Paris paradis terrestre

Paris, capital of the French Republic, which is also one of the territories, and the circle is divided into 20 (Arrondissement). Each circle is divided into four sections, in turn, runs the entire city mayor of the municipality, and two of the conservatives with the help of the General Council. Paris is located on the Seine River, the two international airports: (Orelli and Roissy Charles de Gaulle), the famous tunnel that connects France, England under the English Channel, which opened in May 15, 1994, which facilitated travel TGV high-speed trains between the two countries.

Paris is due to name Celtic tribe was the first region of residence and claims Parisian (French Parisii). Paris as the "City of Light" As you know (la Ville Lumière) and because it is in 1828 was the first city in Europe roads are lit kerosene lamps. Paris is a very important river port and is the fourth most important French port (after Marseille and Le Havre and Dunkerque).

Contents [hide]

1 city's history

2 of the history of presidents and mayors of Paris

2.1 mayors of Paris in the modern era

3 Parisians

3.1 Tourism

4 twinning

5 references

[Edit] the city's history

Main article: Siege of Paris (885-886)

Paris in the 19th century

(Holdings Louvre)

City originated in the "deer - de City" is a small island occupies a part of it now and the Ministry of Justice and the Hall of the municipality and the Church of Notre Dame - de Barry, was a small fishing village at the invasion of Caesar, and soon to Otiaa Baris Euerm grown to become an important Roman city, allowed the emperor Julian for Frnkyin illusion of Germanic cross the Rhine River and stability on the borders of Romania Empire tribes, and when the decay and deterioration began in the western part of the Romanian Empire in the fifth century AD incursion Franks in the territory of the empire, and colonized the northern parts of Gaul and arrived to the north of Paris, Romanian city, and it was their kings Chlodio bearded who defeated Romanian armies led Oisius then sentenced after Merovech which attributed to him strain Almirovenjah, became Paris in the fifth century capital of the Kings Almirovengiyn, and in 845 the agar Vikings to Paris, and they besieged between (885-886), also ravaged raids Nordics in ninth century. The announcement by Hugh suppressor Count of Paris, king of France (May 987-24 أكتوبر 996), Paris National Capital became flourished commercial and cultural center in the Middle Ages, and in 1120 was the establishment of the University of Paris, but suffered a lot in the Hundred Years War, occupied England (1420-1436) .

Characterized in all its history, the revolutionary liberal spirit, and appeared this spirit in the civil war led by Latin Marcel (1358), and in resistance to the fourth Henry (1589-1593), in Alfrund I (1648-1649), and the revolutions of 1789 and 1830 and 1848, the German siege (1870 - 1871).

Most modern Paris plans in the nineteenth century, Baron Georges Haussmann, occupied by the Germans (June 1940 - August 25, 1944).

[Edit] from the date of the heads and mayors of the city of Paris

In August 22, 1795: was canceled as mayor of Paris and divided Paris to 11 my independent board (from 185 712 municipal council), has returned as mayor of Paris twice temporarily after that: (from February 24, 1848 - July 19, 1848) and (September 4, 1870 - June 5, 1871), and founded the Paris commune (the famous Commune) during the revolution of the (March 18, 1871 - May 28, 1871), and returned as mayor of Paris after a 106-year break, in the March 25, 1977.

Jean Sylvain Bailly: the first mayor of Paris after the French Revolution in 1789, and has been the mayor of Paris (July 15, 1789 - November 18, 1791).

[Edit] deliberately Paris in the modern era

Jacques Chirac: (March 25, 1977 - May 17, 1995).

Jean Tabreh: (May 22, 1995 - March 18, 2001)

Bertrand Dolanueh: current mayor of Paris from March 18, 2001 until now.

Hundred Years War from 1320 to 1436.

[Edit] Parisians

The evolution of the demographic growth of Paris between 1801 and 1926

1801 1851 1881 1926

547,800 1,053,000 2,240,000 2,871,000

[Edit] Tourism

Paris, the banks of the Seine River *

Site UNESCO World Heritage

Notre Dame Church of the River Seine.

Country France

Cultural type

Iv category, ii, i

Ref 600

** Region of Europe and North America

Date of listing

Date of listing in 1991 (No. 15 session)

* Name as stated in the UNESCO list of inclusion.

** Region, according to the divisions of UNESCO.

Main article: List of Paris landmarks

Paris tourist equipped and highly qualified to receive tourists from different groups and human tastes.

The Eiffel Tower

Louvre

Opera Garnier

Cleopatra's Needle in Paris

Place de la Concorde

[Edit] twinning

Rome, Italy. Since 1956

Casablanca, Morocco. Since 2004

Algiers, Algeria. Since 2003

Amman, Jordan. Since 1987

Athens, Greece. Since 2000

Beijing, People's Republic of China. Since 1997

Beirut, Lebanon. Since 1992

Berlin, Germany. Since 1987

Buenos Aires, Argentina. Since 1999

Cairo, Egypt. Since 1985

Chicago, United States of America. Since 1996

Copenhagen, Aldanimark. Since 2005

Geneva, Switzerland. Since 2002

Jakarta, Indonesia. Since 1995

Kyoto, Japan. Since 1958

Lisbon, Portugal. Since 1998

London, United Kingdom. Since 2001

Madrid, Spain. Since 2000

Mexico City, Mexico. Since 1999

Montreal, Canada. Since 2006

Moscow, Russia. Since 1992

Porto Alegre, Brazil. Since 2001

Prague, Czech Republic. Since 1997

Quebec, Canada. Since 2003

Rabat, Morocco. Since 2004

Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Since 1997

St. Petersburg, Russia. Since 1997

Sana'a, Yemen. Since 1987

San Francisco, California, United States of America. Since 1996

Santiago, Chile. Since 1997

Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Since 2004

Seoul, South Korea. Since 1991

Karachi, Pakistan.

Sofia, Bulgaria. Since 1998

Sydney, Australia. Since 1998

Tbilisi, Georgia. Since 1997

Tokyo, Japan. Since 1982

Tunis, Tunisia. Since 2004

Warsaw, Poland. Since 1999

Washington DC, United States. Since 2000

Yerevan, Armenia. Since 1998