Paris (UK: /ˈpærɪs/; US: Listeni/ˈpɛərɪs/;
French: [paʁi] ( listen)) is the capital and most populous city of
France. Situated on the
Seine River, in the north of the country, it is in the centre of the Île-de-France region, also known as the région parisienne, "
Paris Region".
The City of Paris has an area of 105.
4 square kilometres (40.7 square miles) and a population of 2,273,
305 people within its city limits,[2] It has the most populous urban area in the
European Union. The Paris Region covers 12,
012 square kilometres (4,638 square miles), and has its own regional council and president. It has a population of 12,
005,077 as of
January 2014, or
18.2 percent of the population of France.[6]
Paris was founded in the
3rd century BC by a
Celtic people called the
Parisii, who gave the city its name. By the
12th century, Paris was the largest city in the western world, a prosperous trading centre, and the home of the
University of Paris, one of the first in
Europe. In the 18th century, it was the centre stage for the
French Revolution, and became an important centre of finance, commerce, fashion, science, and the arts, a position it still retains today.
The Paris Region had
a GDP of €612 billion (US$760 billion) in
2012, accounting for 30.
1 percent of the
GDP of France, and ranking it as one of the wealthiest five regions in Europe; it is the banking and financial centre of France, and contains the headquarters of 30 companies in the
Fortune Global 500.
Paris is the home of the most-visited art museum in the world, the
Louvre, as well as the
Musée d'Orsay, noted for its collection of French
Impressionist art, and the
Musée National d'Art Moderne, a museum of modern and contemporary art. The notable architectural landmarks of Paris include the
Notre Dame Cathedral (12th century); Sainte-Chapelle (
13th century); the
Eiffel Tower (1889); and the
Basilica of Sacré-Cœur on
Montmartre (
1914). In
2013 Paris received 29.3 million visitors, making it one of the world's top tourist destinations. Paris is also known for its fashion, particularly the twice-yearly
Paris Fashion Week, and for its haute cuisine, and three-star restaurants. Most of France's major universities and grandes écoles are located in Paris, as are France's major newspapers, including
Le Monde, Le
Figaro, and
Libération.
Paris is home to the association football club
Paris Saint-Germain F.C. and the rugby union club
Stade Français. The 80,000-seat
Stade de France, built for the
1998 FIFA World Cup, is located in Saint-Denis. Paris hosts the annual
French Open Grand Slam tennis tournament on the red clay of
Roland Garros. Paris played host to the
1900 and
1924 Summer Olympics, the
1938 and
1998 FIFA World Cups, and the
2007 Rugby World Cup.
The city is a major rail, highway, and air-transport hub, served by the two international airports
Paris-Charles de Gaulle and Paris-Orly. Opened in 1900, the city's subway system, the
Paris Métro, serves 9 million passengers daily. Paris is the hub of the national road network, and is surrounded by three orbital roads: the
Périphérique, the
A86 motorway, and the Francilienne motorway in the outer suburbs.
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