Strasbourg is the largest city in the Alsace with over 300,00 people in a metropolitan area of nearly 900,000, and It is the site of the European Parliament. Strasbourg is an important centrer of manufacturing and engineering, as well as a hub of road, rail, and river transportation. Located on the border with Germany on the Rhine, its port is the second largest on the Rhine and the second-largest river port in France after Paris.