Editing Strasbourg (section)

==Demographics==
The commune of Strasbourg proper had a population of 291,313 on 1 January 2021,<ref name=pop2021/> the result of a constant moderate annual growth which is also reflected in the constant growth of the number of students at its [[University of Strasbourg|university]] (e. g. from 42,000 students in 2010 to 52,000 students in 2019).<ref>{{cite web |title=Effectifs étudiants |url=http://www.unistra.fr/index.php?id=27945 |publisher=University of Strasbourg |access-date=3 January 2020 |archive-date=8 May 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200508065938/https://www.unistra.fr/index.php?id=27945 |url-status=live }}</ref> The [[functional area (France)|metropolitan area]] of Strasbourg had a population of 853,110 inhabitants in 2019 (French side of the border only),<ref name=AAV/> while the transnational [[Strasbourg-Ortenau Eurodistrict|Eurodistrict]] had a population of 1,000,000 in 2022.

In the [[Middle Ages]], Strasbourg (a [[free imperial city]] since 1262), was an important town. According to a 1444 [[census]], the population was circa 20,000; only one third less than [[Cologne]], then a major European city.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Klipfel |first1=Monique |title=L'importance démographique de la ville |url=http://www.crdp-strasbourg.fr/data/histoire/strasbourg_1400/ville_opulente.php?parent=19#section2 |publisher=Académie de Strasbourg |access-date=4 January 2020 |archive-date=28 May 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200528073030/http://www.crdp-strasbourg.fr/data/histoire/strasbourg_1400/ville_opulente.php?parent=19#section2 |url-status=live }}</ref>

===Population growth===

{{Historical populations
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| source = EHESS<ref name=ehess>{{Cassini-Ehess|36842|Strasbourg}}</ref> and INSEE (1968-2017)<ref name=pophist>[https://www.insee.fr/fr/statistiques/4515315?geo=COM-67482#ancre-POP_T1 Population en historique depuis 1968] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220924104803/https://www.insee.fr/fr/statistiques/4515315?geo=COM-67482#ancre-POP_T1 |date=24 September 2022 }}, INSEE</ref>
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|1793 | 47254
|1800 | 49056
|1806 | 51465
|1821 | 49680
|1831 | 49712
|1836 | 57885
|1841 | 70298
|1846 | 71992
|1851 | 75565
|1856 | 77656
|1861 | 82014
|1866 | 84167
|1871 | 85654
|1875 | 94306
|1880 | 104471
|1885 | 111987
|1890 | 123500
|1895 | 135608
|1900 | 151041
|1905 | 167678
|1910 | 178891
|1921 | 166767
|1926 | 174492
|1931 | 181465
|1936 | 193119
|1946 | 175515
|1954 | 200921
|1962 | 228971
|1968 | 249396
|1975 | 253384
|1982 | 248712
|1990 | 252338
|1999 | 264115
|2007 | 272123
|2012 | 274394
|2017 | 280966
|2020 | 290576
}}

[[File:Strasbourg River Ill.jpg|upright=3.55|thumb|center|The [[Ill (France)|Ill]], seen from the terrace of the Palais Rohan]]

===Population composition===

{| class="wikitable" style="padding:3px;"
|-
!  !! 2012 !! % !! 2007 !! %
|-
| Total population || 274,394 || 100 || 272,123 || 100
|-
| 0–14 years || 47,473 || 17.3 || 46,263 || 17.0
|-
| 15–29 years || 77,719 || 28.3 || 78,291 || 28.8
|-
| 30–44 years || 54,514 || 19.9 || 54,850 || 20.2
|-
| 45–59 years || 45,436 || 16.6 || 47,236 || 17.4
|-
| 60–74 years || 30,321 || 11.1 || 27,060 || 9.9
|-
| 75+ years || 18,931 || 6.9 || 18,424 || 6.8
|}