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Paris

The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Paris , city (1999 pop. 2,115,757; metropolitan area est. pop. 11,000,000), N central France, capital of the country, on the Seine River. It is the commercial and industrial focus of France and a cultural and intellectual center of international renown. The city possesses an indefinable unity of atmosphere that has fascinated writers, poets, and painters for centuries. Paris is sometimes called the City of Light in tribute to its intellectual preeminence as well as to its beautiful appearance. Paris is the center of many major newspapers and periodicals, as well as all the major French... Read more
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World Encyclopedia

Paris Capital of France, on the River Seine . When the Romans took Paris in 52 bc, it was a small village on the Ile de la Cité on the Seine. Under their rule it became an important administrative centre. Paris was the capital of the Merovingian Franks in the 5th century, but ...

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Britannica Concise Encyclopedia

City (pop., 1999: 2,125,246; metro. area, 9,644,507), river port, capital of France. It is now located on both banks of the Seine River . The original settlement from which Paris evolved, Lutetia, was in existence by the late 3rd century on an island in the Seine. Lutetia was captured and ...

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