Paris
Paris, the cosmopolitan capital of France, is one of the largest agglomerations in Europe, with 2.2 million people living in the dense central city in 2022, 10 million people in the Métropole du Grand Paris and almost 13 million people living in the metropolitan area.Photo: Taxiarchos228, CC BY 3.0.
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Popular Destinations
La Défense
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La Défense is a collection of modern high-rise office and residential buildings built according to an evolving central plan on the western outskirts of Paris, beyond the last Parisian loop of the river Seine.
1st arrondissement
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The centre of contemporary Paris and the site of such landmarks as the Louvre and of the Tuileries…
7th arrondissement
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The 7th arrondissement is perhaps the most expensive area to live in Paris.
Destinations
2nd arrondissement
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The 2nd arrondissement of Paris is one of the financial centres of Europe, being home to the Bourse and thus the CAC 40 index you hear about in world financial news.
4th arrondissement
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The 4th is a good chunk of what used to be medieval Paris, and you'll find a lot left from that time on both islands and in the narrow streets of the lower Marais.
9th arrondissement
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The 9th arrondissement of Paris is a diverse, "in between" section of the French capital.
8th arrondissement
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The 8th arrondissement of Paris is home to the Avenue des Champs Elysées, which ends up at the Arc de Triomphe.
6th arrondissement
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As with Paris itself, the 6th Arrondissement is hard to write about without using superlatives.
3rd arrondissement
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A quieter part of the ancient Marais neighbourhood which is centred in the 4th, the 3rd is possibly one of the best places to live in Paris.
10th arrondissement
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The 10th arrondissement of Paris centres on the Canal Saint Martin and the restaurants and cafés which line its banks.
5th arrondissement
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The 5th Arrondissement of Paris is one of the best known of the city's central districts, located on the Left Bank of the river Seine.
14th arrondissement
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Although largely residential, the 14th arrondissement is best known for its northeastern quartier Montparnasse, for the Paris Catacombs and the Parc Montsouris.
12th arrondissement
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The 12th arrondissement of Paris is one of the largest of the city's districts even without the 2,460 acre Bois de Vincennes, which more than doubles its size.
11th arrondissement
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The 11th Arrondissement is home to two quite different but equally blossoming centres of Parisian nightlife.
13th arrondissement
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The 13th arrondissement of Paris is primarily a residential and business district in the southeast of Paris, on the Left Bank of the Seine.
20th arrondissement
The 20th arrondissement of Paris lies to the east of the centre and represents an old working-class area now in rapid transformation.17th arrondissement
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The 17th arrondissement of Paris lies off the beaten path, directly north of the Arc de Triomphe.
16th arrondissement
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This large district occupies most of the West of Paris, extending east-west between the bends…
15th arrondissement
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The 15th arrondissement of Paris is in the city's southwest on the Left Bank of the Seine.
18th arrondissement
The 18th arrondissement of Paris is probably best known for the hill of Montmartre which was the…19th arrondissement
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The 19th arrondissement of Paris is in the north of the city, and is a peaceful, green and family-friendly refuge from the otherwise quite stuffy and/or shabby city.
Left Bank
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The Left Bank in travellers' terms generally refers to the "Left Bank" of the River Seine in the French capital city of Paris.
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Notable Places in the Area
Orsay Museum
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The Musée d'Orsay is a museum in Paris, France, on the Left Bank of the Seine.
Eiffel Tower
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The Eiffel Tower is a wrought-iron lattice tower on the Champ de Mars in Paris, France.
Notre Dame de Paris
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Notre-Dame de Paris, referred to simply as Notre-Dame, is a medieval Catholic cathedral on the Île de la Cité, in the 4th arrondissement of Paris, France.
Localities in the Area
Levallois-Perret
Levallois-Perret is a commune in the Hauts-de-Seine department and Île-de-France region of north-central France.Clichy
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Clichy is a commune in the northwestern suburbs of Paris, France.
Montrouge
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Montrouge is a commune in the southern Parisian suburbs, located 4.4 km from the centre of Paris.
