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Paris (French: [paʁi] is the capital and most populous city of France. Situated on the Seine River in the north of the country, it is in the centre of the Île-de-France region, also known as the région parisienne, Paris Region. The City of Paris largely retains its one and a half century old administrative boundaries, with an area of 105 km² (41 mi²) and as of 2014 a population of 2,241,346.[4][5] Together with its suburbs, the whole agglomeration has a population of 10,550,350 (Jan. 2012 census).[2] Paris' metropolitan area spans most of the Île-de-France region and has a population of 12,341,418 (Jan. 2012 census),[3] constituting one-fifth of the population of France.[6] The administrative region covers 12,012 km² (4,638 mi²), with approximately 12 million inhabitants as of 2014, and has its own regional council and president.[7]
Paris was founded in the 3rd century BC by a Celtic people called the Parisii, who gave the city its name. By the 12th century, Paris was the largest city in the western world, a prosperous trading centre, and the home of the University of Paris, one of the first in Europe. In the 18th century, it was the centre stage for the French Revolution, and became an important centre of finance, commerce, fashion, science, and the arts, a position it still retains today. Since the 19th century, the built-up area of Paris has grown far beyond its administrative borders.
Paris is the home of the most visited art museum in the world, the Louvre, as well as the Musée d'Orsay, noted for its collection of French Impressionist art, and the Musée National d'Art Moderne, a museum of modern and contemporary art. The notable architectural landmarks of Paris include Notre Dame Cathedral (12th century); the Sainte-Chapelle (13th century); the Eiffel Tower (1889); and the Basilica of Sacré-Cœur on Montmartre (1914). In 2014 Paris received 22.4 million visitors, making it one of the world's top tourist destinations.[8] Paris is also known for its fashion, particularly the twice-yearly Paris Fashion Week, and for its haute cuisine, and three-star restaurants. Most of France's major universities and grandes écoles are located in Paris, as are France's major newspapers, including Le Monde, Le Figaro, and Libération.
Paris is home to the association football club Paris Saint-Germain and the rugby union club Stade Français. The 80,000-seat Stade de France, built for the 1998 FIFA World Cup, is located just north of Paris in the commune of Saint-Denis. Paris hosts the annual French Open Grand Slam tennis tournament on the red clay of Roland Garros. Paris played host to the 1900 and 1924 Summer Olympics, the 1938 and 1998 FIFA World Cups, and the 2007 Rugby World Cup. Every July, the Tour de France of cycling finishes in the city.
The city is also a major rail, highway, and air-transport hub, served by the two international airports Paris-Charles de Gaulle and Paris-Orly. Opened in 1900, the city's subway system, the Paris Métro, serves 4.5 million passengers daily.[9] Paris is the hub of the national road network, and is surrounded by three orbital roads: the Périphérique, the A86 motorway, and the Francilienne motorway in the outer suburbs.
Driving In France - N118 - Boulogne - Paris - Neuilly Sur Seine
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Survival Tips for Driving in France – Part Two
Number 1. If you import your right-hand drive car, it can be complicated as your vehicle will need to conform to French manufacture and use regulations. If it is a model or make not on sale in France, things could become a real hassle. And if you stay in France for more than a month, you will have to change to a French registration (in theory at least).
Number 2. If your car is getting on in years, you will have to think about taking it along for an M.O.T (le contrôle technique), at an officially-approved centre. After this, it is every two years.
Number 3. Most French motorways are toll paying. On short stretches the amount can be a flat rate (or even free) but it usually depends on the distance you drive. Don't lose your ticket or you will be required to pay the maximum toll.
Number 4. French motorway signs are blue, and usually indicate the destination more frequently than the motorway number. So, if you are driving from Lyon to Chambéry, you are likely to see more 'Chambéry' signs than 'A43'.
Number 5. Many French motorways are two-lane only, or have long two-way stretches. Be careful, as there can be sudden traffic slow-downs due to trucks taking ages to inch past each other.
