Mulhouse

**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 .

With a population of 111,167, Mulhouse has a population density of  inhabitants/km2.

**Evolution of the population in Mulhouse**

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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

## References
## Other websites
* Ville de Mulhouse - Official site 
* Official website of the Tourist Office of Mulhouse and its region