Paris

Capital and largest city of France
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types
Location
Capital
Human Settlement
City
Entity
Section of Populated Place
instance of
Capital
Commune of France With Specific Status
Department of France
Episcopal See
Big City
Global City
City
City With Millions of Inhabitants
part of
Île-de-France
inception
-0300-01-01T00:00:00Z
alias
City of Light
Paris, France
drainage basin
Seine Basin
official name
Paris (french)
native label
Paris (french)
preferred
nickname
Ville-Lumière (french)
The City of Light (english)
La Ciudad de la Luz (spanish)
named after
Parisii
demonym
Parisien (french)
applies to part
Male
Parisienne (french)
applies to part
Female
Parisian (english)
parisenc (catalan)
applies to part
Male
parisenca (catalan)
applies to part
Female
Paräisser (luxembourgish)
applies to part
Male
Paräisserin (luxembourgish)
applies to part
Female
парижанин (russian)
applies to part
Masculine
парижанка (russian)
applies to part
Feminine
парижане (russian)
applies to part
Plural
Pariserin (german)
applies to part
Feminine Singular
Pariser (german)
Pariserinnen (german)
applies to part
Feminine Plural
párizsi (hungarian)
Parizano (esperanto)
motto text
Fluctuat nec mergitur (latin)
literal translation
Il est battu par les flots, mais ne sombre pas (french)
Tossed by the waves but never sunk (english)
Його хитає, але він не тоне (ukrainian)
Er, sie, es schwankt hin und her, wird aber nicht versenkt. (german)
continent
Europe
country
France
start time
August 25, 1944
preferred
German Military Administration in…
start time
June 22, 1940
end time
August 25, 1944
France
start time
July 7, 1815
end time
June 22, 1940
First French Empire
start time
December 2, 1804
end time
July 7, 1815
French First Republic
start time
September 21, 1792
end time
December 2, 1804
Kingdom of France
start time
987
end time
1792
Francia
start time
508
end time
843
capital of
France
preferred
Île-de-France
Kingdom of France
Second French Empire
Neustria
Bourbon Restoration
Metropolitan France
Seine
Metropolis of Greater Paris
French Fourth Republic
French Second Republic
Paris Commune
Francia
United Federation of Planets
deprecated
located in the administrative territorial entity
Metropolis of Greater Paris
start time
January 1, 2016
preferred
Île-de-France
start time
May 6, 1976
end time
January 1, 2016
preferred
Seine
start time
March 4, 1790
end time
January 1, 1968
Kingdom of France
end time
March 4, 1790
diocese
Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Paris
coordinate location
latitude48.857
longitude2.351
precision0
geoshape
commons.wikimedia.org
highest point
Highest Point of Paris
office held by head of government
Mayor of Paris
start time
July 15, 1789
end time
no value
preferred
Prévôt des Marchands de Paris
end time
July 14, 1789
time of earliest written record
1/1/1100
head of government
Anne Hidalgo
preferred
Bertrand Delanoë
Jean Tiberi
Jacques Chirac
Jules Ferry
Étienne Arago
start time
September 4, 1870
end time
November 15, 1870
Armand Marrast
start time
March 9, 1848
end time
July 19, 1848
Louis-Antoine Garnier-Pagès
start time
February 24, 1848
end time
March 5, 1848
Jean-Baptiste Fleuriot-Lescot
Jean-Nicolas Pache
Nicolas Chambon
Henri Lefèvre d'Ormesson
start time
November 21, 1792
end time
November 21, 1792
René Boucher
start time
October 15, 1792
end time
December 2, 1792
Philibert Borie
start time
July 7, 1792
end time
July 13, 1792
Jérôme Pétion de Villeneuve
Jean Sylvain Bailly
start time
July 15, 1789
end time
November 18, 1791
