European Collectivity of Alsace

French territorial collectivity

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 / 48.583; 7.750
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

Politics of Alsace

* European Collectivity of Alsace
* President: Frédéric Bierry
* Assembly of Alsace
* Departments
* Bas-Rhin
* Haut-Rhin
* Elections
* Political parties

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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]

## History

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Main article: History of Alsace

The original Region of Alsace, created in 1956, ceased to exist on 1 January 2016, when the French parliament voted to merge several administrative regions, reducing their number from 22 to 18.[7]

## Status

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Further information: Subdivisions of France

Alsace has an intermediary status: its competencies are those of a department, plus some of the competencies of a region. As a result, Alsace is less autonomous than Corsica or the overseas departments and regions.

## Languages

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Further information: Language policy of France

While French is the sole official language of the country according to Article 2 of the Constitution of France, Law 2019-816 contains provisions to promote regional languages in schools. The collectivity will also be tasked with creating a Committee related to the Alsatian language and culture, with a focus on the German language spoken in Alsace. This last provision is closely related to Chapter 3 and Chapter 4 of the Aachen Treaty.

## References

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1. ^ "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.
2. ^ 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.
3. ^ Combined 2021 population of the departements of Bas-Rhin and Haut-Rhin.
4. ^ "Populations légales des départements en 2021". INSEE. Retrieved 16 January 2024.
5. ^ "Aus zwei mach eins". Eurojournalist(e) (in German). 2019-06-26. Retrieved 2020-10-26.
6. ^ "Echec du référendum alsacien : "Un signe fort pour la classe politique en place"". Le Monde (in French). 7 April 2013. Retrieved 15 January 2020.
7. ^ "Le 1er janvier, la France passe à 13 régions en métropole". Le Point (in French). 30 December 2015. Retrieved 15 January 2020.

## External links

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* European Collectivity of Alsace Archived 2021-06-02 at the Wayback Machine

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Alsace topics

Administrative
divisions|

| Bas-Rhin (Strasbourg) (Unterelsaß)|

* Arrondissement of Haguenau-Wissembourg
* Arrondissement of Molsheim
* Arrondissement of Saverne
* Arrondissement of Sélestat-Erstein
* Arrondissement of Strasbourg

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Haut-Rhin (Colmar) (Oberelsaß)|

* Arrondissement of Altkirch
* Arrondissement of Colmar-Ribeauvillé
* Arrondissement of Mulhouse
* Arrondissement of Thann-Guebwiller

Language|

* Alsatian
* French

Culture|

* Coat of arms
* Flag
* Anthem
* People
* Demographics
* Kelsch
* Musée alsacien
* Hagenau
* Strasbourg

Politics|

* Regional council of Alsace (1982–2015)
* Alsace independence movement
* Grand Est (since 2016)
* European Collectivity of Alsace (since 2021)
* Assembly of Alsace (since 2021)

Religion
(according to the
1801 Concordat in
Alsace–Moselle,
including Lorraine)|

| Catholic Church|

* Archdiocese of Strasbourg
* Immediately subject to the Holy See
* (Lorraine: Diocese of Metz)

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Protestantism|

* Union of Protestant Churches of Alsace and Lorraine
* Protestant Church of the Augsburg Confession of Alsace and Lorraine
* Protestant Reformed Church of Alsace and Lorraine

Judaism|

* History of the Jews in Alsace
* consistories

Sports|

* RC Strasbourg Alsace
* SIG Strasbourg
* SC Schiltigheim
* FC Sélestat
* Sélestat Alsace Handball
* FC Vendenheim
* Étoile Noire de Strasbourg
* Internationaux de Strasbourg
* Rallye de France Alsace
* Rallye Alsace-Vosges
* See also: Alsace de Bagnolet (Paris)

History|

* Germania Superior (Pagus Alsatiae) (83–475)
* Argentoratum
* Route Romane d'Alsace
* Alemanni (circa 213–496)
* Alamannia (3rd-century–911)
* Duchy of Alsace (circa 630–699)
* Prince-Bishopric of Strasbourg (982–1803)
* County of Ferrette (11th-century–14th-century)
* Salm (1165−1793)
* Landgraviate of Alsace (1186–1646)
* Lower Alsace
* Upper Alsace
* Further Austria (13th-century–1648)
* Décapole (1354–1679)
* County of Hanau-Lichtenberg (1456–1736)
* Upper Rhenish Circle (1500-1679)
* Left Bank of the Rhine (1814-1871)
* Imperial Territory of Alsace-Lorraine (1871–1918)
* Gau Baden-Elsaß (1940–1945)
* Alsace (1945–2016)
* Grand Est (2016–)

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Administrative regions of France

Current (since 2016)|

* Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
* Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
* Brittany
* Centre-Val de Loire (Centre Region until 2015)
* Corsica
* Grand Est
* Hauts-de-France
* Île-de-France
* Normandy
* Nouvelle-Aquitaine
* Occitania
* Pays de la Loire
* Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur

Former (1982–2015)|

* Alsace
* Aquitaine
* Auvergne
* Burgundy
* Champagne-Ardenne
* Franche-Comté
* Languedoc-Roussillon
* Limousin
* Lorraine
* Lower Normandy
* Midi-Pyrénées
* Nord-Pas-de-Calais
* Picardy
* Poitou-Charentes
* Rhône-Alpes
* Upper Normandy

Overseas regions|

* French Guiana
* Guadeloupe
* Martinique
* Mayotte
* Réunion

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