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Strasbourg
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Prefecture and commune | |
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| Coordinates: 48°35′00″N 07°44′45″E / 48.58333°N 7.74583°E | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Grand Est |
| Department | Bas-Rhin |
| Arrondissement | Strasbourg |
| Canton | 6 cantons |
| Intercommunality | Eurométropole de Strasbourg |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2020–2026) | Jeanne Barseghian[1] (The Ecologists) |
| Area 1 | 78.26 km2 (30.22 sq mi) |
| • Urban (2018[note 1]) | 240.2 km2 (92.7 sq mi) |
| • Metro (2019[note 1]) | 2,227.1 km2 (859.9 sq mi) |
| Population (2021)[2] | 291,313 |
| • Rank | 8th in France |
| • Density | 3,700/km2 (9,600/sq mi) |
| • Urban (2020[3][note 1]) | 484,217 |
| • Urban density | 2,000/km2 (5,200/sq mi) |
| • Metro (2020[4][note 1]) | 860,744 |
| • Metro density | 390/km2 (1,000/sq mi) |
| Demonym(s) | Strasbourgeois (masculine) Strasbourgeoise (feminine) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 67482 / |
| Dialling codes | 0388, 0390, 0368 |
| Elevation | 132–151 m (433–495 ft) |
| Website | www |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
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Strasbourg (UK: /ˈstræzbɜːrɡ/,[5] US: /ˈstrɑːsbʊərɡ, ˈstrɑːz-, -bɜːrɡ/,[6] French: [stʁasbuʁ] ⓘ; German: Straßburg [ˈʃtʁaːsbʊʁk] ⓘ;[7][8]) is the prefecture and largest city of the Grand Est region of eastern France. Located at the border with Germany in the historic region of Alsace, it is the prefecture of the Bas-Rhin department. It is the official seat of the European Parliament.
In 2021, the city proper had 291,313 inhabitants and both the Eurométropole de Strasbourg (Greater Strasbourg) and the Arrondissement of Strasbourg had 514,651 inhabitants.[9] Strasbourg's metropolitan area had a population of 860,744 in 2020,[4] making it the eighth-largest metro area in France and home to 14% of the Grand Est region's inhabitants. The transnational Eurodistrict Strasbourg-Ortenau had a population of roughly 1,000,000 in 2022. Strasbourg is one of the de facto four main capitals of the European Union (alongside Brussels, Luxembourg and Frankfurt), as it is the seat of several European institutions, such as the European Parliament, the Eurocorps and the European Ombudsman of the European Union. An organization separate from the European Union, the Council of Europe (with its European Court of Human Rights, its European Directorate for the Quality of Medicines most commonly known in French as "Pharmacopée Européenne", and its European Audiovisual Observatory) is also located in the city.
Together with Basel (Bank for International Settlements), Geneva (United Nations), The Hague (International Court of Justice) and New York City (United Nations world headquarters), Strasbourg is among the few cities in the world that is not a state capital that hosts international organisations of the first order.[10] The city is the seat of many non-European international institutions such as the Central Commission for Navigation on the Rhine and the International Institute of Human Rights.[11] It is the second city in France in terms of international congress and symposia, after Paris. Strasbourg's historic city centre, the Grande Île (Grand Island), was classified a World Heritage Site by UNESCO in 1988, with the newer "Neustadt" being added to the site in 2017.[12] Strasbourg is immersed in Franco-German culture and although violently disputed throughout history, has been a cultural bridge between France and Germany for centuries, especially through the University of Strasbourg, currently the second-largest in France, and the coexistence of Catholic and Protestant culture. It is also home to the largest Islamic place of worship in France, the Strasbourg Grand Mosque.[13]
Economically, Strasbourg is an important centre of manufacturing and engineering, as well as a hub of road, rail, and river transportation. The port of Strasbourg is the second-largest on the Rhine after Duisburg in Germany, and the second-largest river port in France after Paris.[14][15]
- ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.
- ^ "Populations légales 2021". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
- ^ "Unité urbaine 2020 de Strasbourg (partie française) (67701)". insee.fr. Retrieved 16 January 2024.
- ^ a b "Aire d'attraction des villes 2020 de Strasbourg (partie française) (010)". insee.fr. Retrieved 16 January 2024.
- ^ "Strasbourg". Lexico UK English Dictionary. Oxford University Press. Archived from the original on 22 March 2020.
- ^ "Strasbourg". Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary. Retrieved 30 April 2019.
- ^ Bas Rhin Alsatian: Strossburi [ˈʃd̥ʁɔːsb̥uʁi] ⓘ, Haut Rhin Alsatian: Strossburig [ˈʃd̥ʁɔːsb̥uʁiɡ̊] ⓘ
- ^ Office pour la Langue et la Culture d'Alsace. "Strasbourg". oclalsace.org (in French). Retrieved 11 June 2019..
- ^ "Populations légales en vigueur à compter du 1er janvier 2024" (PDF). Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques. Retrieved 16 January 2024.
- ^ "Ot Strasbourg". Archived from the original on 11 June 2007. Retrieved 10 December 2019.
- ^ "The international institute of Human Rights". Archived from the original on 3 June 2013. Retrieved 31 August 2013.
- ^ "Strasbourg, Grande-Île and Neustadt". UNESCO World Heritage Centre. United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization. Retrieved 17 October 2021.
- ^ "France Vows to Kick out Islamic Troublemakers". Naharnet. 27 September 2012.
- ^ "Le Port Autonome de Strasbourg". upper-rhine-ports.eu. Retrieved 4 January 2020.
- ^ "Port de Strasbourg: le trafic chute de 26% en 2018, plus bas historique". Le Figaro. 15 January 2019. Retrieved 4 January 2020.
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