Strasbourg-Ortenau is a Franco-German eurodistrict, a cross border administrative entity  sharing common institutions, established on 17 October 2005 and definitely functional since 4 February 2010. The district is formed by the Urban Community of Strasbourg (centred on the city of Strasbourg) on the French side of the Rhine and the Ortenau district (including Achern, Kehl, Lahr, Oberkirch and Offenburg) on the German side.^[1] The combined population of the district is 884,988.^[2] It covers an area of 2,176 km².^[