Paris
- Type: City with 2,190,000 residents
- Description: capital of France
- Postal codes: 75000-75020
- Neighbors: Boulogne-Billancourt, Levallois-Perret, Nogent-sur-Marne, Saint-Cloud and Saint-Denis
- Categories: commune of France, department of France, territorial collectivity of France with special status, metropolis, tourist destination, million city, capital city, global city, megacity, largest city, college town, big city, primate city and locality
- Location: Île-de-France, France, Europe
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Latitude
48.861° or 48° 51' 40" northLongitude
2.3358° or 2° 20' 9" eastPopulation
2,190,000Elevation
42 metres (138 feet)IATA airport code
PARUnited Nations Location Code
FR PAROpen Location Code
8FW4V86P+C8OpenStreetMap ID
node 17807753OpenStreetMap Feature
place=cityGeoNames ID
2988507Wikidata ID
Q90Paris Satellite Map
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Also Known As
- Abkhazian: Paris
- Achinese: Paris
- Adyghe: Париж
- Afar: Parij
- Afrikaans: Paris
- Afrikaans: Parys
- Akan: Paris
- Albanian: Paris
- Albanian: Parisi
- Algerian Arabic: باريز
- Algerian Arabic: باريس
- Algerian Arabic: پاري
- Amharic: ፓሪ
- Amharic: ፓሪስ
- Ancient Greek (to 1453): Λευκετία
- Ancient Greek (to 1453): Λευκετία Παρισίων
- Ancient Greek (to 1453): Λευκοτοκία
- Ancient Greek (to 1453): Λουκετία
- Ancient Greek (to 1453): Λουκοτοκία
- Ancient Greek (to 1453): Παρίσιοι
- Angika: पेरिस
- Arabic: Paris
- Arabic: باريس
- Aragonese: París
- Armenian: Փարիզ
- Arpitan: Paris
- Assamese: পেৰিছ
- Asturian: París
- Atikamekw: Paris
- Avaric: Paris
- Avaric: Париж
- Awadhi: पेरीस
- Aymara: Paris
- Azerbaijani: Paris
- Balinese: Paris
- Bambara: Paris
- Bashkir: Париж
- Basque: Paris
- Bavarian: Paris
- Belarusian: Парыж
- Bengali: আলোর শহর
- Bengali: পারি
- Bengali: প্যারিস
- Bhojpuri: पेरिस
- Bhojpuri: पैरिस
- Bislama: Paris
- Bosnian: Pariz
- Breton: Pariz
- Bulgarian: Париж
- Burmese: ပါရီမြို့
- Cajun French: Paris
- Catalan: París
- Catalan: la ciutat de la llum
- Cebuano: Paris
- Central Bikol: Paris
- Central Kurdish: پاریس
- Chamorro: Paris, Francia
- Chamorro: Paris
- Chavacano: Paris
- Chechen: Париж
- Cherokee: ᏆᏫ
- Cheyenne: Paris
- Chinese: Bālí
- Chinese: Pa-lí
- Chinese: 巴黎
- Chinese: 巴黎市
- Chinese: 巴黎省
- Church Slavic: Парижь
- Chuvash: Париж
- Chuvash: Парис
- Cornish: Paris
- Corsican: Pariggi
- Corsican: Parighji
- Corsican: Parigi
- Crimean Tatar: Paris
- Croatian: Paris
- Croatian: Pariz
- Czech: Paris
- Czech: Paříž
- Dagbani: Paris
- Danish: Paris
- Dimli (individual language): Paris
- Dotyali: पेरिस
- Dutch: Lutetia
- Dutch: Parijs
- Eastern Mari: Париж
- Egyptian Arabic: باريس
- English: City of Light
- English: City of Love
- English: Lutetia
- English: Paris, France
- Erzya: Париж ош
- Esperanto: Paris
- Esperanto: Parizo
- Estonian: Pariis
- Ewe: Paris
- Extremaduran: París
- Faroese: Paris
- Fiji Hindi: Paris
