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Wikipedia: Paris ([paʁi] ( listen) in French, pronounced /ˈpærɪs/ in English) is the capital and largest city in France, situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the Île-de-France region (or Paris Region, French: Région parisienne). The city of Paris, within its administrative limits largely unchanged since 1860, has an estimated population of 2,193,031 (January 2007), but the Paris metropolitan area has a population of 11,836,970 (January 2007), and is one of the most populated metropolitan areas in Europe. In 2009 and 2010 Paris has been ranked among the three most important and influential cities in the world, among the first three "European cities of the future" – according to a research published by Financial Times – and among the top ten cities in the world in which to live according to the British review Monocle (June 2010).
![[Palais de l'Élysée.]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Elys_C3_A9e_Palace_2C_Paris_2005_s.jpg "Palais de l'Élysée.")
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![[Place Vendôme.]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Place_Vend_C3_B4me_Panorama_s.jpg "Place Vendôme.")
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![[Panorama of the seven bridges in 1895]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Flickr_E2_80_A6trialsanderrors_Panorama_of_the_seven_bridges_2C_Paris_2C_ca_1895_s.jpg "Panorama of the seven bridges in 1895")
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![[Business district of La Défense.]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Panorama_La_D_C3_A9fense_s.jpg "Business district of La Défense."){kind=small}
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![[General view of the Exposition]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Vue_g_C3_A9n_C3_A9rale_de_l_27Exposition_universelle_de_1889_s.jpg "General view of the Exposition")
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![[Vélib' at Place de la Bastille.]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Station_Velib_DSC_3497_s.jpg "Vélib' at Place de la Bastille.")
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![[View of Paris from the Parc de Belleville (20th arrondissement) in July 2009]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Panorama_de_Paris_s.jpg "View of Paris from the Parc de Belleville (20th arrondissement) in July 2009")
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![[Canal Saint-Martin.]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/CanalSaint_martin_s.jpg "Canal Saint-Martin.")
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![[Roman bath beneath the Latin Quarter]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Romanbathparis_s.jpg "Roman bath beneath the Latin Quarter")
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![[Galeries Lafayette's famous dome and suspended Christmas tree, in Paris.]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Galerie_Lafayette_Haussmann_Dome_s.jpg "Galeries Lafayette's famous dome and suspended Christmas tree, in Paris.")
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