European Collectivity of Alsace Collectivité européenne d'Alsace (fr) Flag Logo 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 • 2020 census | 1,915,915[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 * Regions of France * Politics of France * Politics of the European Union * Other countries * v * t * e 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 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.[2][6] 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.[7] ## Contents * 1 History * 2 Status * 3 Languages * 4 References * 5 External links ## History[edit] 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 some administrative regions, reducing their number from 22 to 18.[8] ## Status[edit] 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. Alsace is therefore less autonomous than Corsica or the overseas departments and regions. ## Languages[edit] 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 at school. The collectivity will also be tasked to create a Committee related to the German language in Alsace. This last provision is closely related to Chapter 3 and Chapter 4 of the Aachen Treaty. ## References[edit] 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 2020 population of the departements of Bas-Rhin and Haut-Rhin. 4. ^ "Populations légales des départements en 2020". INSEE. Retrieved 11 January 2023. 5. ^ "Aus zwei mach eins". Eurojournalist(e) (in German). 2019-06-26. Retrieved 2020-10-26. 6. ^ "The government validates the creation of a "European collectivity of Alsace" in 2021". Teller Report. 29 October 2018. Retrieved 15 January 2020. 7. ^ "Echec du référendum alsacien : "Un signe fort pour la classe politique en place"". Le Monde (in French). 7 April 2013. Retrieved 15 January 2020. 8. ^ "Le 1er janvier, la France passe à 13 régions en métropole". Le Point (in French). 30 December 2015. Retrieved 15 January 2020. ## External links[edit] * European Collectivity of Alsace Archived 2021-06-02 at the Wayback Machine * v * t * e 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 | 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) | 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–) * v * t * e 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 Related articles| * Flags * Ranked by area/population * Ranked by GDP * Regional councils This France-related article is a stub. 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