- Finnish: Pariisi
- French (Historic): Pantruche
- French: DEPARTEMENT DE PARIS
- French: FR-75
- French: Lutèce
- French: Paname
- French: Pantruche
- French: Paris
- French: Ville-Lumière
- French: Ville de l'Amour
- Friulian: Parîs
- Fulah: Pari
- Gagauz: Paris
- Galician: París
- Galician: پاريس
- Gan Chinese: 巴黎
- Ganda: Paris
- Georgian: პარიზი
- German: Paris
- Ghanaian Pidgin English: Paris
- Gilaki: پاريس
- Goan Konkani: Paris
- Gothic: 𐍀𐌰𐍂𐌹𐍃
- Greek: Παρίσι
- Greek: Πόλη του φωτός
- Guarani: Parĩ
- Guianese Creole French: Pari
- Gujarati: Paris
- Gujarati: પૅરિસ
- Gujarati: પેરિસ
- Gun: Paris
- Haitian: Pari
- Hakka Chinese: Pâ-lì-sṳ
- Hausa: Faris
- Hausa: Palika
- Hausa: Pariis
- Hausa: Pâ-lì
- Hawaiian: Palika
- Hebrew: פריז
- Hebrew: פריס
- Hindi: पेरिस
- Hindi: पैरिस
- Hungarian: Párizs
- Icelandic: París
- Ido: Paris
- Iloko: Paris
- Inari Sami: Pariisi
- Indonesian: Paris
- Ingush: Париж
- Interlingua: Paris
- Interlingue: Paris
- Irish: Páras
- Italian: Lutezia
- Italian: Parigi
- Italian: Paris
- Italian: Ville de Paris
- Jamaican Creole English: Paris
- Japanese: はなのみやこ
- Japanese: ぱり
- Japanese: ぱりし
- Japanese: パリ
- Japanese: パリ市
- Japanese: フランスの首都
- Japanese: ルテティア
- Japanese: 巴里
- Japanese: 花の都
- Javanese: Paris
- Kabardian: Париж
- Kabiyè: Paarii
- Kabyle: Paris
- Kalaallisut: Paris
- Kannada: ಪ್ಯಾರಿಸ್
- Kara-Kalpak: Paris
- Karachay-Balkar: Париж
- Kashmiri: پیرَس
- Kashubian: Pariz
- Kazakh: Париж
- Kazakh: Париж қаласы
- Khmer: ប៉ារីស
- Kinyarwanda: Paris
- Kirghiz: Париж
- Komi-Permyak: Париж
- Komi: Париж
- Kongo: Paris
- Korean: 빠리
- Korean: 파리
- Kotava: Paris
- Kurdish: Parîs
- Kölsch: Paris
- Ladin: Paris
- Ladino: Paris
- Lao: Paris
- Lao: ປາຣີ
- Latgalian: Pariža
- Latin (Historic): Lutetia
- Latin (Historic): Lutetia Parisorum
- Latin (Historic): Lutèce
- Latin: Lutetia
- Latin: Parisius
- Latvian: Parīze
- Lezghian: Париж
- Ligurian: Pariggi
- Ligurian: Parìggi
- Limburgan: Paries
- Lingala: Pari
- Lingua Franca Nova: Paris
- Literary Chinese: 巴黎
- Lithuanian: Paryžius
- Livvi: Pariižu
- Lojban: paris
- Lombard: Paris
- Low German: Paries
- Low German: Paris
- Lower Sorbian: Paris
- Luxembourgish: Paräis
- Macedo-Romanian: Parij
- Macedonian: Париз
- Mainfränkisch: Paris
- Maithili: पेरिस
- Malagasy: Paris
- Malagasy: Parisy
- Malay: Paris
- Malayalam: പാരിസ്
- Maltese: Pariġi
- Manx: Paarys
- Maori: Parī
- Marathi: पॅरिस
- Mazanderani: پاریس
- Min Dong Chinese: Bă-là̤
- Min Nan Chinese: Pa-lí
- Minangkabau: Paris
- Mingrelian: პარიზი
- Mirandese: Paris
- Moksha: Париж
- Mongolian: Парис
- Moroccan Arabic: باريز
- N'Ko: ߔߊ߬ߙߌ߬
- N'Ko: ߔߊ߬ߙߌ߬߸ ߝߊ߬ߙߊ߲߬ߛߌ߬
- N'Ko: ߦߋߟߋ߲ ߛߏ
- Narom: Paris
- Nauru: Paris
- Navajo: Wótʼááh Yíʼáhí
- Neapolitan: Parigge
- Nepali: पेरिस
- Newari: पेरिस
- Northern Frisian: Pariis
- Northern Frisian: Paris
- Northern Luri: شهر پاریس
- Northern Sami: Paris
- Norwegian: Paris
- Norwegian Bokmål: Paris
