# Paradox France
**Wikidata**: [Q1747400](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1747400)  
**Source**: https://4ort.xyz/entity/paradox-france

## Summary
Paradox France is a French organization identified as a video game developer. It operated as a limited liability company in the video game industry, with headquarters reported in Grenoble and Meylan. The company is recorded as dissolved on 2012-12-11.

## Key Facts
- Paradox France is an instance of a **video game developer** and an **organization**.
- The company’s **official name** is **PARADOX FRANCE** (also listed as an alias in the same form).
- **Country:** France.
- **Industry classification:** computer programming (per the French activity nomenclature “Nomenclature d'activités française, rév. 2”).
- **Inception dates recorded:** 2005 and 2010-01-13 (from different sources).
- **Headquarters locations recorded:** Grenoble and Meylan (from different sources).
- **Dissolved date:** 2012-12-11.
- **SIREN number:** 519497879.
- **Website:** http://www.ageod.com/

## FAQs
### Q: What is Paradox France?
A: Paradox France is a French organization identified as a video game developer. It is associated with the video game industry and is recorded as a limited liability company.

### Q: When was Paradox France founded and when did it end?
A: Sources record two inception dates for Paradox France: 2005 and 2010-01-13. The company is recorded as dissolved on 2012-12-11.

### Q: Where was Paradox France based?
A: Headquarters locations for Paradox France are recorded as Grenoble and Meylan. Its location of formation is also recorded as Grenoble.

### Q: Is Paradox France the same as AGEod?
A: No. Paradox France is explicitly marked as “different from” AGEod in the provided data.

## Why It Matters
Paradox France matters as a documented French entity in the video game ecosystem, classified both as a video game developer and, by industry coding, as operating in computer programming. Even with limited public-facing detail in the provided sources, the entry is significant for identity resolution and data linkage: it connects a single organization name (PARADOX FRANCE) to authoritative identifiers (such as SIREN, VIAF, BnF, Freebase, OpenCorporates, and a BoardGameGeek company ID). This helps researchers, librarians, and databases distinguish Paradox France from similarly named entities and from explicitly separate organizations (notably AGEod). The presence of multiple recorded inception dates and multiple headquarters locations also illustrates why structured references are important: they preserve provenance and allow downstream systems to reconcile discrepancies rather than overwrite them. Finally, the recorded dissolution date provides a clear boundary for historical and legal context when interpreting the company’s activities and references.

## Notable For
- Being explicitly classified as a **video game developer** and an **organization**.
- Having multiple authoritative identifiers, including **SIREN 519497879**, **VIAF 122395862**, and **BnF 15512794h**.
- Having a recorded **dissolution date of 2012-12-11**.
- Being explicitly marked as **different from AGEod**.
- Being associated with the website **http://www.ageod.com/**.

## Body
### Identity and Classification
- **Official name:** PARADOX FRANCE.
- **Alias:** PARADOX FRANCE.
- **Instance of:** video game developer; organization.
- **Field of work:** video game industry.
- **Product or material produced:** video game.

### Location
- **Country:** France.
- **Headquarters (as recorded by sources):**
  - Grenoble
  - Meylan
- **Location of formation:** Grenoble.

### Corporate and Legal Details
- **Legal form:** limited liability company (per French legal categories).
- **Industry (activity classification):** computer programming (criterion used: “Nomenclature d'activités française, rév. 2”).
- **SIREN number:** 519497879.
- **Dissolved / abolished date:** 2012-12-11.

### Timeline (Source-Dependent)
- **Inception (recorded):**
  - 2005 (one source)
  - 2010-01-13 (another source)
- **Dissolution:** 2012-12-11.

### Web Presence
- **Website:** http://www.ageod.com/

### External Identifiers and Catalog Links
- **VIAF ID:** 122395862.
- **Bibliothèque nationale de France (BnF) ID:** 15512794h.
- **Freebase ID:** /m/02r0gzl.
- **OpenCorporates ID:** fr/519497879.
- **VideoGameGeek company ID:** 13506.

### Disambiguation
- **Different from:** AGEod.

## References

1. SIRENE
2. Virtual International Authority File
3. BnF authorities
4. VideoGameGeek