Strasbourg (; French pronunciation: , ; Alemannic German: Strossburi, ; German: Straßburg, , ) is the caipital an principal ceety o the former region o Alsace an the admeenistrative region o Grand Est, northeastren Fraunce, an is the offeecial seat o the European Parliament. Locatit close tae the border wi Germany, it is the caipital ceety o the Bas-Rhin depairtment. In 2006, the ceety proper haed 272,975 inhabitants an its urban community 467,375 inhabitants. Wi 638,670 inhabitants in 2006, Strasbourg's metropolitan aurie ("aire urbaine") (ae the pairt o the metropolitan aurie on French territory) is the nint lairgest in Fraunce. The transnational Eurodistrict Strasbourg-Ortenau haes a population o 884,988 inhabitants.
Twin Touns - Sister Ceeties
Strasbourg is twinned wi:
- Boston, Unitit States, syne 1960
- Leicester, Unitit Kinrick, syne 1960
- Stuttgart, Germany (then Wast-Germany), syne 1962
- Dresden, Germany (then East-Germany), syne 1990
- Ramat Gan, Israel, syne 1991
- Istanbul, Turkey
- Jacmel, Haiti, syne 1996 (Coopération décentralisée)
- Novgorod, Roushie, syne 1997 (Coopération décentralisée)
- Fes, Morocco (Coopération décentralisée)
