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PARIS
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PARIS
GENERAL FACTS
- Paris (nicknamed the "City of light") is the capital city of France, and the largest city in France. The area is 105 km2, and around 2.15 million people live there. If suburbs are counted, the population of the Paris area rises to 12 million people. The Seine river runs through the oldest part of Paris, and divides it into two parts, known as the Left Bank and the Right Bank. It is surrounded by many forests.
- CLIMATE
- Paris has a temperate oceanic climate.
FOOD
- BAGUETTES
- MACARONS
- ECLAIRS
- COUSCOUS
interesting-facts
- There are 6,100 rues – or streets – in Paris; the shortest one, Rue des Degrés, is just 5.75 metres long and can be found in the 2nd arrondissement.
- Visitors to the Eiffel Tower have to climb 1,665 steps to reach the top – unless they take the elevator! There are a mere 270 steps to reach the Basilica of the Sacré Cœur.
- Paris was originally a Roman City called “Lutetia.”
- Visitors to the Eiffel Tower have to climb 1,665 steps to reach the top – unless they take the elevator! There are a mere 270 steps to reach the Basilica of the Sacré Cœur.
- There are 6,100 rues – or streets – in Paris; the shortest one, Rue des Degrés, is just 5.75 metres long and can be found in the 2nd arrondissement.
