Strasbourg, France

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.
The city's Germanic name means "town (at the crossing) of roads". Stras- is cognate to the English street from the German equivalent of the word, Straße, while -bourg from the German -burg ("fortress, town") is cognate to the English borough.
Strasbourg is, among other things, the seat of the Council of Europe, of the European Court of Human Rights, of the European Ombudsman and of the European Parliament, though the latter also holds sessions in Brussels.
Strasbourg is an important centre of manufacturing and engineering, as well as of road, rail and river communications. The Strasbourg port is the second largest on the Rhine after Duisburg. The city is the seat of the Central Commission for Navigation on the Rhine.

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