Strasbourg
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Strasbourg (/ˈstɹæsbɜːɡ/; French pronunciation: [stʁazbuʁ], [stʁasbuʁ]; Alemannic German: Strossburi, [ˈʃd̥rɔːsb̥uri]; German: Straßburg, [ˈʃtʁaːsbʊɐ̯k], [ˈʃtʁaːsbʊʁç]) is the caipital an principal ceety o the former region o Alsace an the admeenistrative region o Grand Est, northeastren Fraunce, an is the offeecial seat o the European Parliament. Locatit close tae the border wi Germany, it is the caipital ceety o the Bas-Rhin depairtment. In 2006, the ceety proper haed 272,975 inhabitants an its urban community 467,375 inhabitants. Wi 638,670 inhabitants in 2006, Strasbourg's metropolitan aurie ("aire urbaine") (ae the pairt o the metropolitan aurie on French territory) is the nint lairgest in Fraunce. The transnational Eurodistrict Strasbourg-Ortenau haes a population o 884,988 inhabitants.[4]
Strasbourg | |
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  Strasbourg Location within Grand Est region  Strasbourg | |
| Coordinates: 48°35′04″N 7°44′55″E | |
| Kintra | Fraunce |
| Region | Grand Est |
| Depairtment | Bas-Rhin |
| Arrondissement | Strasbourg-Ville |
| Canton | chief toun o 10 cantons |
| Intercommunality | Urban Commonty o Strasbourg |
| Govrenment | |
| • Mayor (2014–2020) | Roland Ries (PS) |
| Area 1 | 78.26 km2 (30.22 sq mi) |
| • Urban (2012[1]) | 224 km2 (86 sq mi) |
| • Metro (2012[1]) | 1351.5 km2 (521.8 sq mi) |
| • Rank | 7t in Fraunce |
| • Urban (2012[1]) | 454,475[2] |
| • Metro (2012[1]) | 768,868[3] |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET (UTC +1)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 67482 / |
| Diallin codes | 0388, 0390, 0368 |
| Elevation | 132–151 m (433–495 ft) |
| Website | http://www.strasbourg.eu/ |
| 1 French Laund Register data, that excludes lochs, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) an river estuaries. | |
Strasbourg is twinned wi:
Boston, Unitit States, syne 1960
Leicester, Unitit Kinrick, syne 1960
Stuttgart, Germany (then Wast-Germany), syne 1962- Dresden, Germany (then East-Germany), syne 1990[5]
Ramat Gan, Israel, syne 1991
Istanbul, Turkey
Jacmel, Haiti, syne 1996 (Coopération décentralisée)
Novgorod, Roushie, syne 1997 (Coopération décentralisée)
Fes, Morocco (Coopération décentralisée)
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