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Paris
Capital and most populous city in France
Also known as City of Light · City of Love · Lutetia
- Country
- France(since 1944)
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- , Kingdom of France(0987–1792)
- , Franciaf(0508–0843)
- +4 more
- France(since 1944)
- Located in
- Grand Paris(since 2016)
- , Île-de-France(1960–2015)
- , Kingdom of France(until 1790)
- +3 more
- Population
- 2,103,778(January 1, 2023)
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- , 2,113,705(January 1, 2022)
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- , 2,145,906(January 1, 2020)
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- +7 more
- 2,103,778(January 1, 2023)
- Area
- 105.4 km²
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Sources- 1.Stated in répertoire géographique des communesRetrieved 2015-10-26
- 105.4 km²
- Elevation
- 48 m
- , 28 m
- , 27 m
- +1 more
- Head of government
- Emmanuel Grégoire(since 2026)
- , Louis-Basile de Bernage(1743–1757)
- , Jean-Baptiste de Pontcarré de Viarmes(1758–1764)
- +21 more
- Founded
- 3rd century BCE
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- 3rd century BCE
- Postal code
- 75116
- , 75001
- , 75002
- +19 more
Overview
Over time
Dated values recorded in Wikidata, each with its own source
All data
663 statements · 15% with external sources · numbers in brackets are citations
- Coordinates of southernmost point
- 48.8156°N, 2.3445°E
- Office held by the head of government
- mayor of Paris(since 1789)
- Prévôt des marchands de Paris(until 1789) time of earliest written record: 11th century
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Sources- 1.francia.digitale-sammlungen.de/Blatt_bsb00016282,00139.htmlRetrieved 2019-02-28
- Capital of
- Located in or next to body of water
- Seine reason for preferred rank: tourist attraction
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- Bassin de la Villette
- Canal Saint-Martin
- Canal de l'Ourcq
- Seine reason for preferred rank: tourist attraction
- Twinned administrative body
- Rome(since 1956)
- Tokyo(since 1982)
- Kyoto(since 1958)
- Berlin(since 1987)
- Ramallah
- Seoul
- Cairo
- Chicago
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- Torreón
- San Francisco(since 1996)
- Kyiv(since 1992)
- Washington, D.C.
- Marrakech
- Porto Alegre
- Dubai
- Beijing
- Mexico City
- Saint Petersburg(since 1991)
- Tbilisi(since 1997)
- Tirana
- Replaces
- Lutetia
- Paris Department(since 2019)
- Native label
- Paris pronunciation audio: LL-Q150 (fra)-Ash Crow-Paris.wav
- Awards
- Croix de guerre 1914–1918
- Companion of the Liberation
- Knight of the Legion of Honour(October 9, 1900)
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- Coordinates of northernmost point
- 48.9022°N, 2.3844°E
- Has part(s) of the class
- municipal arrondissement of Paris short name: Arrt
- Motto text
- Fluctuat nec mergitur(since 1853) literal translation: Il est battu par les flots, mais ne sombre pas, Tossed by the waves but never sunk
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Sources- 1.“« Fluctuat nec mergitur », l’histoire de la devise de Paris”paris.fr/pages/fluctuat-nec-mergitur-l-histoire-de-la-devise-de-paris-15814Retrieved 2025-11-16
- Fluctuat nec mergitur(since 1853) literal translation: Il est battu par les flots, mais ne sombre pas, Tossed by the waves but never sunk
- Geoshape
- Data:Paris.map
- Coordinates of easternmost point
- 48.8364°N, 2.4698°E
- Annual number of weddings
- 9,021(2015)
- Coordinates of westernmost point
- 48.8542°N, 2.2241°E
- Contains the 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
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- 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
- Paris Centre
- Nickname
- Ville-Lumière
- The City of Light
- La Ciudad de la Luz
- The City of Love
- Significant event
- Paris Commune(1871)
- French Revolution(1789)
- Siege of Paris(1870)
- Siege of Paris(1590)
- Siege of Paris(1435)
- Siege of Paris
- Siege of Paris
- Siege of Paris
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- Siege of Paris
- Siege of Paris
- Siege of Paris
- Siege of Paris
- Siege of Paris
- Siege of Paris
