PARIS France Travel Guide 4K Video(IGO TRAVEL 2023)
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The city of Paris, with an estimated population of 12,174,880, or about 18 percent of France's population (as of 2017), is the administrative center of the Paris Region or Île-de-France region.[2] The Paris Region had a GDP of €709 billion ($808 billion) in 2017.[
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According to the Economist Intelligence Unit's Worldwide Cost of Living Survey in 2018, Paris was the second most expensive city in the world, ahead of Zurich, Hong Kong, Oslo and Geneva, and after Singapore.[4] Another source ranked Paris as the most expensive in 2018, on par with Singapore and Hong Kong.[5][6]
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Paris is an important rail, highway and air transport hub served by two international airports: Paris–Charles de Gaulle (the second busiest airport in Europe) and Paris–Orly.[7][8]
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The city's metro system, the Paris metro, opened in 1900, serves 5.23 million passengers per day;[9] It is the second busiest metro system in Europe after the Moscow Metro. Gare du Nord is the world's 24th busiest train station, but with 262 million passengers in 2015, it was the busiest train station outside of Japan.[10]
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Paris is particularly known for its museums and architectural landmarks: the Louvre received 2.8 million visitors in 2021, despite the long museum closures caused by the COVID-19 virus.[11]
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The Musée d'Orsay, the Musée Marmottan Monet, and the Musée de l'Orangerie are known for their collections of French Impressionist art. The Pompidou Center Musée National d'Art Moderne has the largest collection of modern and contemporary art in Europe. Musée Rodin and Musée Picasso exhibit works by two famous Parisians.
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The historic district along the Seine in the city center has been classified as a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1991; Popular places to see there include Notre Dame de Paris Cathedral on the Île de la Cité, currently closed for renovations after the fire of April 15, 2019. Other popular attractions include the Gothic royal chapel of Sainte-Chapelle, also on the Île de la Cité; the Eiffel Tower, built for the 1889 Paris Universal Exhibition; the Grand Palais and Petit Palais, built for the 1900 Paris Universal Exhibition; There is the Arc de Triomphe on the Champs-Élysées and Montmartre hill with its art history and the Sacré-Coeur Basilica.[12]
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Football club Paris Saint-Germain and rugby union club Stade Français are based in Paris. Built for the 1998 FIFA World Cup, the 80,000-seat France Stadium is in the neighboring commune of Saint-Denis, just north of Paris. Paris hosts the annual French Open Grand Slam tennis tournament on the red clay of Roland Garros. The city hosted the 1900, 1924 Olympic Games and will also host the 2024 Summer Olympics. The 1938 and 1998 FIFA World Cups, the 2007 Rugby World Cup and the 1960, 1984 and 2016 UEFA European Championships were also held in the city. Every July, the Tour de France cycling race finishes on the Avenue des Champs-Élysées in Paris.
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It was built on the Paris Seine, in the middle of the Paris Basin. Those residing in Paris are called Parisien (what). Known all over the world for its monuments, artistic and cultural life and having an important place in world history, Paris is among the main economic and political centers and constitutes one of the transit points of international transportation. Paris, the world capital of fashion and luxury, is also known as the "City of Light" (Ville Lumière).
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The motto of the city of Paris is in Latin "Fluctuat nec mergitur" meaning "Swings...
