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Strasbourg
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Prefecture and commune
From top left: Strasbourg-Ville station; Strasbourg Cathedral and the Old Town; Ponts Couverts; Palais Rohan; Petite France; Palais du Rhin; Hôtel Brion; Hemicycle of the European Parliament; and Strasbourg skyline in 2014
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Strasbourg is located in France
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Strasbourg is located in Grand Est
Strasbourg
Strasbourg
Coordinates: 48°35′00″N 07°44′45″E / 48.58333°N 7.74583°E / 48.58333; 7.74583
CountryFrance
RegionGrand Est
DepartmentBas-Rhin
ArrondissementStrasbourg
Canton6 cantons
IntercommunalityEurométropole de Strasbourg
Government
 • Mayor (2020–2026) Jeanne Barseghian[1] (The Ecologists)
Area
1
78.26 km2 (30.22 sq mi)
 • Urban
 (2018[note 1])
240.2 km2 (92.7 sq mi)
 • Metro
 (2019[note 1])
2,227.1 km2 (859.9 sq mi)
Population
 (2021)[2]
291,313
 • Rank8th in France
 • Density3,700/km2 (9,600/sq mi)
 • Urban
 (2020[3][note 1])
484,217
 • Urban density2,000/km2 (5,200/sq mi)
 • Metro
 (2020[4][note 1])
860,744
 • Metro density390/km2 (1,000/sq mi)
Demonym(s)Strasbourgeois (masculine)
Strasbourgeoise (feminine)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
67482 /
Dialling codes0388, 0390, 0368
Elevation132–151 m (433–495 ft)
Websitewww.strasbourg.eu
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.
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Strasbourg (UK: /ˈstræzbɜːrɡ/,[5] US: /ˈstrɑːsbʊərɡ, ˈstrɑːz-, -bɜːrɡ/,[6] French: [stʁasbuʁ] ⓘ; German: Straßburg [ˈʃtʁaːsbʊʁk] ⓘ;[7][8]) is the prefecture and largest city of the Grand Est region of eastern France. Located at the border with Germany in the historic region of Alsace, it is the prefecture of the Bas-Rhin department. It is the official seat of the European Parliament.

In 2021, the city proper had 291,313 inhabitants and both the

European Directorate for the Quality of Medicines most commonly known in French as "Pharmacopée Européenne", and its European Audiovisual Observatory
) is also located in the city.

Together with

Grande Île (Grand Island), was classified a World Heritage Site by UNESCO in 1988, with the newer "Neustadt" being added to the site in 2017.[12] Strasbourg is immersed in Franco-German culture and although violently disputed throughout history, has been a cultural bridge between France and Germany for centuries, especially through the University of Strasbourg, currently the second-largest in France, and the coexistence of Catholic and Protestant culture. It is also home to the largest Islamic place of worship in France, the Strasbourg Grand Mosque.[13]

Economically, Strasbourg is an important centre of manufacturing and engineering, as well as a hub of road, rail, and river transportation. The port of Strasbourg is the second-largest on the Rhine after Duisburg in Germany, and the second-largest river port in France after Paris.[14][15]

Etymology and names

Until the fifth century AD, the city was known as Argantorati (in the

Gaulish name Latinised first as Argentorate (with Gaulish locative ending, as appearing on the first Roman milestones in the first century) and then as Argentoratum (with regular Latin nominative ending, in later Latin texts). That Gaulish name is a compound of -rati, the Gaulish word for fortified enclosures, cognate to the Old Irish ráth (see ringfort) and arganto(n)- (cognate to Latin argentum, which gave modern French argent), the Gaulish word for silver, but also any precious metal, particularly gold, suggesting either a fortified enclosure located by a river gold mining site, or hoarding gold mined in the nearby rivers.[16]

After the fifth century the city became known by a completely different name, later

cognate with the German Straße and English street, both derived from Latin strata ("paved road"), while -bourg is cognate with the German Burg and English borough, both derived from Proto-Germanic *burgz
("hill fort, fortress").

