Illkirch-Graffenstaden, natural and innovative city ...
With over 27,000 inhabitants, Illkirch-Graffenstaden fourth largest town of the Lower Rhine, has become a particularly attractive south of the city of Strasbourg economic, commercial and cultural center. Between tradition and modernity, it has evolved while maintaining a human dimension that makes its reputation for natural and innovative city.
A few kilometers from the center of Strasbourg, served by tram, it occupies a privileged location, close to its German neighbors Kehl and Offenburg with which a cultural partnership is established for several years.
Water is a strong element in the city crossed by the Ill, bordered by the Canal du Rhône au Rhin and its surroundings where gravel provide places to swim and cool popular. The forest Illkirch-Graffenstaden, near the Rhine, reinforces this commitment to nature. Place to walk many Illkirchois, the forest is also a protected ecological lung, classified National Nature Reserve.
Based on a former industrial history, with a substantial commercial fabric Illkirch-Graffenstaden has a strong pool of jobs where future technologies are being developed in the heart of the Parc d'Innovation.
Always in motion, the city built a new center on the former brownfield SACM factory to better grow and regain the banks of the Ill.
Green and dynamic Illkirch-Graffenstaden is also a city of culture and events, sports and recreation where many services to offer people a quality of life greatly appreciated.
