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Paris Paris () is the capital and most populous city of France, with an estimated population of 2,165,423 residents in 2019 in an area of more than 105 km² (41 sq mi), making it the 30th most densely populated city in the world in 2020. S ...
is the capital of France, which may consist of : * the City of Paris * Greater Paris, administratively named ''Métropole du Grand Paris'' * the
Paris region Paris () is the capital and most populous city of France, with an estimated population of 2,165,423 residents in 2019 in an area of more than 105 km² (41 sq mi), making it the 30th most densely populated city in the world in 2020. S ...
, administratively named Île-de-France region Paris may also refer to:


People

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Paris (surname) Paris is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Aimé Paris (1798–1866), French music educator and stenographer * Ashley Paris (born 1987), Women's National Basketball Association player * Barry Paris (born 1948), American author ...
, a list of people and fictional characters *
Paris (given name) Paris is a given name used as a boy and girl name. It is of Greek origin and is common among Anglophone countries. Notable people with the name Women * Paris Bennett (born 1988), singer on ''American Idol'' * Paris Berelc (born 1998), American a ...
, a list of people and fictional characters *
Count of Paris Count of Paris () was a title for the local magnate of the district around Paris in Carolingian times. After Hugh Capet was elected King of France in 987, the title merged into the crown and fell into disuse. However, it was later revived by the ...
, a title held by senior members of the House of Orléans, and a list of the titleholders


Mythological or fictional characters

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Paris (mythology) Paris ( grc, Πάρις), also known as Alexander (, ''Aléxandros''), the son of King Priam and Queen Hecuba of Troy, is a mythological nobleman that appears in a number of Greek legends. Of these appearances, probably the best known was th ...
, a prince of Troy in Greek mythology *
Count Paris Count Paris () or County Paris is a fictional character in William Shakespeare's ''Romeo and Juliet''. He is a suitor of Juliet. He is handsome, wealthy, and a kinsman to Prince Escalus. His name comes from the Prince of Troy, Paris, in Homer' ...
, a character in Shakespeare's play ''Romeo and Juliet'' *
The Great Paris This is a list of recurring fictional characters in the '' Mission: Impossible'' franchise. Main and recurring characters The cast changed considerably episode-by-episode throughout the program's seven-year run, so not all of the characters ...
, stage name of a fictional character on the television series ''Mission: Impossible''


Places


Canada

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Paris, Ontario Paris (2021 population, 14,956) is a community located in the County of Brant, Ontario, Canada. It lies just northwest from the city of Brantford at the spot where the Nith River empties into the Grand River. Paris was voted "the Prettiest Littl ...
, a community *
Paris, Yukon Paris was a small community in the Klondike region of Yukon, Canada on Dominion Creek during the Klondike Gold Rush (1898). Postal contract documents showed that it still existed in 1911, but all traces have disappeared today. It owed its name to ...
, a former community


