Strasbourg"In 2016, the city proper had 279,284 inhabitants and both the Eurométropole de Strasbourg (Greater Strasbourg) and the Arrondissement of Strasbourg had 491,409 inhabitants. Strasbourg´s metropolitan area had a population of 785,839 in 2015 (not counting the section across the border in Germany), making it the ninth-largest metro area in France and home to 13% of the Grand Est region´s inhabitants. The transnational Eurodistrict Strasbourg-Ortenau had a population of 915,000 inhabitants in 2014. Strasbourg is one of the de facto three main capitals of the European Union (alongside Brussels and Luxembourg), as it is the seat of several European institutions, such as the Council of Europe (with its European Court of Human Rights, its European Directorate for the Quality of Medicines most commonly known in French as "Pharmacopée Européenne" its European Audiovisual Observatory), the Eurocorps, as well as the European Parliament and the European Ombudsman of the European Union." - (en.wikipedia.org 10.11.2019) Bas-Rhin Allée de la Robertsau (Strasbourg) Strasbourg Cathedral