Straßburg
Strasbourg (UK: /ˈstræzbɜːrɡ/, US: /ˈstrɑːsbʊərɡ, ˈstrɑːz-, -bɜːrɡ/, French: [stʁasbuʁ]; German: Straßburg [ˈʃtʁaːsbʊʁk]; Bas Rhin Alsatian: Strossburi [ˈʃd̥ʁɔːsb̥uʁi], Haut Rhin Alsatian: Strossburig [ˈʃd̥ʁɔːsb̥uʁiɡ̊]) is the prefecture and largest city of the Grand Est region of eastern France and the official seat of the European Parliament. Located at the border with Germany in the historic region of Alsace, it is the prefecture of the Bas-Rhin department.
In 2019, the city proper had 287,228 inhabitants and both the Eurométropole de Strasbourg (Greater Strasbourg) and the Arrondissement of Strasbourg had 505,272 inhabitants. Strasbourg's metropolitan area had a population of 846,450 in 2018, making it the eighth-largest metro area in France and home to 14% of the Grand Est region's inhabitants. The transnational Eurodistrict Strasbourg-Ortenau had a population of 958,421 inhabitants. Strasbourg is one of the de facto four main capitals of the European Union (alongside Brussels, Luxembourg and Frankfurt), as it is the seat of several European institutions, such as the European Parliament, the Eurocorps and the European Ombudsman of the European Union. An organization separate from the European Union, the Council of Europe (with its European Court of Human Rights, its European Directorate for the Quality of Medicines most commonly known in French as "Pharmacopée Européenne", and its European Audiovisual Observatory) is also located in the city.
Together with Basel (Bank for International Settlements), Geneva (United Nations), The Hague (International Court of Justice) and New York City (United Nations world headquarters), Strasbourg is among the few cities in the world that is not a state capital that hosts international organisations of the first order. The city is the seat of many non-European international institutions such as the Central Commission for Navigation on the Rhine and the International Institute of Human Rights. It is the second city in France in terms of international congress and symposia, after Paris. Strasbourg's historic city centre, the Grande Île (Grand Island), was classified a World Heritage Site by UNESCO in 1988, with the newer "Neustadt" being added to the site in 2017. Strasbourg is immersed in Franco-German culture and although violently disputed throughout history, has been a cultural bridge between France and Germany for centuries, especially through the University of Strasbourg, currently the second-largest in France, and the coexistence of Catholic and Protestant culture. It is also home to the largest Islamic place of worship in France, the Strasbourg Grand Mosque.
Economically, Strasbourg is an important centre of manufacturing and engineering, as well as a hub of road, rail, and river transportation. The port of Strasbourg is the second-largest on the Rhine after Duisburg in Germany, and the second-largest river port in France after Paris.
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Straßburg (französisch Strasbourg [stʁasbuʁ], im Straßburger Dialekt Schdroosburi [ˈʃdɾoːsburi]) ist eine Stadt im Elsass, einer Landschaft im Osten Frankreichs nahe der Grenze zur Region Baden in Deutschland. Die Stadt ist Hauptort des Départements Bas-Rhin, das seit Januar 2021 auch Mitglied der Europäischen Gebietskörperschaft Elsass ist, und Sitz des Regionalrats und des Regionspräfekten der Region Grand Est. Die Präfektur verwaltet auch das Arrondissement Strasbourg, das aus 33 Gemeinden besteht.
Mit 287.228 Einwohnern (Stand 1. Januar 2019) in der Kernstadt und 790.000 Einwohnern in der Aire urbaine auf französischem Boden ist Straßburg mit Abstand die größte Stadt im Grand Est.
Wie auch Basel (Bank für Internationalen Zahlungsausgleich), Genf (IKRK sowie europäischer UNO-Sitz) und New York City (weltweiter UNO-Sitz) ist Straßburg eine der wenigen Städte der Welt, die den Sitz einer wichtigen Internationalen Organisation beherbergen, ohne eine Landeshauptstadt zu sein. Straßburg ist Sitz zahlreicher europäischer Einrichtungen, unter anderem Europarat, Europaparlament, Europäischer Gerichtshof für Menschenrechte, Europäischer Bürgerbeauftragter und Eurokorps. Aufgrund dessen versteht sich die Stadt als Hauptstadt Europas.
Teile der Innenstadt, die mittelalterliche Altstadt auf der Grande-Île und die Neustadt sind unter dem Titel Straßburg: von der Grande-Île zur Neustadt, eine europäische Stadtszenerie UNESCO-Weltkulturerbe.
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