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.
Alsace | |
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Kintra | Fraunce |
Prefectur | Strasbourg |
Departments | 2
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Govrenment | |
• Preses | Philippe Richert (2010–) (UMP) |
Area | |
• Total | 8280 km2 (3,200 sq mi) |
Population (2006) | |
• Total | 1,815,488 |
• Density | 220/km2 (570/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+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 Region | FR4 |
Website | region-alsace.eu |
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.
German oreeginal names in brackets gif French names are different
Thare is an accord de coopération internationale atween Alsace an the follaein regions:
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