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Paris

Paris

About Paris

2,229,621 in city
11,174,743 in metro
105.4 km² (41 mi²)
33 m
Paris is the capital of France, and to many people the cultural capital of the world. Ever since the 12th Century the city has had an influence on world history, art, and civilization that very few places can rival. It would be impossible to write a world history of painting, music, philosophy, literature, architecture, cinema, or fashion that ignores Paris. In architecture, Paris is the birthplace of the Gothic style and has also given us Beaux-arts, art nouveau, art deco, and many contributions to modernism. The city is an amazingly harmonious collection of beautiful and inventive buildings, all arranged in an urban plan that combines the best aspects of rationality and of residual medieval chaos. Paris is built around a wide curve in the Seine River, which divides the city into a larger Right Bank (the north) and Left Bank, with two small but important islands in between. There are several focal points, especially the Place de la Concorde, Montmartre, the Bastille, and the three great symbols of Paris: the Eiffel Tower, Notre-Dame, and the Arc de Triomphe. Today the major centers of business are located around the fringes, especially in the towering cluster of buildings at La Défense. The buildings at La Défense are officially not part of Paris and are listed under their three respective satellite cities Courbevoie, Puteaux, and Nanterre.

Zones

Clichy-Batignolles (31), Front de Seine (22), Gare de Lyon (13), La Défense (145), Paris Rive Gauche (120)

Boroughs

10ème arrondissement (13), 11ème arrondissement (28), 12ème arrondissement (118), 13ème arrondissement (400), 14ème arrondissement (94), 15ème arrondissement (180), 16ème arrondissement (46), 17ème arrondissement (83), 18ème arrondissement (51), 19ème arrondissement (129), 1er arrondissement (34), 20ème arrondissement (94), 2ème arrondissement (22), 3ème arrondissement (2), 4ème arrondissement (27), 5ème arrondissement (22), 6ème arrondissement (16), 7ème arrondissement (17), 8ème arrondissement (101), 9ème arrondissement (23)

Metro Cities

Alfortville, Antony, Arcueil, Argenteuil, Arnouville-lès-Gonesse, Asnières-sur-Seine, Athis-Mons, Aubervilliers, Aulnay-sous-Bois, Bagneux, Bagnolet, Bezons, Bobigny, Bois-Colombes, Boissy-Saint-Léger, Bondy, Bonneuil-sur-Marne, Boulogne-Billancourt, Bourg-la-Reine, Bry-sur-Marne, Cachan, Cergy, Chambourcy, Champigny-sur-Marne, Champs-sur-Marne, Charenton-le-Pont, Châtenay-Malabry, Châtillon, Chatou, Chaville, Chelles, Chennevières-sur-Marne, Chessy, Chevilly-Larue, Choisy-le-Roi, Clamart, Clichy-la-Garenne, Clichy-sous-Bois, Colombes, Corbeil-Essonnes, Coubron, Courbevoie, Courcouronnes, Créteil, Dammarie-les-Lys, Deuil-la-Barre, Drancy, Eaubonne, Élancourt, Enghien-les-Bains, Épinay-sous-Sénart, Épinay-sur-Seine, Ermont, Évry, Fontenay-aux-Roses, Fontenay-sous-Bois, Franconville, Fresnes, Gagny, Garges-lès-Gonesse, Gennevilliers, Gentilly, Gonesse, Goussainville, Grigny, Guyancourt, Igny, Issy-les-Moulineaux, Ivry-sur-Seine, Jouy-en-Josas, Juvisy-sur-Orge, L'Hay-les-Roses, L'Île-Saint-Denis, La Celle-sous-Montmirail, La Courneuve, La Garenne-Colombes, Le Blanc-Mesnil, Le Bourget, Le Kremlin-Bicêtre, Le-Mée-sur-Seine, Le-Pecq, Le Plessis-Robinson, Le Pré-Saint-Gervais, Les Lilas, Les Mureaux, Les Pavillons-sous-Bois, Les Ulis, Levallois-Perret, Longjumeau, Maisons-Alfort, Malakoff, Mantes-la-Jolie, Mantes-la-Ville, Marly-le-Roi, Massy, Meaux, Melun, Moissy-Cramayel, Montfermeil, Montgeron, Montigny-lès-Cormeilles, Montlhéry, Montreuil, Montrouge, Nanterre, Neuilly-sur-Marne, Neuilly-sur-Seine, Noisiel, Noisy-le-Grand, Noisy-le Sec, Orly, Orsay, Pantin, Paris, Pierrefitte-sur-Seine, Poissy, Pontoise, Porcheville, Puteaux, Ris-Orangis, Roissy-en-France, Romainville, Rosny-sous-Bois, Rueil-Malmaison, Rungis, Saint-Cloud, Saint-Denis, Saint-Gratien, Saint-Mandé, Saint-Maur-des-Fossés, Saint-Ouen, Saint-Ouen-l'Aumône, Sainte-Geneviève-des-Bois, Sannois, Sarcelles, Sartrouville, Savigny-le-Temple, Savigny-sur-Orge, Sèvres, Soisy-sous-Montmorency, Stains, Sucy-en-Brie, Suresnes, Taverny, Thiais, Thorigny-sur-Marne, Torcy, Trappes, Tremblay-en-France, Valenton, Vanves, Vaucresson, Vaujours, Vélizy-Villacoublay, Verrières-le-Buisson, Versailles, Vigneux-sur-Seine, Villejuif, Villemomble, Villeneuve-la-Garenne, Villeneuve-Saint-Georges, Villepinte, Villetaneuse, Villiers-le-Bel, Vincennes, Viry-Châtillon, Vitry-sur-Seine

No. of Buildings

No. Current status
1,509 All Buildings
1,471
existing
11
under construction
9
planned
2
unbuilt
16
demolished

Tallest Buildings

# Building Height Year
1 Tour Montparnasse 689 ft 1973
2 Tribunal de Paris 525 ft 2017
3 Hyatt Regency Paris Etoile 449 ft 1974
4 Tour Prélude 404 ft 1979
5 Hotel Pullman Paris Montparnasse 381 ft 1974

Building types

No. Type
724 high-rise building
618 low-rise building
51 church
40 bridge
34 skyscraper
8 hall
7 monument
6 house
4 fountain
3 stadium
2 clock/bell tower
2 palace
1 subterranean building
1 chimney
1 monumental hall
1 sculpture
1 mosque
1 synagogue
1 telecommunications tower
1 observation tower
1 ferris wheel
1 multi-story building

Other buildings

No. Type
27 Famous buildings
42 Buildings with construction images