Alsace 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.
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:
- Gyeongsangbuk-do, Republic o Korea
- Lawer Silesie, Poland
- Upper Austrick, Austrick
- Quebec, Canadae
- Jiangsu, Cheenae
- Moscow, Roushie
- Vest, Romanie
