What is Mulhouse?
{{Infobox French commune |name = Mulhouse |commune status = [[Subprefectures in France|Subprefecture]] and [[Communes of France|commune]] |image flag = DrapeauMulhouse.svg |image coat of arms = Blason_Mulhouse.svg |image = Assemblage_mulhouse.jpg |image size = 270px |caption = |arrondissement = Mulhouse |canton = Mulhouse-1<br />Mulhouse-2<br />Mulhouse-3 |INSEE = 68224 |postal code = 68100 |population demonym = Mulhousiens |mayor = Michèle Lutz |term = 2017-2020 |intercommunality = Mulhouse Alsace Agglomération |coordinates = {{coord|47.75|7.34|format=dms|display=inline,title}} |elevation m = 284 |elevation min m = 231 |elevation max m = 336 |area km2 = 22.18 |population = 111167 |population date = 2014 }} '''Mulhouse''' is a [[Communes of France|commune]] in [[Alsace]] in north-eastern [[France]], in the [[Haut-Rhin]] [[Departments of France|department]], of which it is a [[Subprefectures in France|subprefecture]]. It is in the [[Grand Est]] [[Regions of France|region]]. The ''commune'' is in the [[History|historical]] and [[Culture|cultural]] region of [[Alsace]], close to the [[Switzerland|Swiss]] and [[Germany|German]] borders. == History == Mulhouse dates back to the XIIth century. [[Medieval]] Mulhouse consists of an upper and a lower town. * The upper town developed from the 18th century on. * The lower town used to be the quarter of merchants and craftsmen. It developed around the ''Place de la Réunion'' (which commemorates its reunion with France). Nowadays this area is for pedestrians. ==Geography== Mulhouse is in the southern part of the [[plain]] of Alsace in the Haut-Rhin department. Two [[river]]s run through Mulhouse, the Doller and the [[Ill (France)|Ill]], both [[Tributary|tributaries]] of the [[Rhine River|Rhine]]. It has an area of {{Conver