Strasbourg, France - Evening Walk (4K UHD)

Strasbourg, France - Evening Walk

Strasbourg is a commune in Alsace in alsace in eastern France. It is the prefecture of Bas-Rhin and the capital of the Grand Est region. Capital of the historic region of Alsace,it is bordered by the Rhine and directly bordered with Germany.

Strasbourg is one of the three "European capitals" alongside Brussels and Luxembourg, it is sometimes referred to as strasbourg the parliamentary capital of the EU1. The city hosts multiple European institutions,including the Council of Europe on which the European Court of Human Rights and the European Pharmacopoeia depend, but also the European Parliament and the European Ombudsman.

Along with Basel, Geneva and New York, Strasbourg is one of the few cities in the world to be the seat of several international institutions without being the political capital of a state.2. Strasbourg is also the second city in France in terms of number of international congresses, after Paris3.

By its population, Strasbourg intra-muros is the first commune in the Grand Est of France and, as of 1 January 2018, the eighth in France. Its urban area is the ninth in France, with 802,437 inhabitants in 2019 in its French part alone but it has more than 1,342,186 inhabitants in total with the German side. Its inhabitants are called Strasbourgeo is. It is one of the main economic poles of the North-East and is distinguished by a very diversified secondary sector and a tertiary sector mainly focused on financial, legal-legal activities, research and business consulting.

Strasbourg was marked by the various Germanic and French administrations. Its history, rich and tormented, has left a remarkable architectural heritage. Its city center, located on the Big Island, has been fully listed as a World Heritage Site by UNESCO since 1988 and includes the Notre-Dame de Strasbourg Cathedral and the Petite France district. In 2017, the classified perimeter is extended to part of the Neustadt, a district built by the German authorities from 18805.

Strasbourg has also become the symbol of Franco-German reconciliation and more generally of European integration. The city gradually specialized in political, cultural, and institutional functions.

The presence of several renowned national institutions, such as the National Theatre, the National and University Library and the Opéra national du Rhin makes it an important cultural centre.

Strasbourg is also a major student city, its university, its grandes écoles and its university hospital form a major internationally oriented university pole with more than 20% of foreign students and more than one hundred nationalities represented.6. The university, which has hosted 18 Nobel Prizes within its walls, has been the winner of numerous calls for tenders as part of the investments for the future, aimed at making it a pole of excellence in higher education and research at the global level.

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