Alsace
Alsace (French: Alsace [alzas]; Alsatian: Elsàss [ˈɛlsɑs]; German: Elsass, pre-1996: Elsaß, IPA: [ˈɛlzas]; 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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| Kintra |  Fraunce |
| Prefectur | Strasbourg |
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| Govrenment | |
| • Preses | Philippe Richert (2010–) (UMP) |
| Area | |
| • Total | 8280 km2 (3,200 sq mi) |
| Population (2006)[1] | |
| • Total | 1,815,488 |
| • Density | 220/km2 (570/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| GDP (2007)[2] | 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
eeditMulhouse 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
eeditGerman 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
eeditThare is an accord de coopération internationale atween Alsace an the follaein regions:[3]
- Gyeongsangbuk-do, Republic o Korea
- Lawer Silesie, Poland
- Upper Austrick, Austrick
- Quebec, Canadae
- Jiangsu, Cheenae
- Moscow, Roushie
- Vest, Romanie
Footnotes
eedit- ↑ "Insee – Résultats du recensement de la population – 2006 – Alsace" (in (in French)). Recensement.insee.fr. Archived frae the original on 8 December 2010. Retrieved 16 Apryle 2010.CS1 maint: unrecognised leid (link)
- ↑ "GDP per inhabitant in 2006 ranged from 25% of the EU27 average in Nord-Est in Romania to 336% in Inner London" (PDF). Eurostat.
- ↑ Les Accords de coopération entre l’Alsace et... Archived 2009-03-09 at the Wayback Machine (in French)