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Île de la Cité

The Île de la Cité is one of two natural islands on the River in central . It spans 22.5 hectares of land. In the 4th century, it was the site of the fortress of the area governor for the Roman Empire.
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  • Type: Islet
  • Description: island in the river Seine, Paris, France
  • Also known as: “ile de la Cite”, “île de la Cité”, and “Île-de-la-Fraternité”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Notre Dame de Paris and The Conciergerie.

Church
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, often referred to simply as Notre-Dame, is a medieval Catholic cathedral on the Île de la Cité, in the , France.

Museum
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is a former courthouse and prison in , France located on the west of the Île de la Cité below the . It was originally part of the former royal palace, the Palais de la Cité, which also included the .

University
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The , founded in 1530 by François I, is a higher education and research establishment in . It is located in near .

Places in the Area

Nearby places include 4th arrondissement and Latin Quarter.

Photo: Björn Söderqvist, CC BY-SA 2.0.
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.

Suburb
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The of Paris is a district in on the of the , around the . Located in the city's and the arrondissements, it is known for its concentration of universities.

Quarter
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Les Halles was 's central fresh food market. It last operated on 12 January 1973 and was replaced by an underground shopping centre and a park. The unpopular modernist development was demolished yet again in 2010, and replaced by the Westfield Forum des Halles, a modern built largely underground and topped by an undulating 2.5 hectare canopy.

Île de la Cité

Latitude
48.8547° or 48° 51′ 17″ north
Longitude
2.34599° or 2° 20′ 46″ east
Population
891
Elevation
46 metres (151 feet)
Open location code
8FW4V83W+V9
Open­Street­Map ID
way 55693529
Open­Street­Map feature
landuse=­residential
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­islet
Geo­Names ID
3024877
Wiki­data ID
Q190063
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Wu Chinese—“Île de la Cité” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “جزيرة المدينة”
  • Armenian: “Սիտե կղզի”
  • Asturian: “île de la Cité”
  • Asturian: “islla de la Cité”
  • Basque: “Ile de la Cite”
  • Basque: “Île de la Cité”
  • Belarusian: “Востраў Сітэ”
  • Belarusian: “Сытэ”
  • Bosnian: “Ile de la Cite”
  • Bosnian: “Île de la Cité”
  • Bulgarian: “Ил дьо ла Сите”
  • Catalan: “Ile de la Cité”
  • Catalan: “île de la Cité”
  • Catalan: “Île de la Cité”
  • Cebuano: “Île de la Cité”
  • Chinese: “Île de la Cité”
  • Chinese: “城岛”
  • Chinese: “斯德岛”
  • Chinese: “西堤島”
  • Chinese: “西岱岛”
  • Chinese: “西岱島”
  • Chinese: “西提島”
  • Croatian: “Île de la Cité”
  • Czech: “Cité”
  • Czech: “Île de la Cité”
  • Danish: “Ile de la Cité”
  • Danish: “Île de la Cité”
  • Dutch: “Ile de la Cite”
  • Dutch: “Ile de la Cité”
  • Dutch: “Île de la Cité”
  • Esperanto: “Ile de la Cité”
  • Esperanto: “Île de la Cité”
  • Esperanto: “Insulo Cite”
  • Esperanto: “Insulo Cité”
  • Estonian: “Cité”
  • Estonian: “Île de la Cité”
  • Finnish: “Ile de la Cite”
  • Finnish: “Île de la Cité”
  • French: “Ile de la Cité”
  • French: “île de la Cité”
  • French: “Île de la Cité”
  • French: “Île-de-la-Fraternité”
  • Galician: “Île de la Cité”
  • Georgian: “სიტე”
  • German: “Ile de la Cite”
  • German: “Ile de la Cité”
  • German: “Île de la Cité”
  • German: “Stadtinsel”
  • Greek: “Ιλ ντε λα Σιτέ”
  • Hebrew: “איל דה לה סיטה”
  • Hungarian: “Cité-sziget”
  • Indonesian: “Île de la Cité”
  • Indonesian: “Pulau Cité”
  • Italian: “Ile de la Cité”
  • Italian: “Ile de la Citè”
  • Italian: “Île de la Cité”
  • Japanese: “シテ島”
  • Javanese: “Île de la Cité”
  • Korean: “시테 섬”
  • Korean: “시테섬”
  • Latin: “Insula Civitatis”
  • Lithuanian: “Sitė sala”
  • Luxembourgish: “Ile de la Cité”
  • Luxembourgish: “Île de la Cité”
  • Macedonian: “Сите”
  • Malay: “Île de la Cité”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Île de la Cité”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Île de la Cité”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Ile de la Cite”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Île de la Cité”
  • Norwegian: “Île de la Cité”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Illa de la Ciutat”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Isla de la Ciutat”
  • Persian: “ایل دو لا سیته”
  • Persian: “ایل دولاسیته”
  • Persian: “جزیره سیته”
  • Persian: “جزیرهٔ سیته”
  • Picard: “Ile d’el Chitè”
  • Polish: “Ile de la cite”
  • Polish: “Île de la Cité”
  • Portuguese: “Île de la Cité”
  • Portuguese: “Ilha de la Cité”
  • Romanian: “Île de la Cité”
  • Russian: “остров Сите”
  • Russian: “Остров Сите”
  • Russian: “остров Ситэ”
  • Russian: “Сите”
  • Russian: “Ситэ”
  • Serbian: “Ostrvo De la Site”
  • Serbian: “Сите”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Île de la Cité”
  • Slovak: “Île de la Cité”
  • Slovenian: “Île de la Cité”
  • Spanish: “Ile de la Cite”
  • Spanish: “Ile de la Cité”
  • Spanish: “Île de la Cite”
  • Spanish: “Île de la Cité”
  • Spanish: “Isla de la Cite”
  • Spanish: “Isla de la Cité”
  • Swedish: “Ile de la Cite”
  • Swedish: “Ile de la Cité”
  • Swedish: “Île de la Cité”
  • Turkish: “Ile de la cite”
  • Turkish: “Île de la Cité”
  • Ukrainian: “Острів Сіте”
  • Urdu: “جزیرہ شہر”
  • Vietnamese: “Île de la Cité”
  • Welsh: “Ile de la Cite”
  • Welsh: “Île de la Cité”
  • Wu Chinese: “西岱岛”

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