Gregory of Tours was the first to mention the name change: in the tenth book of his History of the Franks written shortly after 590 he said that Egidius, Bishop of Reims, accused of plotting against King Childebert II of Austrasia in favor of his uncle King Chilperic I of Neustria, was tried by a synod of Austrasian bishops in Metz in November 590, found guilty and removed from the priesthood, then taken "ad Argentoratensem urbem, quam nunc Strateburgum vocant" ("to the city of Argentoratum, which they now call Strateburgus"), where he was exiled.[17]

History

Main article: History of Strasbourg
For a chronological guide, see Timeline of Strasbourg.
Sigismund, Holy Roman Emperor visiting Strasbourg in 1414, detail of a painting by Léo Schnug

The Roman camp of Argentoratum was first mentioned in 12 BC; the city of Strasbourg which grew from it celebrated its 2,000th anniversary in 1988. The fertile area in the Upper Rhine Plain between the rivers Ill and Rhine had already been populated since the Middle Paleolithic.[18][19]

Between 362 and 1262, Strasbourg was governed by the

Louis XIV. In 1871, after the Franco-Prussian War, the city became German again, until 1918 (end of World War I), when it reverted to France. Strasbourg was captured by the German army in June 1940 at the end of the Battle of France (World War II), and subsequently came under German control again through formal annexation into the Gau Baden-Elsaß under the Nazi Gauleiter Robert Wagner; since the liberation of the city by the 2nd French Armoured Division under General Leclerc in November 1944, it has again been a French city. In 2016, Strasbourg was promoted from capital of Alsace to capital of Grand Est
.

Strasbourg played an important part in the

diabetes discovered by Minkowski and Von Mering
).

Strasbourg has been the seat of European institutions since 1949: first of the International Commission on Civil Status and of the Council of Europe, later of the European Parliament, of the European Science Foundation, of Eurocorps, and others as well.

Geography

Location

Strasbourg seen from Spot Satellite

Strasbourg is situated at the eastern border of France with Germany. This border is formed by the

Grande Île in the river Ill
, which here flows parallel to, and roughly 4 kilometres (2.5 mi) from, the Rhine. The natural courses of the two rivers eventually join some distance downstream of Strasbourg, although several artificial waterways now connect them within the city.

The city lies in the

Vosges Mountains some 20 km (12 mi) to the west and the Black Forest
25 km (16 mi) to the east. This section of the Rhine valley is a major axis of north–south travel, with river traffic on the Rhine itself, and major roads and railways paralleling it on both banks.

The city is some 397 kilometres (247 mi) east of Paris.[21] The mouth of the Rhine lies approximately 450 kilometres (280 mi) to the north, or 650 kilometres (400 mi) as the river flows, whilst the head of navigation in Basel is some 100 kilometres (62 mi) to the south, or 150 kilometres (93 mi) by river.

Climate

In spite of its position far inland, Strasbourg has an oceanic climate (Köppen: Cfb),[22][23] though with less maritime influence than the milder climates of Western and Southern France.[24] The city has warm, relatively sunny summers and cool, overcast winters. Precipitation is elevated from mid-spring to the end of summer, but remains largely constant throughout the year, totaling 631.4 mm (24.9 in) annually. On average, snow falls 30 days per year.[citation needed]

The third highest temperature ever recorded was 38.5 °C (101.3 °F) in August 2003, during the

2003 European heat wave. This record was broken, on 30 June 2019, when it reached 38.8 °C (101.8 °F) [25] and then on 25 July 2019, when it reached 38.9 °C (102.0 °F). The lowest temperature ever recorded was −23.4 °C (−10.1 °F) in December 1938.[26]

Strasbourg's location in the Rhine valley, sheltered from strong winds by the Vosges and Black Forest mountains, results in poor natural ventilation, making Strasbourg one of the most atmospherically polluted cities of France.[27][28] Nonetheless, the progressive disappearance of heavy industry on both banks of the Rhine, as well as effective measures of traffic regulation in and around the city have reduced air pollution in recent years.[29]

