Paris

Paris, the cosmopolitan capital of , has the reputation of being the most beautiful and romantic of all cities, brimming with historic associations and remaining vastly influential in the realms of culture, art, fashion, food and design.
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Essential Destinations

Top destinations: Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport and La Défense.

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is the main airport of Paris, one of the busiest hubs in Europe, largest airport in France and home of the national carrier Air France.

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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.

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The centre of contemporary Paris and the site of such landmarks as the Louvre and of the Tuileries and Palais-Royal, the is full of attractions for travellers of all inclinations, including some of the finest parks, museums, shops, and bars in the city.

Destinations to Discover

Places to explore: Paris Orly Airport and 7th arrondissement.

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is the second airport of Paris and second largest airport in France. It is south of Paris, and closer but smaller than .

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The is perhaps the most expensive area to live in Paris. The Eiffel Tower, one of the most famous tourist sites in the world, is here, as well as many government buildings. Many dignitaries and VIPs populate this arrondissement.

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The of Paris is a diverse, "in between" section of the French capital. The Grands Boulevards area of shopping thoroughfares and flagship department stores is to be found in the southern part of the arrondissement.

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A quieter part of the ancient Marais neighbourhood which is centred in the , the 3rd is possibly one of the best places to live in Paris. There are several good open air markets and lots of great local designer clothing stores.

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The 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. Other major activities in the neighbourhood are journalism and fashion.

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The of Paris is home to the Avenue des Champs Elysées, which ends up at the Arc de Triomphe. The executive branch of French government is also based here, as well as the embassies of certain nations.

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As with Paris itself, the is hard to write about without using superlatives. There's a bit of everything here, from the busy sidewalks of Paris' main art Gallery scene to the expansive green spaces and under-tree cafés of the Jardin…

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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.

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The of Paris centres on the Canal Saint Martin and the restaurants and cafés which line its banks. Part sleepy faubourg — as suburbs were called in 18th century Paris — and part industrial centre, the has lately enjoyed the benefits of both the booming nightlife scene in the neighbouring 11th, as well as the Parisian cycling and roller-blading boom.

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The of Paris is one of the best known of the city's central districts, located on the Left Bank of the river Seine. Also commonly known as the "Latin Quarter" because the first great Parisian university, the Sorbonne, was founded here and Latin was the language the medieval period students used once to speak.

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The 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.

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Although largely residential, the is best known for its northeastern quartier Montparnasse, for the Paris Catacombs and the Parc Montsouris.

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The is home to two quite different but equally blossoming centres of Parisian nightlife. The streets just northwest of Place de la Bastille are full of little bars which attract a mix of young suburban Parisians, expats, and foreigners.

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The of Paris lies to the east of the centre and represents an old working-class area now in rapid transformation. The main drawing card here for tourists is the Père-Lachaise Cemetery, though, for travellers who are interested in music and culture, this relatively gritty area is probably going to be one of your main night-crawling areas.

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The of Paris is in the city's southwest on the Left Bank of the Seine. Quite up-market and quiet, it is the largest arrondissement by both area and population.

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The of Paris is primarily a residential and business district in the southeast of Paris, on the of the Seine. Although not usually recognised as a natural magnet for tourists, the 13th nonetheless does hold several attractions…

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The of Paris is probably best known for the hill of Montmartre which was the centre of the Communard uprising of the late-nineteenth century, but is also perhaps better known as the centre of the flourishing artist community of the period from around 1907-1914.

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The of Paris lies off the beaten path, directly north of the Arc de Triomphe. If you want to see Paris at some of its finest, wealthiest, and most eclectic, this is the place to go.

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This large district occupies most of the West of Paris, extending east-west between the bends of the Seine from the Jardins of Trocadero immediately facing the Eiffel Tower to the expansive Bois du Boulogne, and north-south from the Etoile to the southern border of Paris.

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The 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.

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The in travellers' terms generally refers to the "Left Bank" of the River Seine in the capital city of Paris. The defies precise definition but generally refers to those arrondissements on the southern bank of the river as it flows…

The in travellers' terms generally refers to the "Right Bank" of the River Seine in the capital city of Paris. The defies precise definition but generally refers to those arrondissements on the northern bank of the river…
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Places of Interest

Highlights: Orsay Museum and Eiffel Tower.

Museum
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The Musée d'Orsay is a museum in Paris, France, on the of the . It is housed in the former Gare d'Orsay, a Beaux-Arts railway station built from 1898 to 1900.

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The is a lattice tower on the in Paris, France. It is named after the engineer Gustave Eiffel, whose company designed and built the tower from 1887 to 1889.

