Alsace

Alsace (French: Alsace ; Alsatian: Elsàss ; German: Elsass, pre-1996: Elsaß, IPA: ; Laitin: Alsatia) is a cultural region (nou pairt o Grand Est) in land aurie (8,280 km²), an the smawest in metropolitan Fraunce.

It is the seivent-maist densely populatit region in Fraunce an third maist densely populate region in metropolitan Fraunce, wi ca. 220 indwellers per km² (tot population in 2006: 1,815,488; 1 Januar 2008 estimate: 1,836,000). Alsace is on Fraunce's eastren mairch an on the wast bank o the upper Rhine adjacent tae Germany an Swisserland. The poleetical, economic an cultural caipital as weel as lairgest ceety o Alsace is Strasbourg. Acause that ceety is the seat o dozens o internaitional organisations an bodies, Alsace is poleetically ane o the maist important regions in the European Union.

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Alsace
KintraAlsace Fraunce
PrefecturStrasbourg
Departments
Govrenment
 • PresesPhilippe Richert (2010–) (UMP)
Area
 • Total8280 km2 (3,200 sq mi)
Population
 (2006)
 • Total1,815,488
 • Density220/km2 (570/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
GDP (2007)Rankit {{{GDP_rank}}}
Tot€48 billion (US${{{GDP_US$}}} bn)
Per capita€26,500 (US${{{GDP_per_capita_US$}}})
NUTS RegionFR4
Websiteregion-alsace.eu

Mulhouse

Mulhouse is the seicound biggest ceety efter Strasbourg. Mulhouse as aboot 100 000 fowk (4 times less then manchester) Mulhouse haes a wheen museum lik the museum o cars or the train museum.

Major communities

German oreeginal names in brackets gif French names are different

  • Bischheim
  • Colmar
  • Guebwiller (Gebweiler)
  • Haguenau (Hagenau)
  • Illkirch-Graffenstaden (Illkirch-Grafenstaden)
  • Illzach
  • Lingolsheim
  • Mulhouse (Mülhausen)
  • Saint-Louis (St. Ludwig)
  • Saverne (Zabern)
  • Schiltigheim
  • Sélestat (Schlettstadt)
  • Strasbourg (Straßburg)
  • Wittenheim


Sister provinces

Thare is an accord de coopération internationale atween Alsace an the follaein regions:

Footnotes

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