Strasbourg, France - Intercultural City
Strasbourg is the capital of the Alsace region, located in eastern France at the border with Germany. The city is well known for being the official seat of the European Parliament, as well as of several other European Institutions such as the Council of Europe, Eurocorps, the Europan Ombudsman.
Strasbourg, with its 276.401 inhabitants, is the ninth larger metropolitan area of France. Nonnationals make up 13,66% of the total population, and the largest minority group – people from Maghreb (Algeria, Tunisia and Morocco)– represents 3,2% over the total population. Other important nationalities in the city are people from the EU (2,5%), Turkey (2,1%) and Africa (1,56%).
