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Paris (French pronunciation: ⓘ) is the capital and largest city of France.With an estimated population of 2,102,650 residents in January 2023 [2] in an area of more than 105 km 2 (41 sq mi), [5] Paris is the fourth-most populous city in the European Union, the ninth-most populous city in Europe and the 30th most densely populated city in the world in 2022. [6]
From the 1860 area of 78 km 2 (30 sq mi), the city limits were expanded marginally to 86.9 km 2 (33.6 sq mi) in the 1920s. In 1929, the Bois de Boulogne and Bois de Vincennes forest parks were officially annexed to the city, bringing its area to about 105 km 2 (41 sq mi). [4] The metropolitan area of the city is 2,300 km 2 (890 sq mi). [2]
The metropolitan or functional area (aire d'attraction) of Paris covers 18,941 km 2 (7,313 sq mi) and has 13,064,617 inhabitants (2018). [ 2 ] The population of the city of Paris reached a historic high of 2.9 million in 1921 but then declined; between 1954 and 1999 it declined at every census, falling to 2,125,246 in 1999. [ 3 ]
The area had a population of 13,064,617 as of 2018. [14] Nearly 20% of France's population resides in the region. The table below shows the population growth of the Paris metropolitan area (aire urbaine), i.e. the urban area (pôle urbain) and the commuter belt (couronne périurbaine) surrounding it.
The population, population density and land area for the cities listed are based on the entire city proper, the defined boundary or border of a city or the city limits of the city. The population density of the cities listed is based on the average number of people living per square kilometer or per square mile.
The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to Paris: Paris – capital and most populous city of France, with an area of 105 square kilometres (41 square miles) and an official estimated population of 2,140,526 residents as of 1 January 2019. Since the 17th century, Paris has been one of Europe's major centres of ...
21,000/km 2 (55,000/sq mi) ¹ French Land Registry data, which exclude lakes, ponds, and glaciers larger than 1 km², as well as the estuaries of rivers. The City of Paris is divided into twenty arrondissements municipaux , administrative districts, referred to as arrondissements ( pronounced [aʁɔ̃dismɑ̃] ⓘ ). [ 1 ]
The arrondissement of Paris (French: Arrondissement de Paris, [aʁɔ̃dismɑ̃ d(ə) paʁi]) is an arrondissement of France in the Île-de-France region. It covers exactly the commune and department of Paris. Its population is 2,133,111 (2021), and its area is 105.4 km 2 (40.7 sq mi). [2]