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PARIS, FRANCE

Paris is not only the capital but it is the largest city in France. It is located on the Seine, in northern France. The city of Paris has an estimated population of about 2.2 million (from January 2007), but the Paris metropolitan area has a population of 11,836,970 (also from 2007) and is one of the Europe's most populous metropolitan areas. In 2009 and 2010, Paris was ranked among the three cities most influential and important in the world top 3 "European Cities of Tomorrow" (published by the Financial Times), and among the top ten cities in the world "places to live in" (British magazine Monocle June 2010). An important place for over two millennia, Paris today is one of the world's leading cultural and business centers, and its influences in education, science, fashion, media, entertainment , politics and the arts contribute to its status as one of the great cities of the global world, Paris is also among the top 10 richest cities in 2020 and 2025 with New York City, Sao Paulo, London, Tokyo and Shanghai.

Paris and the Paris region, with a‚¬ 552 700 000 000 (U.S. $ 813.4 billion) in 2008, produces more than a quarter of gross domestic product (GDP) of France. According to 2007 estimates, the Paris agglomeration is the largest city in the European economy and also the sixth largest in the whole world . The Paris region hosts about 35 of the Fortune Global 500 companies in several different industries, such as La Defense business district purpose built greatest in all of Europe . Paris will host several international organizations like the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), the informal economy, the Paris Club, and Chamber of Commerce (ICC). According to the latest survey from the Economist Intelligence Unit in 2010, Paris is the most expensive city to live in the world

Paris started life as the Celtic-Roman settlement of Lutetia on the Ile de la Cited, the island of the Seine, which is currently occupied by Notre Dame. Its current name comes from the Gallo-Celtic tribe dominant in the region surrounding the Parisii. That's what the Romans called them when they arrived in 52 BCE and established their city Lutetia on the left bank of the Seine, which is now called the "Latin Quarter".