Climate data for Strasbourg-Entzheim (SXB), elevation: 150 m (492 ft), 1991–2020 normals, extremes 1924–present
Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year
Record high °C (°F) 17.5
(63.5) 		21.1
(70.0) 		26.3
(79.3) 		30.0
(86.0) 		34.6
(94.3) 		38.8
(101.8) 		38.9
(102.0) 		38.7
(101.7) 		33.4
(92.1) 		29.1
(84.4) 		22.1
(71.8) 		18.3
(64.9) 		38.9
(102.0)
Mean maximum °C (°F) 13.4
(56.1) 		15.7
(60.3) 		20.5
(68.9) 		25.7
(78.3) 		29.3
(84.7) 		32.8
(91.0) 		33.9
(93.0) 		33.4
(92.1) 		28.3
(82.9) 		23.8
(74.8) 		17.4
(63.3) 		13.7
(56.7) 		35.0
(95.0)
Mean daily maximum °C (°F) 5.2
(41.4) 		7.3
(45.1) 		12.1
(53.8) 		17.0
(62.6) 		20.9
(69.6) 		24.4
(75.9) 		26.4
(79.5) 		26.1
(79.0) 		21.6
(70.9) 		15.8
(60.4) 		9.4
(48.9) 		5.9
(42.6) 		16.0
(60.8)
Daily mean °C (°F) 2.5
(36.5) 		3.6
(38.5) 		7.4
(45.3) 		11.3
(52.3) 		15.5
(59.9) 		18.9
(66.0) 		20.6
(69.1) 		20.3
(68.5) 		16.1
(61.0) 		11.5
(52.7) 		6.3
(43.3) 		3.3
(37.9) 		11.4
(52.5)
Mean daily minimum °C (°F) −0.2
(31.6) 		0.0
(32.0) 		2.6
(36.7) 		5.7
(42.3) 		10.1
(50.2) 		13.4
(56.1) 		14.9
(58.8) 		14.5
(58.1) 		10.7
(51.3) 		7.2
(45.0) 		3.3
(37.9) 		0.8
(33.4) 		6.9
(44.4)
Mean minimum °C (°F) −8.9
(16.0) 		−6.7
(19.9) 		−3.8
(25.2) 		−1.1
(30.0) 		3.7
(38.7) 		7.6
(45.7) 		9.7
(49.5) 		8.7
(47.7) 		4.7
(40.5) 		0.0
(32.0) 		−3.3
(26.1) 		−7.6
(18.3) 		−11.3
(11.7)
Record low °C (°F) −23.6
(−10.5) 		−22.3
(−8.1) 		−16.7
(1.9) 		−5.6
(21.9) 		−2.4
(27.7) 		1.1
(34.0) 		4.9
(40.8) 		4.8
(40.6) 		−1.3
(29.7) 		−7.6
(18.3) 		−10.8
(12.6) 		−23.4
(−10.1) 		−23.6
(−10.5)
Average precipitation mm (inches) 35.4
(1.39) 		34.1
(1.34) 		38.6
(1.52) 		41.8
(1.65) 		77.2
(3.04) 		68.5
(2.70) 		71.9
(2.83) 		61.3
(2.41) 		54.6
(2.15) 		59.5
(2.34) 		47.6
(1.87) 		45.2
(1.78) 		635.7
(25.03)
Average precipitation days (≥ 1.0 mm) 9.1 8.3 8.5 8.6 10.8 10.2 10.4 9.5 8.0 9.6 9.2 10.2 112.3
Average snowy days 7.0 6.7 3.3 0.7 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 2.2 6.0 25.9
Average
relative humidity
(%) 		86 82 76 72 73 74 72 76 80 85 86 86 79
Mean monthly sunshine hours 55.5 85.8 146.4 186.9 209.1 226.4 239.7 224.2 173.5 100.4 55.2 44.2 1,747.3
Source 1:
Meteo France (snow days 1981–2010)[30]
Source 2: Infoclimat.fr (relative humidity 1961–1990)[31]

Districts

Strasbourg is divided into the following districts:[32]

  1. Bourse, Esplanade, Krutenau
  2. Centre Ville (Downtown Strasbourg)
  3. Gare, Tribunal (Central Station, Court)
  4. Conseil des XV, Orangerie
  5. Cronenbourg
  6. Hautepierre, Poteries
  7. Koenigshoffen,
  8. Montagne-Verte (Green Hill)
  9. Elsau
  10. Meinau
  11. Neudorf-Musau
  12. Neuhof 1 (including Ganzau)
  13. Neuhof 2
  14. Robertsau
  15. Port du Rhin (Rhine's Harbor)

Main sights

Ponts Couverts in the foreground (the fourth tower is hidden by trees at the left) and the cathedral
in the distance on the right
La Petite France during golden hour

Architecture

Strasbourg, Cathedral of Our Lady

The city is chiefly known for its sandstone Gothic Cathedral with its famous astronomical clock, and for its medieval cityscape of Rhineland black and white timber-framed buildings, particularly in the Petite France district or Gerberviertel ("tanners' district") alongside the Ill and in the streets and squares surrounding the cathedral, where the renowned Maison Kammerzell stands out.