Number 6. Be careful on French motorways as many drivers lack road discipline. It is the usual tricks: in spite of the 130 kilometers per hour limit, apparently 39% of them drive at speeds between 130 and 150 kilometers per hour.
Number 7. I know it sounds obvious, but the French do drive on the right. You will soon get used to it, but you will have to concentrate in the beginning.
Number 8. Electronic speed camera detectors are illegal in France. Simply having one in your car could render you liable to a fine.
Number 9. Driving your right-hand car in France can be a bit tricky when it comes to overtaking as you have to pull out more to see any oncoming traffic.
Number 10. Maximum speed limits are clearly displayed on all roads in France. At present there are rumours about lowering them all by 10 kilometers per hour.
Number 11. Be careful of roadside and police in-vehicle speed cameras - especially in villages where the limit is 50 kilometers per hour. You can easily get caught out.
Number 12. When approaching an unmarked road junction, the rule is to give way to all traffic approaching you from the right - even if the road is minor.
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Places to see in ( Paris - France ) Church of Saint Germain des Pres
Places to see in ( Paris - France ) Church of Saint Germain des Pres
The Benedictine Abbey of Saint-Germain-des-Prés, just beyond the outskirts of early medieval Paris, was the burial place of Merovingian kings of Neustria. At that time, the Left Bank of Paris was prone to flooding from the Seine, so much of the land could not be built upon and the Abbey stood in the middle of meadows, or prés in French, thereby explaining its appellation.
The Abbey was founded in the 6th century by the son of Clovis I, Childebert I (ruled 511–558). Under royal patronage the Abbey became one of the richest in France, as demonstrated by its ninth-century polyptych; it housed an important scriptorium in the eleventh century and remained a center of intellectual life in the French Catholic church until it was disbanded during the French Revolution. An explosion of saltpetre in storage levelled the Abbey and its cloisters, but the church was spared. the statues in the portal were removed (illustration) and some destroyed, and in a fire in 1794 the library vanished in smoke. The abbey church remains as the Église de Saint-Germain-des-Prés, one of the oldest churches in Paris.
In 542, while making war in Spain, Childebert raised his siege of Zaragoza when he heard that the inhabitants had placed themselves under the protection of the martyr Saint Vincent. In gratitude the bishop of Zaragoza presented him with the saint's stole. When Childebert returned to Paris, he caused a church to be erected to house the relic, dedicated to the Holy Cross and Saint Vincent, placed where he could see it across the fields from the royal palace on the Île de la Cité.
In 558, St. Vincent's church was completed and dedicated by Germain, Bishop of Paris on 23 December; on the very same day, Childebert died. Close by the church a monastery was erected. Its abbots had both spiritual and temporal jurisdiction over the suburbs of Saint-Germain (lasting till about the year 1670). The church was frequently plundered and set on fire by Vikings in the ninth century. It was rebuilt in 1014 and rededicated in 1163 by Pope Alexander III to Saint Germain of Paris, the canonized Bishop of Paris and Childeric's chief counsellor. The great wall of Paris subsequently built during the reign of Philip II of France did not encompass the abbey, leaving the residents to fend for themselves. This also had the effect of splitting the Abbey's holdings into two. A new refectory was built for the monastery by Peter of Montereau in around 1239 - he was later the architect of the Sainte-Chapelle.
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Canal de l'Ourcq, Paris, Bobigny, Port-aux-Perches, Troesnes, Canal Saint-Martin
Canal de l'Ourcq
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Location of the junction of the three canals at the Bassin de la Villette in Paris; the Canal Saint-Denis heads northwest to Saint-Denis, and the Canal Saint-Martin south to the Arsenal basin.
Canal de l'Ourcq location
Location of the Canal de l'Ourcq in relation to Paris and the rivers Marne and Seine (from the European Waterways Map & Directory, 5th ed., Transmanche)
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The canal at the beginning of the 20th century.
