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Paris is the capital and most populous city of France, with a population of 2,140,526 residents in an area of 105 square kilometres. Since the 17th century, Paris has been one of Europe's major centres of finance, diplomacy, commerce, fashion, science and the arts. The City of Paris is the centre and seat of government of the Île-de-France, or Paris Region, which has an estimated official 2019 population of 12,213,364, or about 18 percent of the population of France. The Paris Region had a GDP of €709 billion in 2017. According to the Economist Intelligence Unit Worldwide Cost of Living Survey in 2018, Paris was the second most expensive city in the world, after Singapore, and ahead of Zürich, Hong Kong, Oslo and Geneva. Another source ranked Paris as most expensive, on a par with Singapore and Hong Kong, in 2018.
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Colleges and universities: University of Paris, Sciences Po, Le Cordon Bleu, Paris-Sorbonne University, École normale supérieure, Pierre and Marie Curie University, Conservatoire de Paris, American University of Paris, Paris Diderot University, Collège de France, Pantheon-Sorbonne University, Paris Descartes University, Paris Dauphine University, Conservatoire national des arts et métiers, Mines ParisTech, Institut national des langues et civilisations orientales, University of Paris III: Sorbonne Nouvelle, Paris 8 University, Paris School of Economics, University of Paris II Panthéon-Assas, Supélec, School for Advanced Studies in the Social Sciences, École des ponts ParisTech, AgroParisTech, Institut Catholique de Paris, École nationale supérieure des arts décoratifs, American Graduate School in Paris, École Boulle, University of London Institute in Paris, ENSTA ParisTech, ISG Business School, Arts et Métiers ParisTech, Institut supérieur du commerce de Paris, ESIEE Paris, École Spéciale des Travaux Publics, ESPCI ParisTech, University of France, Institut supérieur d'électronique de Paris, College of Sorbonne, École normale supérieure Paris-Saclay, St. Sergius Orthodox Theological Institute, European Business School Paris, École Spéciale d'Architecture, Ecole de Management Léonard De Vinci, Collège des Ingénieurs, Chimie ParisTech, École nationale supérieure d'architecture de Paris-La Villette, Institut national agronomique Paris Grignon, CNSAD
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Origins
Middle Ages to Louis XIV
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City government
Métropole du Grand Paris
Regional government
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Urbanism and architecture
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Paris and its suburbs
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