C1 67 678 67000,67100,67200,Argentoratum,Estrasburg,Estrasburgo,Estrasburgo - Strasbourg,Lungsod ng Strasbourg,Straatsburg,Strasborg,Strasbourg,Strasbura,Strasburas,Strasburg,Strasburgo,Strasburgu,Strasburk,Strasbôrg,Strasbūra,Strasbūras,Strassborg,Strassbourg,Strassburg,Straszburg,Strazbur,Strazburg,Straßburg,Stroossbuerg,Štrasburg,Štrasburk,Στρασβούργο,Стразбур,Страсбург,שטרסבורג,ستراسبورغ,स्ट्रासबर्ग,ストラスブール,斯特拉斯堡,스트라스부르 Strasbourg 0.0 FR Coordinates: 48°35′04″N, 07°44′55″E Strasbourg (French: Strasbourg, pronounced [stʁazbuʁ]; Alsatian: Strossburi, [ˈʃd̥rɔːsb̥uri]; German: Straßburg [ˈʃtʁaːsbʊʁk]) is the capital and principal city of the Alsace région in northeastern France, with 702,412 inhabitants in the metropolitan area in 2007, it is the ninth largest in France. Located close to the border with Germany, it is the préfecture (capital) of the Bas-Rhin département. Strasbourg is the seat of several European institutions such as the Council of Europe with its European Court of Human Rights, its European Directorate for the Quality of Medicines and its European Audiovisual Observatory, the Eurocorps as well as the European Parliament and the European Ombudsman of the European Union. Strasbourg is an important centre of manufacturing and engineering, as well as of road, rail, and river communications. The port of Strasbourg is the second largest on the Rhine after Duisburg, Germany. The city is the seat of the Central Commission for Navigation on the Rhine. Strasbourg's historic centre, the Grande Île ("Grand Island"), was classified a World Heritage site by UNESCO in 1988, the first time such an honor was placed on an entire city centre. Strasbourg is fused into the Franco-German culture, and has been a bridge of unity between France and Germany for centuries, especially because of its University and the co-existence of catholic and protestant culture. 0 P PPLA 204 140 2973783 48.5833333 7.75 Strasbourg 2008-08-16T18:39:26+00:00 274845 33323 http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1232/1424151430_500bbd99ef_s.jpg Europe/Paris 2008-08-16T18:39:26+00:00