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 which was created from Nicolas Sarkozy's administrative renovation of the city.
Photo: NASA, Public domain.- 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: “Granda Parizo”, “Grande Parigi”, “Metropola Veliki Pariz”, “Metropole du Grand Paris”, “métropole du Grand Paris”, “Metropolis of Greater Paris”, “MGP”, “Parisko Metropolia”, “Storbyen Paris”, “丰特奈苏布瓦城市圈公共社区”, “大巴黎都市圈”, “奥尔日河畔瑞维西城市圈公共社区”, “旺沃城市圈公共社区”, and “邦迪城市圈公共社区”
Places of Interest
Highlights: Institut polytechnique des sciences avancées and Herbarium.
Institut polytechnique des sciences avancées
College
Herbarium
Museum
École normale supérieure
University
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Vitry-sur-Seine and Maisons-Alfort.
Grand Paris
Latitude
48.7959° or 48° 47′ 45″ north
Longitude
2.3708° or 2° 22′ 15″ east
Population
7,070,000
Elevation
107 metres (351 feet)
Open location code
8FW4Q9WC+98
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Wikidata ID
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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: “Metrópolis del Gran París”
- Azerbaijani: “Böyük Paris”
- Basque: “Paris Handia”
- Basque: “Paris Handiko metropolia”
- Belarusian: “Вялікі Парыж”
- Catalan: “Metròpoli del Gran París”
- Catalan: “Metròpolis del Gran París”
- Chinese: “大巴黎都会区”
- Chinese: “大巴黎都會區”
- Croatian: “Métropole du Grand Paris”
- Czech: “Métropole du Grand Paris”
- Danish: “Storparis”
- Dutch: “Métropole du Grand Paris”
- Egyptian Arabic: “باريس الكبرى”
- Esperanto: “Metropolo Granda Parizo”
- Finnish: “Suur-Pariisin metropoli”
- French: “Métropole du Grand Paris”
- Galician: “Metrópole do Gran París”
- 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: “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”
- Korean: “메트로폴뒤그랑파리”
- 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: “Métropole du Grand Paris”
- Portuguese: “Metrópole da Grande Paris”
- Romanian: “Métropole du Grand Paris”
- Russian: “Большой Париж”
- Slovak: “Métropole du Grand Paris”
- Slovenian: “Grand Paris”
- Spanish: “Gran París”
- Spanish: “Metrópolis del Gran París”
- Swedish: “Stor-Paris metropolis”
- Ukrainian: “Великий Париж”
- Urdu: “گرینڈ پیرس”
- Venetian: “Metròpułi del Gran Parize”
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Localities in the Area
Places to explore: Les Malassis and Villejuif.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights: Cimetière parisien d’Ivry and École pour l’informatique et les techniques avancées.
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