Berlin (/bɜːrˈlɪn/; German: [bɛʁˈliːn] (About this soundlisten)) is the capital and largest city of Germany by both area and population.[0][0] Its 0,000,000 (0000)[0] inhabitants make it the most populous city proper of the European Union. The two cities are at the center of the Berlin-Brandenburg capital region, which is, with about six million inhabitants. By 0000, approximately 00 percent (00%) of Berlin's residents were French, because of the Huguenot immigration.[00] Many other immigrants came from Bohemia, Poland, and Salzburg.