Jacques de Flesselles
Louis le Peletier de Morfontaine
Antoine-Louis Lefebvre de Caumartin
start time
1778
end time
1784
Jean-Baptiste de la Michodière
start time
1772
end time
1777
Armand-Jérôme Bignon
start time
1764
end time
1772
Jean-Baptiste de Pontcarré de Viarmes
start time
1758
end time
1764
Louis-Basile de Bernage
start time
July 26, 1743
end time
August 1757
legislative body
Council of Paris
significant event
Paris Commune
Siege of Paris
Siege of Paris
Siège de Paris
Siege of Paris
Siège de Paris
Siège de Paris
Siège de Paris
Siège de Paris
Siège de Paris
Siege of Paris
Siège de Paris
Siège de Paris
Siege of Paris
producer
Fantômas
Faceless
Obscene Mirror
Plaisir à Trois
Les Expériences Érotiques de…
award received
Croix de Guerre 1914–1918
Companion of the Liberation
Legion of Honour
present in work
Remembrance
educated at
Alexander Neckam
deprecated
Bernhard Studer
deprecated
William de Montibus
deprecated
Louis Odier
deprecated
Claudio Colucci
deprecated
replaces
Lutetia
Seine
population
1990199520002005201020152.15M2.20M
2,187,526
point in time
January 1, 2017
determination method
Census
preferred
2,243,739
point in time
2014
determination method
Census
2,211,297
point in time
2008
determination method
Census
2,125,246
point in time
1999
determination method
Census
2,152,423
point in time
1990
determination method
Census
contains administrative territorial entity
1St Arrondissement of Paris
2Nd Arrondissement of Paris
3Rd Arrondissement of Paris
4Th Arrondissement of Paris
5Th Arrondissement of Paris
6Th Arrondissement of Paris
7Th Arrondissement of Paris
8Th Arrondissement of Paris
9Th Arrondissement of Paris
10Th Arrondissement of Paris
11Th Arrondissement of Paris
12Th Arrondissement of Paris
13Th Arrondissement of Paris
14Th Arrondissement of Paris
15Th Arrondissement of Paris
16Th Arrondissement of Paris
17Th Arrondissement of Paris
18Th Arrondissement of Paris
19Th Arrondissement of Paris
20Th Arrondissement of Paris
Municipality of Paris
elevation above sea level
28 ± 1 metre
located in time zone
UTC+01:00
UTC+02:00
currency
Euro
start time
January 1, 2002
owner of
Bourse de Paris
Parc des Princes
The Sleepers
Hôtel de Chalon-Luxembourg
AccorHotels Arena
Stade Jean-Bouin
Grand Synagogue of Paris
Fontaine de Jarente
Belleville Funicular Tramway
La Sainte Catherine
Pyramid of Bois de Vincennes
Jacob Wrestling With the Angel
La Famille
La Fraternité
Pavillon d'Armenonville
Hôtel Dodun
Alexander II
Eiffel Tower
Arc de Triomphe
shares border with
Hauts-de-Seine
Seine-Saint-Denis
Val-de-Marne
Montrouge
Malakoff
Vanves
Issy-les-Moulineaux
Boulogne-Billancourt
Saint-Cloud
Suresnes
Puteaux
Neuilly-sur-Seine
Levallois-Perret
Clichy
Saint-Ouen-sur-Seine
Saint-Denis
Aubervilliers
Pantin
Le Pré-Saint-Gervais
Les Lilas
Bagnolet
Montreuil
Saint-Mandé
Vincennes
Fontenay-sous-Bois
Nogent-sur-Marne
Joinville-le-Pont
Saint-Maurice
Charenton-le-Pont
Ivry-sur-Seine
Le Kremlin-Bicêtre
Gentilly
pronunciation audio
language of work or name
Luxembourgish
area
105.4 square kilometre
preferred
postal code
75116
75001
75002
75003
75004
75005
75006
75007
75008
75009
75010
75011
75012
75013
75014
75015
75016
75017
75018
75019
75020
official website
www.paris.fr
language of work or name
French
retrieved
March 24, 2018
locator map image
deprecated
location map
flag
Flag of Paris
flag image
coat of arms
Coat of Arms of Paris
coat of arms image
nighttime view
place name sign
speed limit
12 kilometre per hour
start time
1893
deprecated
foods traditionally associated
Parisian Cuisine
patron saint
Genevieve
media