- Siege of Paris
- 2024 Summer Olympics(2024)
- November 2015 Paris attacks(November 13, 2015)
- 1924 Summer Olympics(1924)
- 1900 Summer Olympics(1900)
- Male population
- 1,028,903(2017)
- Female population
- 1,158,623(2017)
- Social media followers
- 22,300(August 17, 2025) youtube channel id: UC4e6cfcOXGycjRLZbbSwwoA
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- 2,137,114(January 8, 2022) x (twitter) numeric user id: 71016845
- 2,127,845(January 4, 2021) x (twitter) numeric user id: 71016845
- 2,072,859(May 10, 2018) x (twitter) numeric user id: 71016845
- 22,300(August 17, 2025) youtube channel id: UC4e6cfcOXGycjRLZbbSwwoA
- Demonym
- Parisien grammatical gender: masculine · grammatical number: singular
- Parisienne applies to part: feminine singular · language: French
- Parisian grammatical number: singular
- Parisians statement is subject of: Parisians · grammatical number: plural
- parisenc applies to part: male
- parisenca applies to part: female
- Paräisser applies to part: male
- Paräisserin applies to part: female
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- парижанин applies to part: masculine
- парижанка applies to part: feminine
- парижане applies to part: plural
- Pariserin applies to part: feminine singular
- Pariser applies to part: masculine singular, masculine plural · statement is subject of: Parisians
- Pariserinnen applies to part: feminine plural · statement is subject of: Parisians
- párizsi
- Parizano
- paryżanin applies to part: masculine singular
- paryżanka applies to part: feminine singular
- парижанин applies to part: masculine singular
- парижанка applies to part: feminine singular
- პარიზელი applies to part: singular
- პარიზელები applies to part: plural · statement is subject of: Parisians
- parisín applies to part: masculine singular
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Sources- 1.Stated in Diccionariu de l'Academia de la Llingua Asturianaacademiadelallingua.com/diccionariu/index.php?cod=36464Retrieved 2022-11-10
- parisina applies to part: feminine singular
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Sources- 1.Stated in Diccionariu de l'Academia de la Llingua Asturianaacademiadelallingua.com/diccionariu/index.php?cod=36464Retrieved 2022-11-10
- parisinos applies to part: masculine plural
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Sources- 1.Stated in Diccionariu de l'Academia de la Llingua Asturianaacademiadelallingua.com/diccionariu/index.php?cod=36464Retrieved 2022-11-10
- parisino applies to part: neuter
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Sources- 1.Stated in Diccionariu de l'Academia de la Llingua Asturianaacademiadelallingua.com/diccionariu/index.php?cod=36464Retrieved 2022-11-10
- parisines applies to part: feminine plural
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Sources- 1.Stated in Diccionariu de l'Academia de la Llingua Asturianaacademiadelallingua.com/diccionariu/index.php?cod=36464Retrieved 2022-11-10
- Parizian applies to part: masculine singular
- Parizianez applies to part: feminine singular
- parigini applies to part: masculine plural
- Parižan applies to part: masculine singular
- Parižanka applies to part: feminine singular
- Official name
- Paris
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- Paris
- Shares border with
- Montrouge
- Malakoff(since 1883)
- Vanves(since 1860)
- Issy-les-Moulineaux(since 1860)
- Boulogne-Billancourt(since 1860)
- Saint-Cloud(since 1925)
- Suresnes(since 1925)
- Puteaux(since 1929)
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- Neuilly-sur-Seine
- Levallois-Perret(since 1867)
- Clichy(since 1860)
- Saint-Ouen-sur-Seine(since 1860)
- Aubervilliers(since 1860)
- Pantin(since 1860)
- Le Pré-Saint-Gervais(since 1860)
- Les Lilas(since 1867)
- Bagnolet(since 1860)
- Montreuil(since 1860)
- Saint-Mandé
- Vincennes(since 1929)
- Fontenay-sous-Bois(since 1929)
- Nogent-sur-Marne(since 1929)
- Joinville-le-Pont(since 1929)
- Saint-Maurice(since 1929)
- Charenton-le-Pont(since 1860)
- Ivry-sur-Seine
- Le Kremlin-Bicêtre(since 1896)
- Gentilly
- Saint-Denis(since 2025)
- Hauts-de-Seine(since 1968)
- Seine-Saint-Denis(since 1968)
- Val-de-Marne(since 1968)
- Motto
