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Paris: Paris is a commune in itself: 76 Seine-Maritime: Communes of the Seine-Maritime department: 77 Seine-et-Marne: Communes of the Seine-et-Marne department: 78 Yvelines: Communes of the Yvelines department: 79 Deux-Sèvres: Communes of the Deux-Sèvres department: 80 Somme: Communes of the Somme department: 81 Tarn: Communes of the Tarn ...
The city of Paris became a distinct département of its own, retaining the Seine's departmental number of 75, originating from the Seine département's position in France's alphabetical list. Three new départements of Hauts-de-Seine , Seine-Saint-Denis and Val-de-Marne were created and given the numbers 92, 93, and 94, respectively.
Map of metropolitan France. As of January 2019, there were 473 communes in France (metropolitan territory and overseas departments and regions) with population over 20,000, 280 communes with population over 30,000, 129 communes with population over 50,000 and 42 communes with population over 100,000. [1]
In 1860 France acquired the County of Nice and Savoy, which led to the creation of three new departments. [16] Two were added from the new Savoyard territory, while the department of Alpes-Maritimes was created from Nice and a portion of the Var department. [16] The 89 departments were given numbers based on the alphabetical order of their ...
Paris (French pronunciation: ⓘ) is the capital and largest city of France.With an estimated population of 2,048,472 residents in January 2025 [3] in an area of more than 105 km 2 (41 sq mi), [4] 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. [5]
The City of Paris may refer to: Paris, capital of France; La Ville de Paris, a 1910-12 painting by Robert Delaunay; La Ville de Paris, a dirigible constructed in 1906;
The commune of the French Republic farthest away from Paris is the commune of L'Île-des-Pins (1,840 inhabitants) in New Caledonia: 16,841 km (10,465 miles) from the center of Paris. In continental France (i.e., European France excluding Corsica), the communes farthest away from Paris are Coustouges (93 inhabitants) and Lamanère (52 ...
Uniquely among French cities, Paris is both a municipality (commune) and a department (département). Under the PLM Law (Loi PLM) of 1982, which redefined the governance of Paris, Lyon, and Marseille, hence the PLM acronym, there are both a city council called the Council of Paris, and 20 arrondissement councils in Paris. The PLM Law set limits ...