Alsace
| Alsace | |
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| — Region o Fraunce — | |
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| Kintra |  Fraunce |
| Prefectur | Strasbourg |
| Depairtments | |
| Govrenment | |
| - Preses | Philippe Richert (2010–) (UMP) |
| Aurie | |
| - Tot | 8,280 km2 (3,196.9 sq mi) |
| Indwallers (2006)[1] | |
| - Tot | 1,815,488 |
| - Densitie | 219.3/km2 (567.9/sq mi) |
| Time zone | CET (UTC+1) |
| - Simmer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) |
| GDP/ Nominal | € 48 billion (2007)[2] |
| GDP per capita | € 26,500 (2007)[2] |
| NUTS Region | FR4 |
| Wabsteid | region-alsace.eu |
Alsace (French: Alsace [alzas]; Alsatian: Elsàss [ˈɛlsɑs]; German: Elsass, pre-1996: Elsaß, IPA: [ˈɛlzas]; Laitin: Alsatia) is the fift-smawest o the 27 regions o Fraunce in land aurie (8,280 km²), an the smawest in metropolitan Fraunce. It is also the seventh-most densely populatit region in Fraunce an third maist densely populatit region in metropolitan Fraunce, wi ca. 220 inhabitants per km² (total population in 2006: 1,815,488; 1 Januar 2008 estimate: 1,836,000). Alsace is locatit on Fraunce's eastren border an on the wast bank o the upper Rhine adjacent tae Germany an Swisserland. The poleetical, economic an cultural caipital as well as lairgest ceety o Alsace is Strasbourg. Acause that ceety is the seat o dozens o internaitional organizations an bodies, Alsace is poleetically ane o the maist important regions in the European Union.
Major communities [edit]
German oreeginal names in brackets if 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 [edit]
There 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 [edit]
- ↑ Insee – Résultats du recensement de la population – 2006 – Alsace ((French)). Recensement.insee.fr. Retrieved on 16 Apryle 2010. .
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 GDP per inhabitant in 2006 ranged from 25% of the EU27 average in Nord-Est in Romania to 336% in Inner London. Eurostat.
- ↑ Les Accords de coopération entre l’Alsace et... (French)
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