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, often referred to simply as Notre-Dame, is a medieval Catholic cathedral and basilica on the , in the , France.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Levallois-Perret and Montmartre.

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is a commune in the department and region of north-central France. It lies on the right bank of the , some 6 km from the in the north-western suburbs of the French capital.

Suburb
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is a large hill in Paris's northern . It is 130 m high and gives its name to the surrounding district, part of the .

Suburb
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is a of Paris, situated in the city's . It is roughly defined as the area north of the , south of , and between Avenue Jean-Aicard on the west and Rue Pelleport on the east.

Paris

  • Type: City with 2,130,000 residents
  • Description: capital and most populous city in France
  • Also known as: “Ba Lê”, “Ba Lí”, “Ba Lý”, “City of Light”, “City of Love”, “FR-75”, “Kinh đô ánh sáng”, “La Ciudad de la Luz”, “La Ciudad del Amor”, “La Ciudad Luz”, “la ciutat de la llum”, “Lutecija”, “Lutezia”, “ma Paki”, “ma Paris”, “ma tomo Paris”, “Mesto ljubezni”, “Mesto luči”, “Orașul Luminilor”, “Paras”, “Parijs (Frankrijk)”, “Paris, França”, “Paris, France”, “Paris, Francia”, “Paris, Île-de-France”, “Parisius”, “Phaarys”, “Ville de l’Amour”, “Ville de Paris”, “Λευκετία Παρισίων”, “Λευκοτοκία”, “Λουκετία”, “Λουκοτοκία”, “Παρίσιοι”, “Πόλη του φωτός”, “град светлости”, “Париж (столица)”, “Париж (Франция)”, “Париж қаласы”, “Париж, Франция”, “Париз, Француска”, “פריס”, “پاري”, “پاریز، پَریز، پری”, “پیرس، فرانس”, “روشنی کا شہر”, “محبت کا شہر”, “ߔߊ߬ߙߌ߬߸ ߝߊ߬ߙߊ߲߬ߛߌ߬”, “ߦߋߟߋ߲ ߛߏ”, “ፓሪ”, “उजाले का शहर”, “प्रेम का शहर”, “আলোর শহর”, “পারি”, “ଆଲୋକମାଳାର ସହର”, “ପ୍ୟାରିସ,ଫ୍ରାନ୍ସ”, “පැරීසිය”, “ປາຣີດສ໌”, “はなのみやこ”, “ぱり”, “ぱりし”, “パリ市”, “フランスの首都”, “ルテティア”, “巴里”, “巴黎省”, and “花の都”
  • Postal codes: 75000-75020
  • Neighbors: , , , , , , , and
  • Categories: commune of France, territorial collectivity of France with special status, metropolis, tourist destination, global city, largest city, college town, big city, primate city, national capital, financial center, commercial capital city, cultural capital, fashion capital, megalopolis, and locality
  • Location: , ,
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Latitude
48.861° or 48° 51′ 40″ north
Longitude
2.3358° or 2° 20′ 9″ east
Population
2,130,000
Elevation
42 metres (138 feet)
IATA airport code
PAR
UN/LOCODE
FR PAR
Open location code
8FW4V86P+C8
Open­Street­Map ID
node 17807753
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­city
Geo­Names ID
2988507
Wiki­data ID
Q90
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In Other Languages

