21 Facts About In Paris

1. The University of In Paris disappeared together with the other universities during the revolutionary years, without being formally dissolved.

2. From a demographic standpoint, In Paris has never ceased to expand as a region in terms of employment.

3. Since the 1970s In Paris has undergone important urbanization which has transformed the countryside.

4. In 1900, In Paris joined London in the construction of the subway.

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

6. In Paris is a major rail, highway, and air transport hub.

7. In Paris hosted the 1900 and 1924 Summer Olympics and will host the 2024 Summer Olympics and Paralympic Games.

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

9. In Paris is the departement with the highest proportion of highly educated people.

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

11. In Paris hosts one of the largest science museums in Europe, the Cite des Sciences et de l'Industrie at La Villette.

12. The Golden Age of the School of In Paris ended between the two world wars.

13. In Paris was central to the development of Romanticism in art, with painters such as Gericault.

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

15. In Paris has a typical Western European oceanic climate which is affected by the North Atlantic Current.

16. In Paris is located in northern central France, in a north-bending arc of the river Seine whose crest includes two islands, the Ile Saint-Louis and the larger Ile de la Cite, which form the oldest part of the city.

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

18. In Paris was the financial capital of continental Europe, the primary European centre of book publishing and fashion and the manufacture of fine furniture and luxury goods.

19. In Paris was the centre of an explosion of philosophic and scientific activity known as the Age of Enlightenment.

20. In Paris hosted the Olympic Games in 1900, 1924 and will host the 2024 Summer Olympics.

21. In Paris hosts the annual French Open Grand Slam tennis tournament on the red clay of Roland Garros.