Title: Mulhouse Content: Mulhouse is a commune in Alsace in north-eastern France, in the Haut-Rhin department, of which it is a subprefecture. It is in the Grand Est region. The commune is in the historical and cultural region of Alsace, close to the Swiss and German borders. == History == Mulhouse dates back to the XIIth century. Medieval Mulhouse consists of an upper and a lower town. * The upper town developed from the 18th century on. * The lower town used to be the quarter of merchants and craftsmen. It developed around the Place de la Réunion (which commemorates its reunion with France). Nowadays this area is for pedestrians. ==Geography== Mulhouse is in the southern part of the plain of Alsace in the Haut-Rhin department. Two rivers run through Mulhouse, the Doller and the Ill, both tributaries of the Rhine. It has an area of . Its average altitude is ; at the city hall, the altitude is . The distances from Mulhouse to other cities are: * Paris, the national capital - ; * Strasbourg, the regional capital - ; * Marseille - ; * Lyon - ; * Reims - ; * Bordeaux - ; * Toulouse - ; * Montpellier - ; * Nice - .  The commune of Mulhouse is surrounded by the communes Riedisheim, Rixheim, Morschwiller-le-Bas and Pfastatt. ===Climate=== The area around Mulhouse, at an altitude of about , is characterized by climates with few extremes of temperature. The Köppen climate classification type for the climate at Strasbourg is a "Marine West Coast Climate" and of the subtype "Cfb". The average amount of precipitation for the year in Mulhouse is . The month with the most precipitation on average is June with of precipitation. The month with the least precipitation on average is January with an average of . The average temperature for the year in Mulhouse is . The warmest month, on average, is July with an average temperature of . The coolest month on average is January, with an average temperature of . ==Population== The inhabitants of Mulhouse are known, in French, as Mulhousiens (women: Mulhousiennes). With a population of 111,167, Mulhouse has a population density of inhabitants/km2. Evolution of the population in Mulhouse Colors= id:lightgrey value:gray(0.9) id:darkgrey value:gray(0.7) id:sfondo value:rgb(1,1,1) id:barra value:rgb(0.6,0.7,0.8) ImageSize = width:500 height:373 PlotArea = left:50 bottom:30 top:30 right:30 DateFormat = x.y Period = from:0 till:120000 TimeAxis = orientation:vertical AlignBars = justify ScaleMajor = gridcolor:darkgrey increment:10000 start:0 ScaleMinor = gridcolor:lightgrey increment:5000 start:0 BackgroundColors = canvas:sfondo BarData= bar:1968 text:1968 bar:1975 text:1975 bar:1982 text:1982 bar:1990 text:1990 bar:1999 text:1999 bar:2006 text:2006 bar:2014 text:2014 PlotData= color:barra width:30 align:left bar:1968 from:0 till: 116336 bar:1975 from:0 till: 117013 bar:1982 from:0 till: 112157 bar:1990 from:0 till: 108357 bar:1999 from:0 till: 110359 bar:2006 from:0 till: 110514 bar:2014 from:0 till: 111167 PlotData= bar:1968 at: 116336 fontsize:S text: 116,336 shift:(-12,12) bar:1975 at: 117013 fontsize:S text: 117,013 shift:(-15,5) bar:1982 at: 112157 fontsize:S text: 112,157 shift:(-15,5) bar:1990 at: 108357 fontsize:S text: 108,357 shift:(-15,5) bar:1999 at: 110359 fontsize:S text: 110,359 shift:(-15,5) bar:2006 at: 110514 fontsize:S text: 110,514 shift:(-15,5) bar:2014 at: 111167 fontsize:S text: 111,167 shift:(-15,5) Mulhouse forms, together with 19 other communes, the urban area of Mulhouse with a population of 246,693 inhabitants (2014) and an area of . This urban area is the centre of the metropolitan area of Mulhouse, formed by 60 communes with a population of 285,603 inhabitants and an area of . ==Administration== Mulhouse is a subprefecture of the Haut- Rhin department since 1857. It is the capital of the Mulhouse arrondissement and is also the administrative centre  of 3 cantons: # Mulhouse-1, formed with a part of Mulhouse, with 40,752 inhabitants (2014). # Mulhouse-2, formed with a part of Mulhouse, with 42,558 inhabitants (2014). # Mulhouse-3, formed with a part of Mulhouse and the commune Illzach, with 42,305 inhabitants (2014). It is part of the intercommunality Mulhouse Alsace Agglomération. === Twin towns === Mulhouse is twinned with: * Walsall, England, since 1953 * Antwerp, Belgium, since 1956 * Kassel, Germany, since 1965 * Bergamo, Italy, since 1989 * Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States of America * Chemnitz, Germany, since 1990 * Giv'atayim, Israel, since 1991 * Timişoara, Romania, since 1991 (Coopération décentralisée) * Arkhangelsk, Russia, since 1992 * El Khroub, Algeria, since 1999 (Coopération décentralisée) * Sofara, Mali, since 2003 (Coopération décentralisée) ==Gallery== File:Templeplacereunion.jpg|Saint-Etienne temple. File:Campusfonderie.jpg|Campus "La Fonderie" of the Upper Alsace University. File:Mulhouse - Town hall.jpg|Old town hall of Mulhouse. File:Sainte- Geneviève, Mulhouse (2).JPG|Sainte-Geneviève church. File:Trammulhouse.jpg|Tramway in Mulhouse. ==Related pages== * Arrondissement of Mulhouse * Communes of the Haut-Rhin department