Strasbourg

Strasbourg
Prefecture and commune
From top left: Central Station; Strasbourg Cathedral and the Old Town; Ponts Couverts; Palais Rohan; Petite France; Palais du Rhin; Hôtel Brion; Hemicycle of the European Parliament; Strasbourg skyline in 2014
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Location of Strasbourg
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Coordinates: 48°35′N 7°45′E / 48.58°N 7.75°E / 48.58; 7.75
Country	France
Region	Grand Est
Department	Bas-Rhin
Arrondissement	Strasbourg
Canton	6 cantons
Intercommunality	Strasbourg Eurométropole
Government
• Mayor (2014–2020)	Roland Ries (PS)
Area 1	78.26 km2 (30.22 sq mi)
• Urban  (2013[1])	224 km2 (86 sq mi)
• Metro  (2013[1])	1,351.5 km2 (521.8 sq mi)
Population  (1 January 2014[2])	276,170
• Rank	7th in France
• Density	3,500/km2 (9,100/sq mi)
• Urban  (2013[1])	456,759[3]
• Metro  (2013[1])	773,347[4]
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	67482 /
Dialling codes	0388, 0390, 0368
Elevation	132–151 m (433–495 ft)
Website	www.strasbourg.eu
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Strasbourg is a city in eastern France, the prefecture of Grand Est. Today, about 275,000 people live there (with around 780,000 in the metropolitan area). It lies on the left bank of the Rhine, opposite the German city of Kehl.

Strasbourg is the seat Council of Europe, of the European Court of Human Rights and of the European Parliament. A lot of people also consider Strasbourg to be the capital of the European Union.

Its old town, la Grande Île ("Grand Island") has been classified as a World Heritage Site by UNESCO.

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  A typical view of the old town
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  Strasbourg in 1572

The city was founded in 12 BC by Drusus, the brother of Tiberius. Its Celtic name was Argentorate (which the Romans called Argentoratum). People think this name is linked to the river Ill (that flows into the Rhine near Strasbourg).

At that time, it was on the Limes, a fortification the Romans built across Europe (to keep out the Germanic tribes). There was a fortification (named castella drusi, drusus fort) at that spot. Soldiers need to live from something, so a local civilian settlement developed there. Later, the Limes was pushed farther east.

Strasbourg has an oceanic climate (Cfb in the Köppen climate classification).

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