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European Collectivity of Alsace Collectivité européenne d'Alsace (French) | |
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| Status | Collectivity of the French Republic |
| Capital and largest city | Strasbourg 48°35′N 7°45′E / 48.583°N 7.750°E |
| Official language | French |
| Regional languages | Alsatian Welche Meridional Frankish Rhine Frankish |
| Demonym(s) | Alsatian |
| Government | |
• President of the Assembly | Frédéric Bierry[1] |
| Legislature | Assembly of Alsace |
| Establishment | |
• Creation | 1 January 2021[2] |
| Area | |
• Total | 8,280 km2 (3,200 sq mi) |
| Population | |
• 2021 census | 1,919,745[3][4] |
| ISO 3166 code | FR-6AE |
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The European Collectivity of Alsace (French: Collectivité européenne d'Alsace; Alsatian: D'Europäischa Gebiatskärwerschàft Elsàss; German: Europäische Gebietskörperschaft Elsass[5]) is a territorial collectivity in the Alsace region of France. On 1 January 2021, the departments of Bas-Rhin and Haut-Rhin merged to form a territorial collectivity, but remained part of the Grand Est region. The creation of this new entity was approved by the French Parliament on 25 July 2019 and Law 2019-816, which delimits its powers, was promulgated on 2 August 2019.[2]
Alsatian voters had already voted in favour of the creation of a single territorial collectivity in a referendum in 2013; however, in the less populous of the two departments, Haut-Rhin, a majority of voters had rejected the proposal.[6]
- ^ "Résultat de l'élection du président de la Collectivité européenne d'Alsace". www.alsace.eu (in French). 2021-01-02. Archived from the original on 2021-01-02. Retrieved 2022-06-27.
- ^ a b Government of the French Republic (2 August 2019). "LOI n° 2019-816 du 2 août 2019 relative aux compétences de la Collectivité européenne d'Alsace". legifrance.gouv.fr (in French). Retrieved 15 January 2020.
- ^ Combined 2021 population of the departements of Bas-Rhin and Haut-Rhin.
- ^ "Populations légales des départements en 2021". INSEE. Retrieved 16 January 2024.
- ^ "Aus zwei mach eins". Eurojournalist(e) (in German). 2019-06-26. Retrieved 2020-10-26.
- ^ "Echec du référendum alsacien : "Un signe fort pour la classe politique en place"". Le Monde (in French). 7 April 2013. Retrieved 15 January 2020.