Strasbourg (French: Strasbourg, pronounced /stʀazbuʀ/; 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.
Strasbourg is the seat of the Council of Europe, of the European Court of Human Rights and of the European Parliament, though the latter also holds sessions in Brussels.
Strasbourg was a centre of humanist scholarship and early bookprinting in the Holy Roman Empire and its intellectual and political influence contributed much to the establishment of Protestantism as an accepted denomination in the southwest of Germany.
Strasbourg is in the heart of Europe, at the core of its industrial, cultural, and institutional establishments.
Strasbourg, while a business center, is also home to numerous parks and gardens and enchanting old quarters like "La Petite France" and the area around the Cathedral.
It is with such a rich culture that Strasbourg is able to find a comfortable balance between the services expected of a city and the freedom of a community which remains a proud representative of its region." (Text taken from Strasbourg.Info 10/27/2002).
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