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Alsace, California

Del Rey, Los AngelesEnclaves in the United StatesPlaya Vista, Los AngelesUnincorporated communities in Los Angeles County, CaliforniaWestside (Los Angeles County)
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Alsace is a place name designating what was originally an interurban trolley stop, and now an approximately five-block enclave of unincorporated Los Angeles County in the Westside region, surrounded by Del Rey, just north of the Playa Vista neighborhood of Los Angeles, California, United States.

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Alsace, California
West Jefferson Boulevard, Los Angeles

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N 33.978611111111 ° E -118.41555555556 °
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West Jefferson Boulevard 12777
90066 Los Angeles
California, United States
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Mar Vista Gardens

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