- Norwegian Nynorsk: Paris
- Novial: Paris
- Nyanja: Paris
- Occitan (post 1500): París
- Official Aramaic (700-300 BCE): ܦܐܪܝܣ
- Old English (ca. 450-1100): Paris
- Oriya: ଆଲୋକମାଳାର ସହର
- Oriya: ପ୍ୟାରିସ,ଫ୍ରାନ୍ସ
- Oriya: ପ୍ୟାରିସ
- Oromo: Paaris
- Ossetian: Париж
- Paiwan: paris
- Pampanga: Paris
- Panjabi: ਪੈਰਿਸ
- Papiamento: Paris
- Pennsylvania German: Paris
- Persian: پاریز، پَریز، پری
- Persian: پاریس
- Picard: Paris
- Piemontese: Paris
- Pitcairn-Norfolk: Paris
- Polish: Paris
- Polish: Paryż
- Pontic: Παρίσι
- Portuguese: Paris
- Portuguese: Paris, França
- Portuguese: Ville de Paris
- Prussian: Paris
- Pushto: پاريس
- Pushto: پاریس
- Quechua: Paris
- Romagnol: Paris
- Romanian: Orașul Luminilor
- Romanian: Paris
- Romansh: Paris
- Rundi: Paris
- Russia Buriat: Парис
- Russian: Париж (Франция)
- Russian: Париж (столица)
- Russian: Париж, Франция
- Russian: Париж
- Rusyn: Паріж
- Samoan: Pale
- Samogitian: Parīžios
- Sango: Paris
- Santali: ᱯᱮᱨᱤᱥ
- Sardinian: Parigi
- Saterfriesisch: Paris
- Scots: Paris
- Scottish Gaelic: Paras
- Scottish Gaelic: Paris
- Serbian: Paris
- Serbian: Париз, Француска
- Serbian: Париз
- Serbian: град светлости
- Serbo-Croatian: Bariz
- Serbo-Croatian: Pariz
- Shona: Paris
- Sicilian: Pariggi
- Silesian: Paryż
- Sindhi: پيرس
- Sinhala: පැරිස්
- Sinhala: පැරීසිය
- Skolt Sami: Pariis
- Slovak: Paris
- Slovak: Paríž
- Slovenian: Pariz
- Somali: Baariis
- South Azerbaijani: پاریس
- Southern Sotho: Paris
- Spanish: La Ciudad Luz
- Spanish: La Ciudad de la Luz
- Spanish: Paris
- Spanish: París
- Sranan Tongo: Paris
- Sundanese: Paris
- Swahili: Paris
- Swedish: Paris
- Swiss German: Paris
- Tachawit: Pari
- Tachelhit: Bariz
- Tagalog: Lungsod ng Paris
- Tagalog: Paris
- Tahitian: Paris
- Tajik: Париж
- Tajik: Порис
- Tamil: பாரிஸ்
- Tatar: Париж
- Telugu: పారిస్
- Tetum: París
- Thai: ปารีส
- Tibetan: ཕ་རི།
- Tok Pisin: Paris
- Tonga (Tonga Islands): Palesi
- Tornedalen Finnish: Pariisi
- Tosk Albanian: Paris
- Tumbuka: Paris
- Tunisian Arabic: باريس
- Turkish: Paris
- Turkmen: Pariž
- Tuvinian: Париж
- Twi: Paris
- Tyap: Parit
- Udmurt: Париж
- Uighur: پارىژ
- Ukrainian: Париж
- Upper Sorbian: Paris
- Urdu: روشنی کا شہر
- Urdu: محبت کا شہر
- Urdu: پیرس
- Urdu: پیرس، فرانس
- Uzbek: Parij
- Venetian: Parixe
- Venetian: Parize
- Veps: Pariž
- Vietnamese: Ba Lê
- Vietnamese: Kinh đô ánh sáng
- Vietnamese: Pa-ri
- Vietnamese: Paris
- Vlaams: Parys
- Vlax Romani: Paris
- Volapük: Paris
- Võro: Pariis
- Walloon: Paris
- Waray (Philippines): Paris
- Welsh: Baris
- Welsh: Paris
- Western Armenian: Փարիզ
- Western Frisian: Parys
- Western Mari: Париж
- Western Panjabi: پیرس
- Wolof: Pari
- Wu Chinese: 巴黎
- Xhosa: Paris
- Yakut: Париж
- Yiddish: פאריז
- Yoruba: Parisi
- Yue Chinese: 巴黎
- Zeeuws: Paries
- Zhuang: Bahliz
- Zulu: IParisi
- Parì
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- Параж
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