Mulhouse

Mulhouse

**Mìlhüsa** (Alemannic German)
Mulhouse Mìlhüsa (Alemannic German)
Subprefecture and commune
	Flag Coat of arms
	Location of Mulhouse
	Mulhouse Mulhouse
	Coordinates: 47°45′N 7°20′E / 47.75°N 7.34°E
Country	France
Region	Grand Est
Department	Haut-Rhin
Arrondissement	Mulhouse
Canton	Mulhouse-1, 2 and 3
Intercommunality	Mulhouse Alsace Agglomération
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Michèle Lutz (LR)
Area 1	22.18 km2 (8.56 sq mi)
• Urban	239.1 km2 (92.3 sq mi)
Population (2021)	106,341
• Density	4,800/km2 (12,000/sq mi)
• Urban (2017 2021)	246,692 Metro 6,394,037 Oberrhein
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	68224 /68100, 68200
Dialling codes	0389, 0369
Elevation	232–338 m (761–1,109 ft) ; (avg. 240 m or 790 ft)
Website	www.mulhouse.fr
	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] ^ⓘ, in Alsatian Mìlhüsa [mɪlˈhyːsa] (German: Mülhausen [myːlˈhaʊzn̩] ^ⓘ); meaning "mill house") is a city of the European Collectivity of Alsace (Haut-Rhin department, in the Grand Est region of France), close to the Swiss and German borders. It is the largest city in Haut-Rhin and second largest in Alsace after Strasbourg.

Mulhouse is known for its museums, especially the Cité de l'Automobile (also known as the Musée national de l'automobile, 'National Museum of the Automobile') and the Cité du Train (also known as Musée Français du Chemin de Fer, 'French Museum of the Railway'), respectively the largest automobile and railway museums in the world.^{[citation needed]} An industrial town nicknamed "the French Manchester",^[4] Mulhouse is also the main seat of the Upper Alsace University, where the secretariat of the European Physical Society is found.

^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 6 June 2023.
^ "Populations légales 2021". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
^ ^a ^b Cite error: The named reference uu was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
^ "Le sex appeal industriel de Mulhouse" (in French). Archived from the original on 21 July 2011.

[1] "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 6 June 2023.

[popleg2021-2] "Populations légales 2021". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.

[uu-3] Cite error: The named reference uu was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

[4] "Le sex appeal industriel de Mulhouse" (in French). Archived from the original on 21 July 2011.

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Mulhouse Mìlhüsa (Alemannic German)
Subprefecture and commune

Flag Coat of arms
Location of Mulhouse
Mulhouse Show map of France Mulhouse Show map of Grand Est
Coordinates: 47°45′N 7°20′E / 47.75°N 7.34°E / 47.75; 7.34
Country	France
Region	Grand Est
Department	Haut-Rhin
Arrondissement	Mulhouse
Canton	Mulhouse-1, 2 and 3
Intercommunality	Mulhouse Alsace Agglomération
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Michèle Lutz^[1] (LR)
Area ¹	22.18 km² (8.56 sq mi)
• Urban	239.1 km² (92.3 sq mi)
Population (2021)^[2]	106,341
• Density	4,800/km² (12,000/sq mi)
• Urban (2017^[3] 2021^[3])	246,692 Metro 6,394,037 Oberrhein
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	68224 /68100, 68200
Dialling codes	0389, 0369
Elevation	232–338 m (761–1,109 ft) (avg. 240 m or 790 ft)
Website	www.mulhouse.fr
¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.