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Colmar, France

In 2006, the city of Colmar had a population of 65,713 and the metropolitan area of Colmar had a population of 120,367.

Colmar is the centre of the arrondissement of Colmar, which has 144,700 inhabitants in 2006.

Colmar is the home town of the painter and engraver Martin Schongauer and the sculptor Frédéric Bartholdi, who designed the Statue of Liberty. The city is renowned for its well preserved old town, its numerous architectural landmarks and its museums, among which the Unterlinden Museum.

Colmar was founded in the 9th century. This was the location where Charles the Fat held a diet in 884.

Colmar was granted the status of a free imperial city of the Holy Roman Empire in 1226. During the Thirty Years' War, the city was taken by the armies of Sweden in 1632, who held it for two years.

The city was conquered by France under Louis XIV in 1697.

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