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Fun fact 5 about Strasbourg

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The Bibliothèque nationale et universitaire (BNU) in Strasbourg is the second-largest library in France, with a collection of over 3,000,000 titles.

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Strasbourg

France

Country
France
Population
287.2K
Coordinates
48.57, 7.75
674th most populous city in the world

Strasbourg is a prefecture and commune, and the largest city of the Grand Est region of northeastern France, in the historic region of Alsace. It is the prefecture of the Bas-Rhin department and the official seat of the European Parliament.

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