- fluctuat nec mergitur(since 1853) language: Latin · ipa transcription: ˈflʊk.tu.at neːk ˈmɛr.ɡi.tur
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Sources- 1.“« Fluctuat nec mergitur », l’histoire de la devise de Paris”paris.fr/pages/fluctuat-nec-mergitur-l-histoire-de-la-devise-de-paris-15814Retrieved 2025-11-16
- fluctuat nec mergitur(since 1853) language: Latin · ipa transcription: ˈflʊk.tu.at neːk ˈmɛr.ɡi.tur
- Coextensive with
- Paris Department(1968–2018)
- Budget
- €7.56B(2026)
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Sources- 1.“5 graphiques pour comprendre le budget 2026 de la Ville”paris.fr/pages/5-graphiques-pour-comprendre-le-budget-2026-de-la-ville-33338
- €7.56B(2026)
- Tabular population
- Data:Population – Paris – – INSEE 75.tab
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On other databases
230 identifiers linking Paris across the web's reference databases
- AIATSIS Place Thesaurus ID4973
- Alvin IDalvin-place:676
- Analysis & Policy Observatory term ID11005
- Anarâš aavis topic IDpariisi
- Apple Maps "auid" identifier686784093234299453
- Arab Encyclopedia concept ID159273
- ARAE IDparis-francia
- ArchINFORM location ID585
- Archive of Our Own tagParis (City)
- Armeniapedia ID4309
- Article ID in the Lithuanian Universal Encyclopedia Onlineparyzius
- Auñamendi ID102546
- Ávvir topic IDparis
- Babelio subject ID88917
- BabelNet ID00015540n
- BBC News topic IDcxw7q5zm562t
- BBC Things ID76742136-f193-446e-be12-9cd72c177834
- Beta maṣāḥǝft IDLOC5076Paris
- BHCL UUID165885fa-ad09-4f0f-adbc-6500b639222d
- Biblioteca Nacional de México ID000048013
- Bibliothèque nationale de France ID11865278m
- Biblissima authority IDQ27392
- BIBSYS ID1009791
- Bing entity ID85584d24-2116-5b98-89f9-5714db931ac6
- Bluesky handleparis.fr
- BNMM authority ID000047813
- Britannica Kids kids level article ID345991
- Britannica Kids scholars level article ID108530
- Britannica Kids students level article ID276286
- Brockhaus Enzyklopädie online IDparis-40
- Canadiana Name Authority IDncf10131039
- CANTIC ID981058613861806706
- Catalogue of the General State Archives IDkays-a5g5-qad7
- CCAB ID000031011
- CERL Thesaurus IDcnl00032963
- CiNii Research ID1140282266612945920
- CNA topic IDparis
- Comic Vine ID4020-56052
- Courrier international topic IDparis
- Curlie IDRegional/Europe/France/Regions/Ile-de-France/Paris/
- Data Commons IDnuts/FR101
- Data.gouv.fr organisation ID534fff89a3a7292c64a77eb7
- De Agostini IDParigi
- DeCS ID10486
- Der Spiegel topic IDparis
- Dewey Decimal Classification2--44361
- Dictionary of Late Antiquity ID3568
- Domain nameparis.fr
- DPLA subject termParis (France)
- Early Modern Letters Online location ID0d3cfe92-75a3-4ec3-b66e-3243ba783b6d
- EHESS ID of a French commune26207
- El Moudjahid topic IDparis
- Enciclopedia dei ragazzi IDparigi
- Enciclopedia dell'Arte Antica IDparigi
- Enciclopedia dell'Arte Medievale IDparigi
- Encyclopædia Britannica Online IDplace/Paris
- Encyclopædia Universalis IDparis
- Encyclopedia of China (Second Edition) ID191897
- Eska.pl topic IDtg-9wU6-ymgp-xn6k
- EU Knowledge Graph item IDQ35
- EU Participant Identification Code998498504
- Euronews topic IDparis
- Europeana entityplace/base/41488
- Facebook location ID110774245616525
- Facebook usernameparis
- FactGrid item IDQ10441
- Fandom article IDcities:Paris
- FAST ID1205283
- FINESS ID750002008
- Foursquare City Guide venue ID50dbd18d498eb594ef575b0a
- France 24 topic ID (French)paris
- FranceArchives agent ID793866059
- Freebase ID/m/05qtj
- GADM IDFRA.8.3_1
- GeoNames ID2968815
- Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names ID7008038
- Giant Bomb ID (former scheme)3035-487
- Giant Bomb Wiki IDLocations/Paris
- GitHub topicparis
- GND ID4044660-8
- GNS Unique Feature ID-1456928
- Golden ID (archived)Paris-BWWKE
- Google Maps Customer ID291470376679806048
- Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana IDparis-8
- Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID (former scheme)0049060
- Great Encyclopedia of Cyril and Methodius entry IDПариж
- Great Norwegian Encyclopedia IDParis
- Great Russian Encyclopedia Online ID (2017)2320508
- Grove Art Online IDT065354
- Gyldendals Teaterleksikon IDParis