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{{short description|City in Alsace, France}} {{Other uses}} {{Use dmy dates|date=March 2020}} {{Infobox French commune |name = Colmar |native name = {{native name|gsw|Colmer|paren=omit}} <small>([[Alsatian language|Alsatian]])</small><br/>{{native name|de|Colmar/Kolmar}} |commune status = [[Prefectures of France|Prefecture]] and [[Communes of France|commune]] |image = ColmarFrance.jpg |image flag = Flag of Colmar.gif |caption = Colmar's "Little Venice" |coordinates = {{coord|48.0817|7.3556|format=dms|display=inline,title}} |arrondissement = Colmar-Ribeauvillé |canton = [[Canton of Colmar-1|Colmar-1]] and [[Canton of Colmar-2|2]] |intercommunality = [[Colmar Agglomération]] |mayor = Éric Straumann<ref>{{cite web|title=Répertoire national des élus: les maires|url=https://www.data.gouv.fr/fr/datasets/r/2876a346-d50c-4911-934e-19ee07b0e503|publisher=data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises|date=13 September 2022|language=fr}}</ref> ([[The Republicans (France)|LR]]) |term = 2020–2026 |elevation m = 197 |elevation min m = 175 |elevation max m = 214 |area km2 = 66.57 |population = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_total}} |population date = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_as_of}} |population footnotes = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_footnotes}} |INSEE = 68066 |postal code = 68000 |image coat of arms = Image-Blason Colmar 68.svg |dialling code = [[Mulhouse|0389]] }} '''Colmar''' ({{Langx|fr|Colmar}}, {{IPA|fr|kɔlmaʁ|pron}}; [[Alsatian language|Alsatian]]: ''{{lang|gsw|Colmer}}'' {{IPA|gsw|ˈkolməʁ|}}; [[German language|German]]: ''{{lang|de|Colmar or Kolmar{{citation needed|date=October 2024}}}}'') is a city and [[Communes of France|commune]] in the [[Haut-Rhin]] [[Departments of France|department]] and [[Alsace]] [[Regions of France|region]] of north-eastern [[France]]. The third-largest commune in Alsace (after [[Strasbourg]] and [[Mulhouse]]), it is the seat of the [[prefectures in France|prefecture]] of the Haut-Rhin department and of the [[Subprefectures in France|subprefecture]] of the [[arrondissement of Colmar-Ribeauvillé|Colmar-Ribeauvillé]] [[Arrondissements of France|arrondissement]]. The city is renowned for its well-preserved [[old town]], its numerous architectural landmarks and its museums, among which is the [[Unterlinden Museum]], which houses the ''[[Isenheim Altarpiece]]''. Colmar is located on the [[Alsace wine#Route des Vins d'Alsace|Alsatian Wine Route]] and considers itself to be the capital of Alsatian wine (''{{lang|fr|capitale des vins d'Alsace}}'').
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