European Collectivity of Alsace
The European Collectivity of Alsace (French: Collectivité européenne d'Alsace; Alsatian: D'Europäischa Gebiatskärwerschàft Elsàss; German: Europäische Gebietskörperschaft Elsass) is a territorial collectivity in the Alsace region of France. On 1 January 2021, the departments of Bas-Rhin and Haut-Rhin merged into a territorial collectivity but remained part of the region Grand Est. The creation of this new entity was voted by the French Parliament on 25 July 2019 and Law 2019-816 delimiting its powers was promulgated on 2 August 2019.
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 |
| Official language | French |
| Regional languages | Alsatian Welche Meridional Frankish Rhine Frankish |
| Demonym(s) | Alsatian |
| Government | |
• President of the Assembly | Frédéric Bierry |
| Legislature | Assembly of Alsace |
| Establishment | |
• Creation | 1 January 2021 |
| Area | |
• Total | 8,280 km2 (3,200 sq mi) |
| Population | |
• 2021 census | 1,919,745 |
| ISO 3166 code | FR-6AE |
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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.