Strasbourg

Strasbourg (; , ; , ; , , ) 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.The offeecial wabsteid o the Eurodistrict  indicates  a population o 868,014, but this does no take inte accoont the offeecial figures for 2008  o the Ortenaukreis, which haed a population o 417,613 on 31 December 2008. 884,988 is the addition o the French 2006 census an the German 2008 census. The real actual number o inhabitants is in fact even heicher, due tae the steady growth o the Urban Community o Strasbourg.

Twin Touns - Sister Ceeties

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
  Ramat Gan, Israel, syne 1991
  Istanbul, Turkey
  Jacmel, Haiti, syne 1996 (Coopération décentralisée)
  Novgorod, Roushie, syne 1997 (Coopération décentralisée)
  Fes, Morocco (Coopération décentralisée)

References


Category:Communes o Bas-Rhin
Category:Populatit places on the Rhine
Category:Ceeties in Fraunce
Category:Warld Heritage Steids in Fraunce
Category:Prefecturs in Fraunce
Category:Umwhile republics
Category:Imperial free ceeties