Strasbourg is located in eastern France.

It serves as the capital of the Bas-Rhin department and the Grand Est region, situated in the historic Alsace area near the German border. The city lies about 2.5 miles (4 km) west of the Rhine River, which forms the Franco-German frontier, with its historic core on the Grande Île in the Ill River.

Strasbourg is roughly 397 km (247 miles) east of Paris and hosts key European institutions like the European Parliament. The area sits in the Upper Rhine Plain, between 132 and 151 meters above sea level, near the Vosges Mountains and Black Forest.