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Mulhouse Mülhausen / Milhüsa |
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Location within Grand Est region
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| Coordinates: 47°45′N 7°20′E / 47.75°N 7.34°ECoordinates: 47°45′N 7°20′E / 47.75°N 7.34°E | |||
| Country | France | ||
| Region | Grand Est | ||
| Department | Haut-Rhin | ||
| Arrondissement | Mulhouse | ||
| Intercommunality | Mulhouse Alsace Agglomération | ||
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| • Mayor (2010–2014) | Jean Rottner (UMP) | ||
| Area1 | 22.18 km2 (8.56 sq mi) | ||
| Population (2013)2 | 112,063 | ||
| • Density | 5,100/km2 (13,000/sq mi) | ||
| Time zone | CET (UTC+1) | ||
| • Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) | ||
| INSEE/Postal code | 68224 / 68100, 68200 | ||
| Dialling codes | 0389, 0369 | ||
| Elevation | 232–338 m (761–1,109 ft) (avg. 240 m or 790 ft) |
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1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. 2Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once. |
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1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.
Mulhouse (pronounced: [myluz]; Alsatian: Milhüsa or Milhüse, [mɪlˈyːzə]; German: Mülhausen; i.e. mill house) is a city and commune in eastern France, close to the Swiss and German borders.
With a population of 112,063 in 2013 and 284,739 inhabitants in the metropolitan area in 2012, it is the largest city in the Haut-Rhin département, and the second largest in the Alsace region after Strasbourg. Mulhouse is the principal commune of the 33 making up the communauté d'agglomération Mulhouse Alsace Agglomération (M2A, population 267,759).
Mulhouse is famous for its museums, especially the Cité de l’Automobile (also known as "Musée national de l’automobile") and the Musée Français du Chemin de Fer (also known as "Cité du train"), respectively the largest automobile and railway museums in the world. An industrial town nicknamed "the French Manchester", Mulhouse is also the main seat of the Upper Alsace University, where the secretariat of the European Physical Society can be found.
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