From Achinese to Zulu—“Paris” goes by many names.
  • Achinese: “Paris”
  • Adyghe: “Париж”
  • Afrikaans: “Parys”
  • Albanian: “Paris”
  • Albanian: “Parisi”
  • Algerian Arabic: “باريس”
  • Amharic: “ፓሪስ”
  • Ancient Greek (to 1453): “Λευκετία”
  • Angika: “पेरिस”
  • Arabic: “باريس”
  • Aragonese: “París”
  • Armenian: “Փարիզ”
  • Arpitan: “Paris”
  • Assamese: “পেৰিছ”
  • Asturian: “París”
  • Atikamekw: “Paris”
  • Avaric: “Париж”
  • Awadhi: “पेरीस”
  • Aymara: “Paris”
  • Azerbaijani: “Paris”
  • Balinese: “Paris”
  • Bambara: “Paris”
  • Bashkir: “Париж”
  • Basque: “Paris”
  • Bavarian: “Paris”
  • Belarusian: “Парыж”
  • Bengali: “প্যারিস”
  • Betawi: “Parès”
  • Bhojpuri: “पैरिस”
  • Bislama: “Paris”
  • Bosnian: “Pariz”
  • Breton: “Pariz”
  • Bulgarian: “Париж”
  • Burmese: “ပါရီမြို့”
  • Cajun French: “Paris”
  • Catalan: “París”
  • Cebuano: “Paris”
  • Central Bikol: “Paris”
  • Central Kanuri: “Paris”
  • Central Kurdish: “پاریس”
  • Chamorro: “Paris”
  • Chavacano: “Paris”
  • Chechen: “Париж”
  • Cherokee: “ᏆᏫ”
  • Cheyenne: “Paris”
  • Chinese: “Bālí”
  • Chinese: “巴黎”
  • Church Slavic: “Парижь”
  • Chuvash: “Париж”
  • Chuvash: “Парис”
  • Cornish: “Paris”
  • Corsican: “Parighji”
  • Crimean Tatar: “Paris”
  • Croatian: “Pariz”
  • Czech: “Paříž”
  • Dagbani: “Paris”
  • Danish: “Paris”
  • Dimli (individual language): “Paris”
  • Dotyali: “पेरिस”
  • Dutch: “Parijs”
  • Dzongkha: “པེ་རིས།”
  • Eastern Mari: “Париж”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “باريس”
  • Emilian: “Parì”
  • Erzya: “Париж ош”
  • Esperanto: “Parizo”
  • Estonian: “Pariis”
  • Ewe: “Paris”
  • Extremaduran: “París”
  • Faroese: “Paris”
  • Fiji Hindi: “Paris”
  • Fijian: “Parisi”
  • Finnish: “Pariisi”
  • Fon: “Paris”
  • French: “Paname”
  • French: “Paris”
  • French: “Ville-Lumière”
  • French: “Pantruche” (historical)
  • Friulian: “Parîs”
  • Fulah: “Pari”
  • Gagauz: “Parij”
  • Galician: “París”
  • Gan Chinese: “巴黎”
  • Ganda: “Paris”
  • Georgian: “პარიზი”
  • German: “Paris”
  • Ghanaian Pidgin English: “Paris”
  • Gilaki: “پاريس”
  • Goan Konkani: “Paris”
  • Gothic: “𐍀𐌰𐍂𐌴𐌹𐍃”
  • Gothic: “𐍀𐌰𐍂𐌹𐍃”
  • Greek: “Παρίσι”
  • Guarani: “Parĩ”
  • Guarani: “París”
  • Guianese Creole French: “Pari”
  • Gujarati: “પૅરિસ”
  • Gujarati: “પેરિસ”
  • Gun: “Paris”
  • Haitian: “Pari”
  • Hakka Chinese: “Pâ-lì-sṳ”
  • Hakka Chinese: “Pâ-lì”
  • Hausa: “Faris”
  • Hausa: “Pariis”
  • Hawaiian: “Palika”
  • Hebrew: “פריז”
  • Hindi: “पेरिस”
  • Hindi: “पैरिस”
  • Hungarian: “Párizs”
  • Iban: “Paris”
  • Icelandic: “París”
  • Ido: “Paris”
  • Igala: “Paris”
  • Iloko: “Paris”
  • Inari Sami: “Pariisi”
  • Indonesian: “Paris”
  • Ingush: “Параж”
  • Ingush: “Париж”
  • Interlingua: “Paris”
  • Interlingue: “Paris”
  • Inuktitut: “ᐱᐅᕆᔅ”
  • Irish: “Páras”
  • Italian: “Parigi”
  • Jamaican Creole English: “Paris”
  • Japanese: “パリ”
  • Javanese: “Paris”
  • Jèrriais: “Paris”
  • Kabardian: “Париж”
  • Kabiyè: “Paarii”
  • Kabyle: “Paris”
  • Kadazan Dusun: “Paris”
  • Kalaallisut: “Paris”
  • Kannada: “ಪ್ಯಾರಿಸ್”
  • Kara-Kalpak: “Parij”
  • Karachay-Balkar: “Париж”
  • Karekare: “Paris”
  • Kashmiri: “پیرِس”
  • Kashubian: “Pariz”
  • Kazakh: “Париж”
  • Khmer: “ប៉ារីស”
  • Kinyarwanda: “Paris”
  • Kirghiz: “Париж”
  • Kölsch: “Paris”
  • Komering: “Paris”
  • Komi-Permyak: “Париж”
  • Komi: “Париж”
  • Kongo: “Paris”
  • Korean: “빠리”
  • Korean: “파리”
  • Kotava: “Paris”
  • Kurdish: “Parîs”
  • Ladin: “Paris”
