Paris is the capital and most populous city of France, with over 2 million residents within its 105 square kilometer area. It has been a major center of finance, trade, fashion, science, and arts since the 17th century. The city is the center of the Paris Region, which has a population of over 12 million people and was the largest metropolitan area in Europe in 2020. Paris is a major transportation hub served by two international airports and its metro system carries over 5 million passengers daily, making it the second busiest in Europe. The city is renowned for its museums and architectural landmarks, including the Louvre which received over 2.8 million visitors in 2021 despite closures from COVID-19.

1. Paris (French pronunciation: [paʁi] (audio speaker iconlisten)) is the capital and maximum
populous city of France, with an envisioned populace of 2,a hundred sixty five,423 citizens in
2019 in an area of more than a hundred and five rectangular kilometres (41 square miles),[4]
making it the 34th maximum densely populated town within the world in 2020.[5] Since the 17th
century, Paris has been one of the international's essential centres of finance, international
relations, trade, fashion, gastronomy, science, and arts. The City of Paris is the centre and seat of
presidency of the area and province of Île-de-France, or Paris Region, with an predicted populace
of 12,997,058 in 2020,[6] or approximately 18 percentage of the populace of France,[7] making
it in 2020 the most important metropolitan place in Europe,[8] and 14th largest in the world in
2015.[9] The Paris Region had a GDP of €709 billion ($808 billion) in 2017.[10] According to
the Economist Intelligence Unit Worldwide Cost of Living Survey in 2018, Paris became the
second one most highly-priced city inside the global, after Singapore and beforehand of Zürich,
Hong Kong, Oslo, and Geneva.[11] Another supply ranked Paris as maximum pricey, on par
with Singapore and Hong Kong, in 2018.[12][13] Paris is a prime railway, dual carriageway, and
air-delivery hub served by using two international airports: Paris–Charles de Gaulle (the second-
busiest airport in Europe) and Paris–Orly.[14][15] Opened in 1900, the metropolis's subway
machine, the Paris Métro, serves 5.23 million passengers day by day;[16] it is the second-busiest
metro machine in Europe after the Moscow Metro. Gare du Nord is the twenty fourth-busiest
railway station in the international, however the busiest placed outside Japan, with 262 million
passengers in 2015.[17] Paris is specially recognized for its museums and architectural
landmarks: the Louvre acquired 2.Eight million traffic in 2021, regardless of the lengthy
museum closings because of the COVID-19 virus.[18] The Musée d'Orsay, Musée Marmottan
Monet and Musée de l'Orangerie are mentioned for their collections of French Impressionist art.
The Pompidou Centre Musée National d'Art Moderne has the largest collection of contemporary
and cutting-edge art in Europe. The Musée Rodin and Musée Picasso exhibit the works of two
referred to Parisians.