Notable medieval streets include Rue Mercière, Rue des Dentelles, Rue du Bain aux Plantes, Rue des Juifs, Rue des Frères, Rue des Tonneliers, Rue du Maroquin, Rue des Charpentiers, Rue des Serruriers, Grand' Rue, Quai des Bateliers, Quai Saint-Nicolas and Quai Saint-Thomas. Notable medieval squares include Place de la Cathédrale, Place du Marché Gayot, Place Saint-Étienne, Place du Marché aux Cochons de Lait and Place Benjamin Zix.

Place du Marché aux Cochons de Lait
Place Gutenberg with statue of Gutenberg and Carousel
Maison des tanneurs
Église Saint-Thomas

In addition to the cathedral, Strasbourg houses several other medieval churches that have survived the many wars and destructions that have plagued the city: the

custom-house
) stands out.

The

Port autonome de Strasbourg) etc. The largest baroque building of Strasbourg though is the 150-metre-long (490 ft) 1720s main building of the Hôpital civil
. As for French Neo-classicism, it is the Opera House on Place Broglie that most prestigiously represents this style.

Strasbourg also offers high-class

Wilhelmian architecture since most of the major cities in Germany proper suffered intensive damage during World War II. Streets, boulevards and avenues are homogeneous, surprisingly high (up to seven stories) and broad examples of German urban lay-out and of this architectural style that summons and mixes up five centuries of European architecture as well as Neo-Egyptian, Neo-Greek and Neo-Babylonian styles. The former imperial palace Palais du Rhin, the most political and thus heavily criticized of all German Strasbourg buildings epitomizes the grand scale and stylistic sturdiness of this period. But the two most handsome and ornate buildings of these times are the École internationale des Pontonniers (the former Höhere Mädchenschule, with its towers, turrets and multiple round and square angles[36] and the Haute école des arts du Rhin with its lavishly ornate façade of painted bricks, woodwork and majolica.[37]

Église Saint-Thomas

Notable streets of the German district include: Avenue de la Forêt Noire, Avenue des Vosges, Avenue d'Alsace, Avenue de la Marseillaise, Avenue de la Liberté, Boulevard de la Victoire, Rue Sellénick, Rue du Général de Castelnau, Rue du Maréchal Foch, and Rue du Maréchal Joffre. Notable squares of the German district include

Place de la République
, Place de l'Université, Place Brant, and Place Arnold.

Impressive examples of Prussian military architecture of the 1880s can be found along the newly reopened Rue du Rempart, displaying large-scale fortifications among which the aptly named Kriegstor (war gate).

As for modern and

Hoenheim-Nord designed by Zaha Hadid
.

Place Kléber

The city has many bridges, including the medieval and four-towered

Vauban's 17th-century fortifications, that does include a covered bridge. Other bridges are the ornate 19th-century Pont de la Fonderie (1893, stone) and Pont d'Auvergne (1892, iron), as well as architect Marc Mimram
's futuristic Passerelle over the Rhine, opened in 2004.

The largest square at the centre of the city of Strasbourg is the

Jean-Baptiste Kléber, born in Strasbourg in 1753 and assassinated in 1800 in Cairo. In the square is a statue of Kléber, under which is a vault containing his remains. On the north side of the square is the Aubette (Orderly Room), built by Jacques François Blondel
, architect of the king, in 1765–1772.

Parks

The Pavillon Joséphine (rear side) in the Parc de l'Orangerie
The Château de Pourtalès (front side) in the park of the same name

Strasbourg features a number of prominent parks, of which several are of cultural and historical interest: the Parc de l'Orangerie, laid out as a French garden by

Vauban;[38] the Parc de Pourtalès, laid out in English style around a baroque castle (heavily restored in the 19th century) that now houses a small three-star hotel,[39] and featuring an open-air museum of international contemporary sculpture.[40]
The Jardin botanique de l'Université de Strasbourg (botanical garden) was created under the German administration next to the Observatory of Strasbourg, built in 1881, and still owns some greenhouses of those times. The Parc des Contades, although the oldest park of the city, was completely remodeled after World War II. The futuristic Parc des Poteries is an example of European park-conception in the late 1990s. The Jardin des deux Rives, spread over Strasbourg and Kehl on both sides of the Rhine opened in 2004 and is the most extended (60-hectare) park of the agglomeration. The most recent park is Parc du Heyritz (8,7 ha), opened in 2014 along a canal facing the hôpital civil.

