Paris
facts and information by Paris Digest
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Paris is the capital city of France, the
largest country of Western Europe (550 000 km² and 64 million people).
Paris counts over 2 million inhabitants and is the center of the 11
million people Paris region.
As the capital city of a powerful country for centuries, Paris
combines a dense university and research network,
intense
commercial and business life,
with hundreds of multinational
headquarters, mostly in La Defense.
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Notre-Dame cathedral in Paris
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La Défense modern business district near Paris
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Paris is well known for monuments,
museums, restaurants,
fashion and urban landscape.
The French kings, who governed France until 1848, left many beautiful buildings, such as
the palace of Versailles and the Louvre
palace.
The Catholic
church left an incredible number of great churches.
The French tradition of good food still
prevails in many restaurants,
including gastronomic
restaurants, ethnic restaurants and excellent family style places.
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Paris is a world capital city of shopping
and fashion, with Channel, Dior, Yves Saint-Laurent
among many other brands.
All of this makes Paris a unique tourist
destination.
Altogether 31 million tourists visited Paris and
surrounding Ile de France region in 2006 (54% coming from France).
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Fouquet's restaurant on
Champs-Elysées in Paris
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Small World at
Disneyland Paris
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The top tourist attractions are Disneyland
Paris (13 million visitors a year), the Louvre museum
(8 million), the Eiffel Tower
(7 million), the Pompidou
center (5 million), the palace of Versailles
(5 million), the Cité des
Sciences (3 million).
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