Strasbourg

:For other places named Strasburg or Straßburg see Strasburg.

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Strasbourg (French: Strasbourg; Alsatian: Strossburi; German: Straßburg) is the capital and principal city of the Alsace région of northeastern France, with approximately 650,000 inhabitants in the metropolitan area in 1999. Located close to the border with Germany, it is the préfecture (capital) of the Bas-Rhin département.

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French - Alsatian - German - Alsace - Région - France - Metropolitan area - 1999 - Germany - Préfecture - Bas-Rhin - Département

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The city's name means "town (at the crossing) of roads". Stras- is cognate to the English street, while -bourg and the German -burg ("fortress, town") are cognate to the English borough.

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Cognate - English - Borough

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Strasbourg is an important centre of manufacturing and engineering, as well as of road, rail and river communications.

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Strasbourg is the seat of the Council of Europe and the European Court of Human Rights and it hosts the new seat of the European Parliament (with Brussels) after the asbestos scandal in the 1980s.

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Council of Europe - European Court of Human Rights - European Parliament - Asbestos - 1980s

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