Museums

As of 2020, the city of Strasbourg has eleven municipal museums (including Aubette 1928),[41] eleven university museums,[42] and at least two privately owned museums (Musée vodou and Musée du barreau de Strasbourg). Five communes in the metropolitan area also have museums (see below), three of them dedicated to military history.

Overview

The collections in Strasbourg are distributed over a wide range of museums, according to a system that takes into account not only the types and geographical provenances of the items, but also the epochs. This concerns in particular the following domains:

  • Old Master paintings from the Germanic Rhenish territories and until 1681 are displayed in the Musée de l'Œuvre Notre-Dame (MOND); old master paintings from all the rest of Europe (including the Dutch Rhenish territories) and until 1871, as well as old master paintings from the Germanic Rhenish territories between 1681 and 1871, are displayed in the Musée des Beaux-Arts; paintings since 1871 are displayed in the Musée d'art moderne et contemporain (MAMCS).
  • Decorative arts until 1681 are on display in the MOND, decorative arts from the years 1681 until 1871 are on display in the Musée des arts décoratifs, decorative arts after 1871 are on display at the MAMCS, with items from each epoch also shown in the Musée historique.
  • Prints and drawings until 1871 are displayed in the Cabinet des estampes et dessins, save for the original plans of Strasbourg Cathedral, displayed in the MOND. Prints and drawings after 1871 are displayed in the MAMCS, and in the Musée Tomi Ungerer/Centre international de l'illustration (the combined number of prints and drawings amounts to well over 200,000).
  • Artefacts from Ancient Egypt are on display in two entirely different collections, one in the Musée archéologique and the other belonging to the Instituts d'Égyptologie et de Papyrologie of the University of Strasbourg.

Fine art museums

A room in the Musée des Arts décoratifs

Other museums

  • The Musée archéologique presents a large display of regional findings from the first ages of man to the sixth century, focusing on the Roman and Celtic period. It also includes a collection of works from Ancient Egypt and Ancient Greece, assembled and bequeathed by Gustave Schlumberger.[43]
  • The Musée alsacien is dedicated to traditional Alsatian daily life.
  • Le Vaisseau ("The vessel") is a science and technology centre, especially designed for children.
  • The Musée historique (historical museum) is dedicated to the tumultuous history of the city and displays many artifacts of the times, including the Grüselhorn, the horn that was blown at 10 every evening during medieval times to order the Jews out of the city.
  • The Musée vodou (Voodoo museum) opened its doors on 28 November 2013. Displaying a private collection of artefacts from Haiti, it is located in a former water tower (château d'eau) built in 1883 and classified as a Monument historique.
  • The Musée du barreau de Strasbourg (The Strasbourg bar association museum) is a museum dedicated to the work and the history of lawyers in the city.[44][45]

University museums

The Université de Strasbourg is in charge of a number of permanent public displays of its collections of scientific artefacts and products of all kinds of exploration and research.[46]

  • The Musée zoologique is one of the oldest in France and is especially famous for its collection of birds. The museum is co-administered by the municipality.
  • The Gypsothèque (also known as Musée des moulages or Musée Adolf Michaelis) is France's second-largest cast collection and the largest university cast collection in France.
  • The Musée de Sismologie et Magnétisme terrestre displays antique instruments of measure.
  • The Musée Pasteur is a collection of medical curiosities.
  • The Musée de minéralogie is dedicated to minerals.
  • The Musée d'Égyptologie houses a collections of archaeological findings made in and brought from Egypt and Sudan. This collection is entirely separate from the Schlumberger collection of the Musée archéologique (see above).[47]
  • The Crypte aux étoiles ("star crypt") is situated in the vaulted basement below the Observatory of Strasbourg and displays old telescopes and other antique astronomical devices such as clocks and theodolites.

Museums in the suburbs

Demographics

The commune of Strasbourg proper had a population of 291,313 on 1 January 2021,[9] the result of a constant moderate annual growth which is also reflected in the constant growth of the number of students at its university (e. g. from 42,000 students in 2010 to 52,000 students in 2019).[51] The metropolitan area of Strasbourg had a population of 853,110 inhabitants in 2019 (French side of the border only),[4] while the transnational Eurodistrict had a population of 1,000,000 in 2022.

