Grand Paris
The Metropolis of Greater Paris, also known as Greater Paris, is a métropole covering the City of Paris and its nearest surrounding suburbs that was created from Sarkozy's renovation of the city.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Locality with 7,070,000 residents
- Description: an administrative structure for cooperation covering the City of Paris and its nearest surrounding suburbs.
- Also known as: “Metropolis of Greater Paris”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Institut polytechnique des sciences avancées and Herbarium.
Institut polytechnique des sciences avancées
College
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The Institut Polytechnique des Sciences Avancées, is a French private grande école in aerospace engineering located at Ivry-sur-Seine, Lyon and Toulouse, recognized by the French state since 2010, whose diploma has been accredited by the French Commission des Titres d'Ingénieur since 2011.
Herbarium
Museum
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A herbarium is a collection of preserved plant specimens and associated data used for scientific study. The specimens may be whole plants or plant parts; these will usually be in dried form mounted on a sheet of paper but, depending upon the material, may also be stored in boxes or kept in alcohol or other preservative. Herbarium is situated 5 km north of Grand Paris.
École normale supérieure
University
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The École normale supérieure – PSL is a grande école in Paris, France. It is one of the constituent members of Paris Sciences et Lettres University. Due to its selectivity, historical role, and influence within French society, the ENS is generally considered the most prestigious of the grandes écoles, as well as one of the most prestigious higher education institutions in France. École normale supérieure is situated 5 km north of Grand Paris.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Vitry-sur-Seine and 12th arrondissement.
Vitry-sur-Seine
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Vitry-sur-Seine is a working-class suburb to the south-east of Paris. It is home to a famous contemporary art museum and has a notable street art scene. In 2019, it had a population of almost 100,000 people.
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.
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.
Grand Paris
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Venetian—“Grand Paris” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “حاضرة باريس الكبرى”
- Armenian: “Մեծ Փարիզ”
- Asturian: “Métropole du Grand Paris”
- Asturian: “Metrópolis del Gran París”
- Azerbaijani: “Böyük Paris metropolisi”
- Basque: “Paris Handia”
- Basque: “Paris Handiko metropolia”
- Basque: “Parisko Metropolia”
- Belarusian: “Вялікі Парыж”
- Catalan: “Métropole du Grand Paris”
- Catalan: “Metròpoli del Gran París”
- Catalan: “Metròpolis del Gran París”
- Chinese: “丰特奈苏布瓦城市圈公共社区”
- Chinese: “大巴黎都会区”
- Chinese: “大巴黎都市圈”
- Chinese: “大巴黎都會區”
- Chinese: “奥尔日河畔瑞维西城市圈公共社区”
- Chinese: “旺沃城市圈公共社区”
- Chinese: “邦迪城市圈公共社区”
- Croatian: “Grand Paris”
- Croatian: “Métropole du Grand Paris”
- Czech: “Grand Paris”
- Czech: “Métropole du Grand Paris”
- Danish: “Métropole du Grand Paris”
- Danish: “Stor-Paris”
- Danish: “Storbyen Paris”
- Danish: “Storparis”
- Dutch: “Metropole du Grand Paris”
- Dutch: “Métropole du Grand Paris”
- Egyptian Arabic: “باريس الكبرى”
- Esperanto: “Granda Parizo”
- Esperanto: “Metropolo Granda Parizo”
- Finnish: “Suur-Pariisin metropoli”
- French: “Grand Paris”
- French: “Métropole du Grand Paris”
- Galician: “Metrópole do Gran París”
- German: “Grand Paris”
- German: “Métropole du Grand Paris”
- Greek: “Μητρόπολη του Μείζονος Παρισιού”
- Hebrew: “Metropola Marelui Paris”
- Hungarian: “Nagy-Párizs metropolisz”
- Indonesian: “Grand Paris”
- Irish: “Réigiún Cathrach Pháras”
- Italian: “Grande Parigi”
- Italian: “metropoli della Grande Parigi”
- Italian: “Metropoli della Grande Parigi”
- Japanese: “グランパリ”
- Japanese: “メトロポール・デュ・グラン・パリ”
- Korean: “메트로폴 뒤 그랑 파리”
- Lithuanian: “Didysis Paryžius”
- Malay: “Grand Paris”
- Northern Frisian: “Métropole du Grand Paris”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Stor-Paris”
- Occitan (post 1500): “Metropòli del Grand París”
- Occitan (post 1500): “Metropòli deth Grand París”
- Polish: “Grand Paris”
- Polish: “Métropole du Grand Paris”
- Portuguese: “Metrópole da Grande Paris”
- Romanian: “Métropole du Grand Paris”
- Russian: “Большой Париж”
- Slovak: “Grand Paris”
- Slovak: “Métropole du Grand Paris”
- Slovenian: “Grand Paris”
- Slovenian: “Metropola Veliki Pariz”
- Slovenian: “Métropole du Grand Paris”
- Spanish: “Gran París”
- Spanish: “Grand Paris”
- Spanish: “Métropole du Grand Paris”
- Spanish: “Metrópolis del Gran París”
- Swedish: “Stor-Paris metropolis”
- Ukrainian: “métropole du Grand Paris”
- Ukrainian: “Великий Париж”
- Urdu: “گرینڈ پیرس”
- Venetian: “Metròpułi del Gran Parize”
- “MGP”
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