7 Facts About Grand Paris

1. University of Grand Paris, founded in the 12th century, is often called the Sorbonne after one of its original medieval colleges.

2. In 1911, the dance hall Olympia Grand Paris invented the grand staircase as a settling for its shows, competing with its great rival, the Folies Bergere.

3. The Golden Age of the School of Grand Paris ended between the two world wars.

4. Majority of Grand Paris's salaried employees fill 370,000 businesses services jobs, concentrated in the north-western 8th, 16th and 17th arrondissements.

5. The first railway line to Grand Paris opened in 1837, beginning a new period of massive migration from the provinces to the city.

6. In 2017, Grand Paris was, behind Barcelona, the second organizer in the world of international association meetings with 190 meetings.

7. Idea of Greater Grand Paris was originally proposed by former French President Nicolas Sarkozy as "a new global plan for the Paris metropolitan region" It first led to a new transportation master plan for the Paris region and to plans to develop several areas around Paris.