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A eurodistrict is a Europe
Europe

Europe is, conventionally, one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, Europe is generally divided from Asia to its east by the water divide of the Ural Mountains, the Ural , the Caspian Sea, and by the Caucasus Mountains to the southeast....
an administrative entity that contains urban agglomerations
Agglomeration

In the study of human settlements, an agglomeration is an extended city or town area comprising the built-up area of a central place and any suburbs linked by continuous urban area....
 which lie across the border between two or more states. A eurodistrict offers a program for cooperation and integration of the towns or communes which it comprises: for example, improving transport links for people who live and work on different sides of the border. Furthermore, it confers a trans-national regional identity and represents European integration.

The first Eurodistricts created or currently undergoing creation are:

They may be established:

Note that transfrontier cooperation methods between regions known as euroregion
Euroregion

In European politics, a Euroregion is a form of transnational co-operation structure between two territories located in different European country....
s exist in parallel to eurodistricts, which are generally urban.






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A eurodistrict is a Europe
Europe

Europe is, conventionally, one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, Europe is generally divided from Asia to its east by the water divide of the Ural Mountains, the Ural , the Caspian Sea, and by the Caucasus Mountains to the southeast....
an administrative entity that contains urban agglomerations
Agglomeration

In the study of human settlements, an agglomeration is an extended city or town area comprising the built-up area of a central place and any suburbs linked by continuous urban area....
 which lie across the border between two or more states. A eurodistrict offers a program for cooperation and integration of the towns or communes which it comprises: for example, improving transport links for people who live and work on different sides of the border. Furthermore, it confers a trans-national regional identity and represents European integration.

The first Eurodistricts created or currently undergoing creation are:
  • Strasbourg-Ortenau
    Strasbourg-Ortenau

    Strasbourg-Ortenau is a France-Germany eurodistrict, a cross border administrative project with some common institutions, established on 17 October 2005....
  • Freiburg im Breisgau-Centre et Sud Alsace (i.e. Haut-Rhin
    Haut-Rhin

    Haut-Rhin is a Departments of France of France, named after the Rhine river. Its name means upper Rhine....
    )
  • Lille
    Lille

    Lille is a city in northern France. It is the principal city of the Urban Community of Lille M?tropole, the fourth-largest metropolitan area in the country behind those of Paris, Lyon and Marseille....
    -Kortrijk
    Kortrijk

    Kortrijk is a Belgium city and Municipalities in Belgium located in the Flemish Region Provinces of Belgium West Flanders. The wider municipality comprises the city of Kortrijk proper and the towns of Aalbeke, Bellegem, Bissegem, Heule, Kooigem, Marke , and Rollegem....
  • Saar
    Saarland

    Saarland is one of the 16 States of Germany of Germany. The capital is Saarbr?cken. It has an area of 2570 km? and 1,045,000 inhabitants. In both area and population it is the smallest of the German Fl?chenl?nder , i.e., those that are not City States ....
    -Moselle
    Moselle

    Moselle is a departments of France in the east of France named after the Moselle River....
  • Basel
    Basel

    Basel is Switzerland's third most populous city . With 731,000 inhabitants in the tri-national metropolitan area , Basel is Switzerland's third-largest urban area....
    -Lörrach
    Lörrach

    L?rrach is a city in southwest Germany, in the valley of the Wiese, close to the France and the Switzerland border. It is the capital of the district L?rrach in Baden-W?rttemberg....
    -St. Louis
    Saint-Louis, Haut-Rhin

    Saint-Louis is a town and commune in France of the Haut-Rhin d?partement in France, in Alsace, France. Population : 20,321 .Geography...
    -Weil am Rhein
    Weil am Rhein

    Weil am Rhein is a Germany town and commune situated on the east bank of the River Rhine, and close to the point at which the Switzerland, France and German borders meet....


They may be established:
  • by a simple agreement about common projects in the area;
  • in a more institutionalised manner by a local association for transfrontier or cross-border cooperation (in French: groupement local de coopération transfrontalière or GLCT), which can draw up plans for transfrontier cooperation between towns or communes; or
  • with an even greater degree of institutionalisation, perhaps including structures allowing a transfer of power and elected by all district citizens. This has constitution
    Constitution

    A constitution is a system for government — often codified as a written document — that establishes the rules and principles of an autonomous political entity....
    al implications for the individual countries involved, which have to be taken into account when drawing up agreements.


Note that transfrontier cooperation methods between regions known as euroregion
Euroregion

In European politics, a Euroregion is a form of transnational co-operation structure between two territories located in different European country....
s exist in parallel to eurodistricts, which are generally urban. Furthermore, a eurodistrict can be located within a euroregion and even have certain connections with it.

The term eurodistrict is quite new and has not been defined by organisations like the Council of Europe
Council of Europe

The Council of Europe is the oldest international organisation working towards European integration, having been founded in 1949. It has a particular emphasis on legal standards, human rights, democracy development, the rule of law and cultural co-operation....
 or the European Union
European Union

The European Union is an economic and political union of 27 European Union member state, located primarily in Europe. It was established by the Treaty of Maastricht on 1 November 1993 upon the foundations of the pre-existing European Economic Community....
.

See also

  • Franco-German cooperation
    Franco-German cooperation

    The relations between France and Germany is embodied in a cooperation called Franco-German Partnership . This came about after 1945, when a French-German enmity between the two countries ended....
  • Euroregion
    Euroregion

    In European politics, a Euroregion is a form of transnational co-operation structure between two territories located in different European country....


External links

  • Council of Europe document on (October 2005)