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.

Alsace
Region o Fraunce
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Kintra	Fraunce
Prefectur	Strasbourg
Departments	2 Bas-Rhin Haut-Rhin
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

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:^[3]

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