Theme Week Alsace – Saint-Louis
Tuesday, 24 November 2015 - 01:00 pm (CET/MEZ) Berlin | Author/Destination: European Union / Europäische Union General
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Saint-Louis is a commune in the
Haut-Rhin department in north-eastern France. The inhabitants are called
Ludoviciens .
Saint-Louis is located at the German and Swiss borders, just north of Basel . The EuroAirport Basel-Mulhouse-Freiburg is situated on its territory. The commune of Saint-Louis also contains the former villages of Bourgfelden and Neuweg (also known as Saint-Louis-la-Chaussée ).
Former town hall Saint-Louis Haut-Rhin © Stecha/cc-by-sa-3.0
Swiss International Air Lines is headquartered on the grounds of EuroAirport Basel-Mulhouse-Freiburg in Saint-Louis; while the airport is physically in France, the Swiss head office lies in the Swiss zone of the airport, and it may only be accessed from Switzerland).
Hello , a Swiss airline, had its head office in the General Aviation area of EuroAirport.
The airline
ASL Airlines Switzerland formerly had its head office at EuroAirport. As in the case of the Swiss head office, the area with the former Farnair head office may only be accessed from Switzerland. The head office moved to its current location, the Villa Guggenheim in
Allschwil , in proximity to EuroAirport, on 1 October 2011.
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