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
Strasbourg hotel, and featuring an open-air museum of international contemporary sculpture. The Jardin botanique de l'Université de Strasbourg (botanical garden) was created under the German administration next to the Observatory of Strasbourg, built in 1881, and still owns some greenhouses of those times. The "Parc des Contades", although the oldest park of the city, was completely remodeled after World War II. The futuristic "Parc des Poteries" is an example of European park-conception in the late 1990s. The "Jardin des deux Rives", spread over Strasbourg and Kehl on both sides of the Rhine opened in 2004 and is the most extended (60-hectare)