Eurométropole de Strasbourg 33 communes of the métropole are, with number of inhabitants on 1 January 2014: Eurométropole de Strasbourg Eurométropole de Strasbourg is the "métropole", an intercommunal structure, centred on the city of Strasbourg. It is located in the Bas-Rhin department, in the Grand Est region, northeastern France. It was created in January 2015, replacing the previous "Communauté urbaine de Strasbourg", and covers that part of the Strasbourg metropolitan area that lies in France. Its population was 491,516 in 2014, of which 280,680 in Strasbourg proper. The Urban Community of Strasbourg (French: "Communauté urbaine de Strasbourg"), also known by its French initials
Institutional seats of the European Union At the founding of the European Coal and Steel Community (ECSC), the states could not agree which city should host the institutions of the new community. Brussels was widely preferred, but was vetoed by Belgium which insisted on Liège. Because of the impasse, Luxembourg was chosen as a provisional choice for all but the Assembly (Parliament), which was to be based in Strasbourg. Two further communities were created in 1957 and again a provisional agreement laid out that the Assembly would meet in Strasbourg, the Courts would meet in Luxembourg, and the Commissions and Councils would be split between Luxembourg