In the Middle Ages, Strasbourg (a Free imperial city since 1262), was an important town. According to a 1444 census, the population was circa 20,000; only one third less than Cologne, then a major European city.[52]

Population growth

Historical population
YearPop.±% p.a.
1793 47,254—    
1800 49,056+0.54%
1806 51,465+0.80%
1821 49,680−0.24%
1831 49,712+0.01%
1836 57,885+3.09%
1841 70,298+3.96%
1846 71,992+0.48%
1851 75,565+0.97%
1856 77,656+0.55%
1861 82,014+1.10%
1866 84,167+0.52%
1871 85,654+0.35%
1875 94,306+2.43%
1880 104,471+2.07%
1885 111,987+1.40%
1890 123,500+1.98%
1895 135,608+1.89%
1900 151,041+2.18%
YearPop.±% p.a.
1905 167,678+2.11%
1910 178,891+1.30%
1921 166,767−0.64%
1926 174,492+0.91%
1931 181,465+0.79%
1936 193,119+1.25%
1946 175,515−0.95%
1954 200,921+1.70%
1962 228,971+1.65%
1968 249,396+1.43%
1975 253,384+0.23%
1982 248,712−0.27%
1990 252,338+0.18%
1999 264,115+0.51%
2007 272,123+0.37%
2012 274,394+0.17%
2017 280,966+0.47%
2020 290,576+1.13%
Source: EHESS[53] and INSEE (1968-2017)[54]
The Ill, seen from the terrace of the Palais Rohan

Population composition

2012 % 2007 %
Total population 274,394 100 272,123 100
0–14 years 47,473 17.3 46,263 17.0
15–29 years 77,719 28.3 78,291 28.8
30–44 years 54,514 19.9 54,850 20.2
45–59 years 45,436 16.6 47,236 17.4
60–74 years 30,321 11.1 27,060 9.9
75+ years 18,931 6.9 18,424 6.8

Culture

Strasbourg is the seat of internationally renowned institutions of music and drama:

Other theatres are the Théâtre jeune public, the TAPS Scala, the Kafteur ...  

Events

Education

Universities and tertiary education

Strasbourg, well known as a centre of

Metternich and Montgelas
, who studied law in Strasbourg, among the most prominent. With 19 Nobel prizes in total, Strasbourg is the most eminent French university outside of Paris.

Until 2009, there were three universities in Strasbourg, with an approximate total of 48,500 students in 2007, and another 4,500 students attended one of the diverse post-graduate schools:[56]

The three institutions merged in 2009, forming the

Université de Strasbourg
. Its component schools include:

Other tertiary institutions

Two American colleges have a base in Strasbourg:

University of Syracuse, New York, and Centre College, Kentucky. There is also HEAR (Haute école des arts du Rhin) the celebrated art school, and the International Space University in the south of Strasbourg (Illkirch-Graffenstaden
).

Primary and secondary education

International schools include:

Multiple levels:

  • European institutions
    )

For elementary education:[57]

  • École Internationale Robert Schuman
  • International School at Lucie Berger
  • Russian Mission School in Strasbourg[58]

For middle school/junior high school education:[57]

  • Collège International de l'Esplanade

For senior high school/sixth form college:[57]

  • Lycée International des Pontonniers (FR)
  • Lycée International Jean Sturm

Libraries

National Library

The

Bibliothèque nationale et universitaire (BNU) is, with its collection of more than 3,000,000 titles,[59] the second-largest library in France after the Bibliothèque nationale de France. It was founded by the German administration after the complete destruction of the previous municipal library in 1871 and holds the unique status of being simultaneously a students' and a national library. The Strasbourg municipal library had been marked erroneously as "City Hall" in a French commercial map, which had been captured and used by the German artillery to lay their guns. A librarian from Munich later pointed out "...that the destruction of the precious collection was not the fault of a German artillery officer, who used the French map, but of the slovenly and inaccurate scholarship of a Frenchman."[60]

The municipal library Bibliothèque municipale de Strasbourg (BMS) administers a network of ten medium-sized libraries in different areas of the town. A six stories high "Grande bibliothèque", the Médiathèque André Malraux, was inaugurated on 19 September 2008 and is considered the largest in Eastern France.[61]

