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Geography of Paris, the Glossary

The geography of Paris is characterised by the urbanisation of the area it lies within, and its position in the Petite Couronne, Grande Couronne, and Île-de-France.^[1]

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Arrondissements of France

An arrondissement is the third level of administrative division in France generally corresponding to the territory overseen by a subprefect.

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Arrondissements of Paris

The City of Paris is divided into twenty arrondissements municipaux, administrative districts, referred to as arrondissements.

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Île de la Cité

Île de la Cité (English: City Island) is an island in the river Seine in the center of Paris.

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Île Saint-Louis

Île Saint-Louis, in size, is one of two natural islands in the Seine river, in Paris, France (the other natural island is the Île de la Cité, where Notre-Dame de Paris is located).

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Île-de-France

The Île-de-France is the most populous of the eighteen regions of France, with an official estimated population of 12,271,794 residents on 1 January 2023.

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Belleville, Paris

Belleville is a neighbourhood of Paris, France, parts of which lie in four different arrondissements.

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Bois de Boulogne

The Bois de Boulogne ("Boulogne woodland") is a large public park that is the western half of the 16th arrondissement of Paris, near the suburb of Boulogne-Billancourt and Neuilly-sur-Seine.

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Bois de Vincennes

The Bois de Vincennes, located on the eastern edge of Paris, France, is the largest public park in the city.

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Boulevard Périphérique

The Boulevard Périphérique, often called the Périph, is a limited-access dual-carriageway ring road in Paris, France.

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Brussels (Bruxelles,; Brussel), officially the Brussels-Capital Region (All text and all but one graphic show the English name as Brussels-Capital Region.) (Région de Bruxelles-Capitale; Brussels Hoofdstedelijk Gewest), is a region of Belgium comprising 19 municipalities, including the City of Brussels, which is the capital of Belgium.

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Butte-aux-Cailles

The Butte-aux-Cailles (is a hilltop neighbourhood of Paris, France, located in Paris' south-eastern 13th arrondissement. The name of the hill could be translated as "quail hill", but it actually originates from its former landowner Pierre Caille, who bought a vineyard here in 1543. The Bièvre (from Latin 'Beaver') river, which once made this area important for the tannery and tissue trades, was covered over in 1860.

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Calais

Calais (traditionally) is a port city in the Pas-de-Calais department, of which it is a subprefecture.

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Chaillot

Chaillot is a quarter of Paris, France, located in the 16th arrondissement, on the Right Bank.

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City limits

City limits or city boundaries refer to the defined boundary or border of a city.

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Departments of France

In the administrative divisions of France, the department (département) is one of the three levels of government under the national level ("territorial collectivities"), between the administrative regions and the communes.

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English Channel

The English Channel, also known as the Channel, is an arm of the Atlantic Ocean that separates Southern England from northern France.

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France

France, officially the French Republic, is a country located primarily in Western Europe.

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Köppen climate classification

The Köppen climate classification is one of the most widely used climate classification systems.

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Marseille

Marseille or Marseilles (Marseille; Marselha; see below) is the prefecture of the French department of Bouches-du-Rhône and of the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region.

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Ménilmontant

Ménilmontant is a neighbourhood of Paris, situated in the city's 20th arrondissement.

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Montagne Sainte-Geneviève

The Montagne Sainte-Geneviève is a hill overlooking the left bank of the Seine in the 5th arrondissement of Paris, France.

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Montmartre

Montmartre is a large hill in Paris's northern 18th arrondissement.

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Montmorency, Val-d'Oise

Montmorency is a commune in the Val-d'Oise department, in the northern suburbs of Paris, France.

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Montparnasse

Montparnasse is an area in the south of Paris, France, on the left bank of the river Seine, centred at the crossroads of the Boulevard du Montparnasse and the Rue de Rennes, between the Rue de Rennes and boulevard Raspail.

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Municipal arrondissements of France

In France, a municipal arrondissement is a subdivision of the commune, and is used in the country's three largest cities: Paris, Lyon and Marseille.

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Nantes

Nantes (Gallo: Naunnt or Nantt) is a city in Loire-Atlantique of France on the Loire, from the Atlantic coast.

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North Atlantic Current

The North Atlantic Current (NAC), also known as North Atlantic Drift and North Atlantic Sea Movement, is a powerful warm western boundary current within the Atlantic Ocean that extends the Gulf Stream northeastward.

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Oceanic climate

An oceanic climate, also known as a marine climate or maritime climate, is the temperate climate sub-type in Köppen classification represented as Cfb, typical of west coasts in higher middle latitudes of continents, generally featuring cool to warm summers and cool to mild winters (for their latitude), with a relatively narrow annual temperature range and few extremes of temperature.

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Parc des Buttes Chaumont

The Parc des Buttes Chaumont (English: Park of the Buttes Chaumont) is a public park situated in northeastern Paris, France, in the 19th arrondissement.

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Paris

Paris is the capital and largest city of France.

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Paris metropolitan area

The Paris metropolitan area (aire d'attraction de Paris) is a statistical area that describes the reach of commuter movement to and from Paris, France and its surrounding suburbs.

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Passy

Passy is an area of Paris, France, located in the 16th arrondissement, on the Right Bank.

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Postal codes in France

Postal codes were introduced in France in 1964, when La Poste introduced automated sorting.

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Rouen

Rouen is a city on the River Seine in northern France.

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Sacré-Cœur, Paris

The Basilica of Sacré Coeur de Montmartre (English: Sacred Heart of Montmartre), commonly known as Sacré-Cœur Basilica and often simply Sacré-Cœur (Sacré-Cœur de Montmartre, pronounced), is a Catholic church and minor basilica in Paris dedicated to the Sacred Heart of Jesus.

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[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geography_of_Paris

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