Welcome to París
The city of Paris within its administrative limits narrow has a population of 2,257,981 inhabitants (2009) .3 However, during the twentieth century, the Paris metropolitan area expanded beyond the city limits of Paris, and is today the third largest city in Europe, with a population of 12,089,098 inhabitants (2009) 4
The Paris region (Ile de France) is, along with London, the most important economic center of Europe.5 With 552.7 billion euros (813.4 billion dollars), produced more than a quarter of the Product Gross Domestic Product (GDP) of France in 2008.6 the Defense is the first European business district, 7 houses the headquarters of almost half of large French companies, as well as the headquarters of twenty of the world's 100 largest. Paris also hosts many international organizations such as UNESCO, the OECD, the International Chamber of Commerce or the Paris Club.
The city is the most popular tourist destination in the world, with over 42 million foreign visitors per year.8 features many of the most famous and admired monuments of the world: the Eiffel Tower, Notre Dame Cathedral, the Avenue of the Champs Elysees, Arc de Triomphe, the Sacré Cœur, the former Hospital of the Invalides, the Pantheon, the Arch of Defense, the Opera Garnier and Montmartre, among others. It also hosts world-renowned institutions: the Louvre (the most famous and most visited museum in the world), the Orsay Museum and the National Museum of Natural History of France.
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