Incunabula

As one of the earliest centres of book-printing in Europe (see above: History), Strasbourg for a long time held a large number of incunabula — books printed before 1500 — in its library as one of its most precious heritages: no less than 7,000.[62] After the total destruction of this institution in 1870, however, a new collection had to be reassembled from scratch. Today, Strasbourg's different public and institutional libraries again display a sizable total number of incunabula, distributed as follows: Bibliothèque nationale et universitaire, ca. 2,120,[62] Médiathèque de la ville et de la communauté urbaine de Strasbourg, 349,[63] Bibliothèque du Grand Séminaire, 238,[64] Médiathèque protestante, 66,[65] and Bibliothèque alsatique du Crédit Mutuel, 5.[66]

Transport

One of Strasbourg's trams passes over one of its canals, whilst a tourist trip boat passes underneath.

Train services operate from the

Gare de Strasbourg, the city's main station in the city centre, eastward to Offenburg and Karlsruhe in Germany, westward to Metz and Paris, and southward to Basel. Strasbourg's links with the rest of France have improved due to its recent connection to the TGV network, with the first phase of the TGV Est (Paris–Strasbourg) in 2007, the TGV Rhin-Rhône (Strasbourg-Lyon
) in 2012, and the second phase of the TGV Est in July 2016.

Strasbourg also has its own airport, serving major domestic destinations as well as international destinations in Europe and northern Africa. The airport is linked to the Gare de Strasbourg by a frequent train service.[67][68]

City transport in Strasbourg includes the futurist-looking

bike-sharing scheme named Vélhop. The CTS, and its predecessors, also operated a previous generation of tram system between 1878 and 1960, complemented by trolleybus routes between 1939 and 1962.[69]

Being on the

Port autonome de Strasbourg
. Water tourism inside the city proper attracts hundreds of thousands of tourists yearly.

The tram system that now criss-crosses the historic city centre complements walking and biking in it. The centre has been transformed into a pedestrian priority zone that enables and invites walking and biking by making these active modes of transport comfortable, safe and enjoyable. These attributes are accomplished by applying the principle of "filtered permeability" to the existing irregular network of streets. It means that the network adaptations favour active transport and, selectively, "filter out" the car by reducing the number of streets that run through the centre. While certain streets are discontinuous for cars, they connect to a network of pedestrian and bike paths which permeate the entire centre. In addition, these paths go through public squares and open spaces increasing the enjoyment of the trip. This logic of filtering a mode of transport is fully expressed in a comprehensive model for laying out neighbourhoods and districts – the fused grid.

At present the

unité urbaine.[70] The GCO project was opposed by environmentalists, who created a ZAD (or Zone to Defend).[71] After much delay, the GCO was finally inaugurated on 11 December 2021.[72]

Strasbourg public transport statistics

The average amount of time people spend commuting on public transport in Strasbourg on weekdays is 52 min. 7% of travellers on public transport travel for more than 2 hours every day. The average amount of time people wait at a stop or station for public transport is 9 min and 11% of passengers wait for more than 20 minutes on average every day. The average distance people usually travel in a single trip on public transport is 3.9 km (2.4 mi), whilst none travels for more than 12 km (7.5 mi) in a single direction.[73]

European role

The Palace of Europe of the Council of Europe

Institutions

Main article:
European Institutions in Strasbourg

Strasbourg is the seat of over twenty international institutions,

Luxembourg the judiciary and financial capital.[75]

Strasbourg is the seat of the following organisations, among others:

Eurodistrict

Main article: Strasbourg-Ortenau Eurodistrict

France and Germany have created a Eurodistrict straddling the Rhine, combining the Greater Strasbourg and the Ortenau district of Baden-Württemberg, with some common administration. It was established in 2005 and has been fully functional since 2010.

Sports

RC Strasbourg

Sporting teams from Strasbourg are the Racing Club de Strasbourg Alsace (football), SIG Strasbourg (basketball) and the Étoile Noire (ice hockey).[76] The women's tennis Internationaux de Strasbourg is one of the most important French tournaments of its kind outside Roland-Garros. In 1922, Strasbourg was the venue for the XVI Grand Prix de l'A.C.F. which saw Fiat battle Bugatti, Ballot, Rolland Pilain, and Britain's Aston Martin and Sunbeam.

In 2006 Strasbourg hosted the Grand Depart of the Tour de France.

