Paris

capital and most populous city in France
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Summary

Paris is a commune of France[1]. Paris ranks in the top 0.0032% of commune of france entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (101,325 views/month, #1 of 31,031).[2]

Key Facts

  • Located in the administrative territorial entity: Grand Paris[3]
  • Country: France[4]
  • Head of government: Anne Hidalgo[5], Emmanuel Grégoire[6]
  • Continent: Europe[7]
  • Instance of: territorial collectivity of France with special status[8], metropolis[9], tourist destination[10], global city[11], largest city[12], college town[13], big city[14], primate city[15], national capital[16], financial center[17], commercial capital city[18], cultural capital[19], fashion capital[20], megalopolis[21]
  • Official language: French[22]
  • Shares border with: Montrouge[23], Malakoff[24], Vanves[25], Issy-les-Moulineaux[26], Boulogne-Billancourt[27], Saint-Cloud[28], Suresnes[29], Puteaux[30], Neuilly-sur-Seine[31], Levallois-Perret[32], Clichy[33], Saint-Ouen-sur-Seine[34], Aubervilliers[35], Pantin[36]
  • Named after: Parisii[37]
  • Contains the administrative territorial entity: 1st arrondissement of Paris[38], 2nd arrondissement of Paris[39], 3rd arrondissement of Paris[40], 4th arrondissement of Paris[41], 5th arrondissement of Paris[42], 6th arrondissement of Paris[43], 7th arrondissement of Paris[44], 8th arrondissement of Paris[45], 9th arrondissement of Paris[46], 10ᵗʰ arrondissement of Paris[47], 11th arrondissement of Paris[48], 12th arrondissement of Paris[49], 13th arrondissement of Paris[50], 14th arrondissement of Paris[51]

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Cultural Significance

Things named for Paris include Paris-Charles de Gaulle Airport[52], an international airport[53], in France[54], founded in 1974[55]; Paris syndrome[56], a mental disorder[57], in France[58]; University of Paris[59], a former entity[60], in France[61], founded in 1150[62]; Paris Agreement[63], a treaty[64], in France[65], written by United Nations[66]; bologna[67]; Orly Airport[68], an international airport[69], in France[70]; Paris[71], a city in the United States[72], in United States[73], founded in 1845[74]; and Gare du Nord[75], a dead-end railway station[76], in France[77], founded in 1864[78].

Why It Matters

Paris has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[79] Paris is known by 67 alternative names across languages and contexts.[80]

Entities named for Paris include Paris-Charles de Gaulle Airport[52], an international airport[53], in France[54], founded in 1974[55]; Paris syndrome[56], a mental disorder[57], in France[58]; University of Paris[59], a former entity[60], in France[61], founded in 1150[62]; Paris Agreement[63], a treaty[64], in France[65], written by United Nations[66]; bologna[67]; and Orly Airport[68], an international airport[69], in France[70].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [6] ↑ . liberation.fr. liberation.fr. Provenance: wikidata.org.
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Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

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Inline context (facts about related entities)

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Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [79] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [80] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 15d ago · Paul Jivcovici · 2026-10-09 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → commune of France, territorial collectivity of France with special status, metropolis +12
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-update:2||1 */ Instance of: tourist destination"
  2. 15d ago · Paul Jivcovici · 2026-10-09 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-update:2||1 */ Instance of: commune of France"
  3. 22d ago · Back ache · 2026-10-02 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Localwiki id → paris
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Localwiki id: paris"
  4. 25d ago · Putnik · 2026-09-29 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-update:2||1 */ Short name: Paris"
  5. 25d ago · Ottawajin · 2026-09-29 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    J-global id → 200906015068886000
    Sitelink count → 366
    Short name → {'lang': 'mul', 'text': 'Paris'}
    Wikipedia languages → ['abstract', 'ace', 'ady', 'af', 'als', 'am', 'an', 'ang', 'anp', 'ar', 'arc', '
    + 1 other property edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ J-global id: 200906015068886000, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/262232527|Paris (#262232527)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/7507|J-GLOBAL techni"
  6. 4w ago · NGOgo · 2026-09-24 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Member of → League of Historical Cities, C40 Cities Climate Leadership Group, World Tourism Cities Federation +1
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/56231|batch #56231]]: iucn membership"
  7. 4w ago · ならちゃん · 2026-09-20 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Nhk one news topic id → E0000000428
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Nhk one news topic id: E0000000428"
  8. 7w ago · Bouzinac · 2026-09-05 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Capital of → France, Île-de-France, Kingdom of France +17
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Capital of: Vichy France, using [[User:Frettie/consistency check add.js]]"
  9. 7w ago · TTWIDEE · 2026-08-31 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Archive of our own tag → Paris (City)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Archive of our own tag: Paris (City)"
  10. 8w ago · Gamaliel · 2026-08-28 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    The encyclopedia of fantasy id → paris
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ The encyclopedia of fantasy id: paris, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/87360858|Paris (#87360858)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/3382|Encyclopedia of Fa"
  11. 8w ago · Susmuffin · 2026-08-23 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Harper's tag → paris
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Harper's tag: paris, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/289951636|paris (#289951636)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/7915|Harper's tag]] #mix'n'match"
  12. 9w ago · RVA2869 · 2026-08-17 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Located in time zone → —
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/48043|batch #48043]]: redundant value, already present at higher administrative level"
  13. 11w ago · Theklan · 2026-08-06 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Tabular population → Data:Population – Paris – – INSEE 75.tab
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Tabular population: Data:Population – Paris – – INSEE 75.tab"
  14. 13w ago · J 1982 · 2026-07-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14470 → Locations/Paris
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ P14470: Locations/Paris"
  15. 16w ago · Printstream · 2026-07-01 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14586 → 78838
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ P14586: 78838, #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1782930762135"
  16. 16w ago · Daieuxetdailleurs · 2026-06-28 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Francearchives agent id → 793866059
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Francearchives agent id: 793866059, #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1782644922236"
  17. 18w ago · AntonyFragakis · 2026-06-16 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Eska.pl topic id → tg-9wU6-ymgp-xn6k
    Catalogue of the general state archives id → kays-a5g5-qad7
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Catalogue of the general state archives id: kays-a5g5-qad7"
  18. 19w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-06-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Svkkl authority id → g0001643-Pariz-Francie
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Svkkl authority id: g0001643-Pariz-Francie, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259497|batch #259497]]"
  19. 20w ago · Difool · 2026-06-03 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Anarâš aavis topic id → pariisi
    "/* wbeditentity-update-languages-and-other-short:0||gag, kaa, sq, dz, cs, zh-hk, zh, it, sk, zh-cn, zh-my, zh-tw, es, hr, pl, zh-hant, zh-mo, zh-hans, zh-sg, eo, af, gv, mul */ Cleanup: remove wikimed"
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