upper Rhine Plain between Basle in Switzerland and ___MASK28___ in Germany . The river is marked by Rhine - kilometres 170 to 529 ( the scale beginning in Konstanz and ending in Rotterdam ). Haut - Rhin ( Alsatian : " Owerelsàss ") is a department in the Grand Est region ___MASK46___ ___MASK14___ , named after the Rhine river . Its name means " Upper Rhine ". Haut - Rhin is the smaller and less populated ___MASK46___ the two departments ___MASK46___ the former administrative Alsace region , especially after it was amputated in 1871 ___MASK46___ the southern territory known since 1922 as Territoire de Belfort , although it is still densely populated compared to the rest ___MASK46___ metropolitan ___MASK14___ . ___MASK68___ is a statistic town and a municipality in the district ___MASK46___ ___MASK97___ in the canton ___MASK46___ Basel - Country in Switzerland . ___MASK26___ [] is a city in northeastern ___MASK14___ in the Bourgogne - Franche - Comté région , situated between ___MASK71___ and ___MASK77___ . It is the biggest town and the administrative town of the Territoire de ___MASK26___ département in the Bourgogne - Franche - Comté region . ___MASK26___ is from Paris , from ___MASK77___ , from ___MASK71___ and from Zürich . The residents of the city are called  Belfortains . It is located on the Savoureuse , on the strategically important natural route between the Rhine and the Rhône  the ___MASK26___ Gap (" Trouée de ___MASK26___ ") or Burgundian Gate (" Porte de Bourgogne "). The city of ___MASK26___ has 50 , 199 inhabitants . Together with its suburbs and satellite towns , ___MASK26___ forms the largest agglomeration ( metropolitan area ) in Bourgogne - Franche - Comté region with an urban population of 308 , 601 inhabitants . ___MASK25___ , officially the Federal ___MASK91___ of ___MASK25___ , is a federal parliamentary ___MASK91___ in central - western Europe . It includes 16 constituent states , covers an area of , and has a largely temperate seasonal climate . With about 82 million inhabitants , ___MASK25___ is the most populous member state of the European Union . After the United States , it is the second most popular immigration destination in the world . ___MASK25___ ' s capital and largest metropolis is Berlin . Other major cities include ___MASK23___ , Munich , Cologne , Frankfurt , Stuttgart and Düsseldorf . ___MASK62___ , officially the Swiss Confederation , is a federal ___MASK91___ in Europe . It consists of 26 cantons , and the city of Bern is the seat of the federal authorities . The country is situated in Western - Central Europe , and is bordered by Italy to the south , France to the west , Germany to the north , and Austria and ___MASK93___ to the east . ___MASK62___ is a landlocked country geographically divided between the Alps , the Swiss Plateau and the ___MASK100___ , spanning an area of . While the Alps occupy the greater part of the territory , the Swiss population of approximately eight million people is concentrated mostly on the plateau , where the largest cities are to be found : among them are the two global cities and economic centres Zürich and Geneva . ___MASK50___ ( also Basle or ) is a city in northwestern Switzerland on the river Rhine . ___MASK76___ (; Alsatian : " s Elsass " ; German : " Elsass " ) is a cultural and historical region in eastern ___MASK14___ , now located in the administrative region of Grand Est . ___MASK76___ is located on ___MASK14___ ' s eastern border and on the ___MASK32___ of the upper Rhine adjacent to Germany and Switzerland . Metropolitan ___MASK14___ ( or " la Métropole "), also known as European ___MASK14___ , is the part of ___MASK14___ in Europe . It comprises mainland ___MASK14___ and nearby islands in the Atlantic Ocean , the English Channel , and the Mediterranean Sea , including Corsica . Overseas ___MASK14___ (" la ___MASK14___ d ' outre - mer ") is the collective name for the part of ___MASK14___ outside Europe : French overseas regions (" départements et régions d ' outre - mer " or " DROM "), territories (" territoires d ' outre - mer " or " TOM "), collectivities (" collectivités d ' outre - mer " or " COM "), and the sui generis collectivity (" collectivité sui generis ") of New ___MASK13___ . Alsatia in ___MASK22___ , was the name given to an area lying north of the River Thames covered by the Whitefriars monastery , to the south of the west end of Fleet Street and adjacent to the Temple . Between the fifteenth and seventeenth centuries it had the privilege of a sanctuary , except against a writ of the Lord Chief Justice or of the Lords of the Privy Council ; and as a result it was the refuge of the perpetrators of every grade of crime , debauchery , and offence against the laws . The execution of a warrant there , if at any ___MASK74___ practicable , was attended with great danger , as all united in a maintenance in common of the immunity of the place . It was one of the last places of sanctuary used in England , abolished by Act of Parliament named " The Escape from Prison Act " in 1697 and a further Act in 1723 . Eleven other places in ___MASK22___ were named in the Acts ( The Minories , The Mint , Salisbury Court , Whitefriars , Fulwoods Rents , Mitre Court , Baldwins Gardens , The Savoy , The Clink , Deadmans Place , Montague Close , and Stepney ). Patricia Schillinger ( born 18 January 1963 ) is a member ___MASK46___ the Senate ___MASK46___ ___MASK14___ , representing the Haut - Rhin department . She is a member ___MASK46___ the Socialist Party , and is the mayor ___MASK46___ the French village ___MASK46___ Hégenheim , in Alsace .