The city is home to SN Strasbourg, a First division water polo team that plays its home games at the Piscine de la Kibitzenau.

Honours

Honours associated with the city of Strasbourg:

  • The Medal of Honor Strasbourg
  • Sakharov Prize seated in Strasbourg
  • City of Strasbourg Silver (gilt) Medal, a former medal with City Coat of Arms and Ten Arms of the Cities of the
    Dekapolis[77]

Notable people

For a more comprehensive list, see List of people from Strasbourg.
Further information: University of Strasbourg § Notable academics and alumni; Observatory of Strasbourg § Notable astronomers; and List of bishops, prince-bishops and archbishops of Strasbourg

In chronological order, notable people born in Strasbourg include:

François Christophe Kellermann, Marie Tussaud, Ludwig I of Bavaria, Charles Frédéric Gerhardt, Louis-Frédéric Schützenberger, Gustave Doré, Émile Waldteufel, René Beeh, Jean/Hans Arp, Charles Münch, Hans Bethe, Maurice Kriegel-Valrimont, Marcel Marceau, Tomi Ungerer, Elizabeth Sombart, Arsène Wenger, Petit, Pio Marmaï and Matt Pokora
.

In chronological order, notable residents of Strasbourg include:

Klemens Wenzel von Metternich, Georg Büchner, Louis Pasteur, Ferdinand Braun, Albrecht Kossel, Georg Simmel, Albert Schweitzer, Otto Klemperer, Marc Bloch, Alberto Fujimori, Marjane Satrapi, Paul Ricœur and Jean-Marie Lehn
.

Twin towns and sister cities

See also: List of twin towns and sister cities in France

Strasbourg is

twinned with:[78]

Strasbourg has cooperative agreements with:[85]

  • Haiti Jacmel, Haiti, since 1991 (Coopération décentralisée)
  • Morocco Fez, Morocco, since 1999 (Coopération décentralisée)
  • Cameroon Douala, Cameroon, since 2005 (Coopération décentralisée)
  • Russia Vologda, Russia, since 2009 (Coopération décentralisée)
  • Algeria Oran, Algeria, since 2015 (Coopération décentralisée)
  • Tunisia Kairouan, Tunisia, since 2015 (Coopération décentralisée)
  • Russia Moscow, Russia, since 2016 (Coopération décentralisée)
  • Uganda Kampala, Uganda, since 2018 (Coopération décentralisée)
  • Japan Kagoshima, Japan, since 2019 (Coopération décentralisée)

In popular culture

In film

  • The opening scenes of the 1977 Ridley Scott film The Duellists take place in Strasbourg in 1800.
  • The 2007 film In the City of Sylvia is set in Strasbourg.
  • Early February 2011, principal photography for Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows (2011) moved for two days to Strasbourg. Shooting took place on, around, and inside the Strasbourg Cathedral. The opening scene of the movie covers an assassination-bombing in the city.

In literature

In music

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart called his Third violin concerto (1775) Straßburger Konzert because of one of its most prominent motives, based on a local, minuet-like dance that had already appeared as a tune in a symphony by Carl Ditters von Dittersdorf.[87] It is not related to Mozart's ulterior stay in Strasbourg (1778), where he gave three concert performances on the piano.
  • Havergal Brian's Symphony No. 7 was inspired by passages in Goethe's memoirs recalling his time spent at Strasbourg University. The work ends with an orchestral bell sounding the note E, the strike-note of the bell of Strasbourg Cathedral.
  • British art-punk band The Rakes had a minor hit in 2005 with their song "Strasbourg". This song features witty lyrics with themes of espionage and vodka and includes a count of 'eins, zwei, drei, vier!!', even though Strasbourg's spoken language is French.
  • On their 1974 album Hamburger Concerto, Dutch progressive band Focus included a track called "La Cathédrale de Strasbourg", which included chimes from a cathedral-like bell.
  • Strasbourg pie, a dish containing foie gras, is mentioned in the finale of the Andrew Lloyd Webber musical Cats.
  • Several works have specifically been dedicated to Strasbourg Cathedral, notably ad hoc compositions (masses, motets etc.) by Kapellmeisters Franz Xaver Richter and Ignaz Pleyel and, more recently, It is Finished by John Tavener.

Notes

  1. ^ a b c d Only the part of the urban area on French territory.

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