Ile St.-Louis: A Personal Reminiscence Of Paris' Island Within an Island From: The Washington Post | Date: March 15, 1987| Author: Herbert Gold | Copyright 1987 The Washington Post. This material is published under license from the Washington Post.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Washington Post.Copyright information

Within France, there is an unofficial district called the Ile-de-France where Paris grew. Despite its name, the Ile-de-France is not really an island but rather a state of mind, stretching about 50 miles from the heart of Paris. Long ago the French here decided that they wanted to be an island, and there were so many rivers-the Seine, the Oise, the Ourcq, the Aisne, the Marne-and the psychic state was so determined that everyone came to believe that the Ile-de-France was a geographic island....

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