  • Ladino: “Paris”
  • Lao: “ປາຣີ”
  • Latgalian: “Pariža”
  • Latin: “Lutèce” (historical)
  • Latin: “Lutetia Parisorum” (historical)
  • Latin: “Lutetia” (historical)
  • 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”
  • Madurese: “Paris”
  • Magahi: “पेरिस”
  • Mainfränkisch: “Paris”
  • Maithili: “पेरिस”
  • Malagasy: “Paris”
  • 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: “Париз”
  • Mongolian: “Парис”
  • Moroccan Arabic: “باريز”
  • N'Ko: “ߔߊ߬ߙߌ߬”
  • Nauru: “Paris”
  • Navajo: “Wótʼááh Yíʼáhí”
  • Neapolitan: “Parigge”
  • Nepali: “पेरिस”
  • Newari: “पेरिस”
  • Northern Frisian: “Pariis”
  • Northern Luri: “شهر پاریس”
  • Northern Sami: “Paris”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Paris”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Paris”
  • Norwegian: “Paris”
  • Novial: “Paris”
  • Nupe-Nupe-Tako: “Paris”
  • Nyanja: “Paris”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “París”
  • Official Aramaic (700-300 BCE): “ܦܐܪܝܣ”
  • Old English (ca. 450-1100): “Paris”
  • Oriya: “ପ୍ୟାରିସ”
  • Oromo: “Paaris”
  • Ossetian: “Париж”
  • Paiwan: “paris”
  • Pampanga: “Paris”
  • Panjabi: “ਪੈਰਿਸ”
  • Papiamento: “Paris”
  • Pennsylvania German: “Paris”
  • Persian: “پاریس”
  • Picard: “Paris”
  • Piemontese: “Paris”
  • Pitcairn-Norfolk: “Paris”
  • Polish: “Paryż”
  • Pontic: “Παρίσι”
  • Portuguese: “Paris”
  • Prussian: “Paris”
  • Pushto: “پاريس”
  • Pushto: “پاریس”
  • Quechua: “Paris”
  • Romagnol: “Paris”
  • Romanian: “Paris”
  • Romansh: “Paris”
  • Rundi: “Paris”
  • Russia Buriat: “Парис”
  • Russian: “Париж”
  • Rusyn: “Паріж”
  • Samoan: “Pale”
  • Samoan: “Parisi”
  • Samogitian: “Parīžios”
  • Sango: “Paris”
  • Santali: “ᱯᱮᱨᱤᱥ”
  • Saraiki: “پیرس”
  • Sardinian: “Parigi”
  • Saterfriesisch: “Paris”
  • Scots: “Paris”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Paris”
  • Serbian: “Paris”
  • Serbian: “Париз”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Pariz”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Париз”
  • Shona: “Paris”
  • Sicilian: “Pariggi”
  • Silesian: “Paryż”
  • Sindhi: “پيرس”
  • Sinhala: “පැරිස්”
  • Skolt Sami: “Pariis”
  • Slovak: “Paríž”
  • Slovenian: “Pariz”
  • Somali: “Baariis”
  • South Azerbaijani: “پاریس”
  • Southern Sotho: “Paris”
  • Spanish: “París”
  • Sranan Tongo: “Paris”
  • Standard Moroccan Tamazight: “ⴱⴰⵔⵉⵣ”
  • Sundanese: “Paris”
  • Swahili: “Paris”
  • Swati: “Paris”
  • Swedish: “Paris”
  • Swiss German: “Paris”
  • Tachawit: “Pari”
  • Tachelhit: “Bariz”
  • Tagalog: “Lungsod ng Paris”
  • Tagalog: “Paris”
  • Tahitian: “Paris”
  • Tajik: “Париж”
  • Tajik: “Порис”
  • Talysh: “Paris”
  • Tamil: “பாரிசு”
  • Tamil: “பாரிஸ்”
  • Tatar: “Париж”
  • Telugu: “పారిస్”
  • Tetum: “París”
  • Thai: “ปารีส”
  • Tibetan: “ཕ་རི།”
  • Tok Pisin: “Paris”
  • Tonga (Tonga Islands): “Palesi”
  • Tornedalen Finnish: “Pariisi”
  • Tumbuka: “Paris”
  • Tunisian Arabic: “باريس”
  • Turkish: “Paris”
  • Turkmen: “Pariž”
  • Tuvinian: “Париж”
  • Twi: “Paris”
  • Tyap: “Parit”
  • Tyap: “Pari̱t”
  • Udmurt: “Париж”
  • Uighur: “پارىژ”
  • Ukrainian: “Париж”
  • Upper Sorbian: “Paris”
  • Urdu: “پیرس”
  • Uzbek: “Parij”
  • Venetian: “Parixe”
  • Venetian: “Parize”
  • Veps: “Pariž”
  • 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: “Բարիզ”
  • 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”
  • “ma tomo Paki”
  • “Paris”
  • “Париз”
  • “पैरिस”

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