The Canal de l'Ourcq is a 108.1 km (67.2 mi) long canal of in the Île-de-France region (greater Paris) with 10 locks.[1] It was built at a width of 3.20 m (10.5 ft) but was enlarged to 3.7 m (12 ft), which permitted use by more pleasure boats.[1] The canal begins at Port-aux-Perches near the village of Troesnes, where it splits from the channeled River Ourcq, and flows to the Bassin de la Villette, where it joins the Canal Saint-Martin. Paris requires 380 000 m3 (497,000 yd3) of water daily for cleaning the sewer system, gutters, and parks.[1] The Canal de l'Ourcq provides about half of the requirement. Since 1983, the waterway has been designated for use by pleasure craft, and its water is designated for non-drinking uses.[2]
The canal is considered part of the 130 km (81 mi) Parisian canal network, along with the Canal Saint-Denis, the bassin de la Villette, and the Canal Saint-Martin. The canals were created as part of the administrative management of water in Paris during the nineteenth century.
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Canal de l'Ourcq
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Le canal près de Vignely.
Géographie
Pays France
Coordonnées 48° 51′ 00″ N, 2° 22′ 00″ E
Début Mareuil-sur-Ourcq
Fin Bassin de la Villette
Traverse Oise, Paris, Seine-et-Marne, Seine-Saint-Denis
Caractéristiques
Statut actuel En service de Silly-la-Poterie à Mareuil-sur-Ourcq
Radié de Mareuil-sur-Ourcq à Mary-sur-Marne
Longueur 96,6 km
Altitudes Début : m
Fin : m
Maximale : 60,60 m
Minimale : 51,60 m
Infrastructures
Écluses 6
Histoire
Année début travaux 1802
Année d'ouverture 1822
Concepteur Pierre-Simon Girard
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Voies navigables du bassin de la Seine. L'Ourcq et le canal de l'Ourcq se trouvent au nord-est de Paris.
Le long du parc forestier de Sevran, une tranchée a dû être creusée pour faire passer le canal.
Le canal de l’Ourcq est un canal du Bassin parisien.
Avant de commencer à Mareuil-sur-Ourcq pour rejoindre le bassin de la Villette à Paris, la rivière l'Ourcq est canalisée et navigable depuis le « Port aux Perches » sur la commune de Silly-la-Poterie.
Avec le canal Saint-Denis, le bassin de la Villette et le canal Saint-Martin, il constitue le réseau des canaux parisiens, long de 130 km et qui appartient à la ville de Paris. Sa construction débute en 1802 et s'achève en 1825. Il fait l'objet par la suite de plusieurs remaniements notamment l'ajout de cinq écluses, d'une usine alimentant le canal en eau à Trilbardou et l'élargissement du gabarit sur les onze premiers kilomètres.
À l'origine, le canal a pour premier objectif d'alimenter Paris en eau potable ; aujourd'hui, son utilisation est réservée à la voirie. Jusque dans les années 1960, il est parcouru sur toute sa longueur par les flûtes d'Ourcq, péniches adaptées au petit gabarit de la plus grande partie du canal. Depuis 1962, seuls les onze premiers kilomètres, entre le bassin de la Villette et Aulnay-sous-Bois, exempts d'écluses, sont ouverts au trafic commercial : environ un million de tonnes sont transportées chaque année par des péniches dont le port en lourd ne peut excéder 400 tonnes. Au-delà, le canal, dont la profondeur est désormais de 80 cm, est dédié à la plaisance. Le canal de l'Ourcq est également utilisé depuis sa création pour alimenter en eau les canaux Saint-Martin et Saint-Denis. Depuis la fin des années 1990, les abords du canal situés dans l'agglomération parisienne sont réhabilités et aménagés pour en faire un axe vert ouvert aux activités de loisir tels que le cyclotourisme et la randonnée pédestre.
Paris: Avenue des Champs-Élysées at night
The most famous road in Paris. Almost 2 Kilometers long, with 10 lanes, is the heart of the French capital! It is best to start your walk from The Louvre until you reach the Arche de Triomphe.
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Plage de Suzac à St-Georges-de-Didonne
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