United States

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Paris, Arkansas Paris is a city in Logan County, Arkansas, United States, and serves as the county seat for the northern district of Logan County; its southern district counterpart is Booneville. Its population was 3,176 as of the 2020 U.S. Census. Geography ...
, a city *
Paris, Idaho Paris is a city and county seat of Bear Lake County, Idaho, United States. Located on the western side of the Bear Lake Valley, the city's population was 513 at the 2010 census, down from 576 in 2000. Paris was settled on September 26, 1863, by ...
, a city *
Paris, Illinois Paris is a city in Edgar County, Illinois, south of Chicago and west of Indianapolis. The population was 8,291 at the 2020 census. It is the county seat and largest city of Edgar County. History Paris was established in 1826 on land donated by ...
, a city * Paris, Indiana, an unincorporated community * Paris, Iowa, an unincorporated community *
Paris, Kentucky Paris is a home rule-class city in Bourbon County, Kentucky. It lies northeast of Lexington on the Stoner Fork of the Licking River. Paris is the seat of its county and forms part of the Lexington–Fayette Metropolitan Statistical Area. As ...
, a city *
Paris, Maine Paris is a town in and the county seat of Oxford County, Maine, United States. The population was 5,179 at the 2020 census. The census-designated place of South Paris is located within the town. Because the U.S. Post Office refers to the entir ...
, a town *Paris, an unincorporated community in Green Charter Township, Michigan * Paris, Mississippi, an unincorporated community *
Paris, Missouri Paris is a city and county seat of Monroe County, Missouri, United States. The population was 1,161 at the 2020 census. History Paris was platted in 1831, and named after Paris, Kentucky, the native home of one of the first settlers, Mrs. James ...
, a city *
Paris, New Hampshire Paris is an unincorporated community located within the towns of Dummer and Stark, New Hampshire, United States. The community is located along New Hampshire Route 110 and north of the Upper Ammonoosuc River The Upper Ammonoosuc River is a tribu ...
, an unincorporated community *
Paris, New York Paris is a town in Oneida County, New York, United States. The town is in the southeast part of the county and is south of Utica. The population was 4,411 at the 2010 census. The town was named after an early benefactor, Colonel Isaac Paris. Hist ...
, a town * Paris, Portage County, Ohio, an unincorporated community *
Paris, Stark County, Ohio Paris is an unincorporated community in northwestern Paris Township, Stark County, Ohio. It has a post office with the ZIP code 44669. It lies along State Route 172 between East Canton and Lisbon. The community is part of the Canton&ndash ...
, an unincorporated community *
Paris, Oregon Paris is an unincorporated community in Lane County, in the U.S. state of Oregon. It is a rural locale in the Central Oregon Coast Range north of the Siuslaw River and south of the Alsea River The Alsea River flows from Alsea, an unincorporate ...
, an unincorporated community *
Paris, Pennsylvania Paris is a census-designated place in Hanover Township, Washington County, Pennsylvania, United States. Although it is not tracked by the United States Census Bureau, Paris has been assigned the ZIP code 15021. As of the 2020 census the popu ...
, a census-designated place *
Paris, Tennessee Paris is a city in and the county seat of Henry County, Tennessee, United States. As of the 2020 census, the city had a population of 10,316. A replica of the Eiffel Tower stands in the southern part of Paris. History The present site of Pari ...
, a city *
Paris, Texas Paris is a city and county seat of Lamar County, Texas, United States. Located in Northeast Texas at the western edge of the Piney Woods, the population of the city was 24,171 in 2020. History Present-day Lamar County was part of Red River Co ...
, a city *
Paris, Virginia Paris is a small unincorporated community in Fauquier County, Virginia, United States. Located in Virginia's hunt country, it was established in a strategic spot at the eastern base of Ashby Gap along U.S. Route 17 and U.S. Route 50. History Peter ...
, an unincorporated community * Paris, Wisconsin (disambiguation), several Wisconsin localities * Paris Township (disambiguation), several US localities *
Beresford, South Dakota Beresford (; ) is a city in Lincoln and Union counties in the U.S. state of South Dakota. The population was 2,180 as of the 2020 census. The southern two-thirds is part of the Sioux City, IA- NE-SD Metropolitan Statistical Area, while the north ...
, a city formerly called Paris *
Loraine, California Loraine (formerly, Paris and Paris-Loraine) is an unincorporated community in Kern County, California California is a state in the Western United States, located along the Pacific Coast. With nearly 39.2million residents across a total a ...
, an unincorporated community formerly called Paris *Paris Mountain, South Carolina - see
Paris Mountain State Park Paris Mountain State Park is a state park in the U.S. state of South Carolina, located five miles (8 km) north of Greenville. Activities available in the park include hiking, biking, swimming and picnicking. The Lake Placid offers swimmin ...
* Paris Mountain, Virginia


Other places

* Paris, Denmark, a hamlet in Jutland *
Paris, Kiribati Paris is an abandoned settlement on the island of Kiritimati, in Kiribati. Name It was named after the city of Paris, France. It is one of the settlements on the island to be named after European places, along with nearby London and Poland. Hi ...
, an abandoned settlement on Kiritimati Island in Kiribati *
París, Herrera París is a corregimiento in Parita District, Herrera Province, Panama Panama ( , ; es, link=no, Panamá ), officially the Republic of Panama ( es, República de Panamá), is a transcontinental country spanning the southern part of No ...
, Panama, a ''corregimiento'' or subdistrict * París, Lajas, Puerto Rico, a barrio *
Paris Basin The Paris Basin is one of the major geological regions of France. It developed since the Triassic over remnant uplands of the Variscan orogeny (Hercynian orogeny). The sedimentary basin, no longer a single drainage basin, is a large sag in the cr ...
, a geological region of France * Paris Peak, Anvers Island, Antarctica * 3317 Paris, a minor planet named after the legendary figure of the Trojan War


Media


Film and television

* ''Paris'' (1926 film), an MGM film starring Charles Ray, Joan Crawford, and Douglas Gilmore * ''Paris'' (1929 film), a "lost" production of the 1928 Cole Porter Broadway musical * ''Paris'' (1937 film), a French comedy film * ''Paris'' (2003 film), an American thriller film * ''Paris'' (2008 film), directed by Cédric Klapisch * ''Paris'' (1979 TV series), starring James Earl Jones * ''Paris'' (1994 TV series), a British sitcom *Paris, fictional setting for Peter Weir's 1974 film ''
The Cars That Ate Paris ''The Cars That Ate Paris'' is a 1974 Australian horror comedy film, produced by twin brothers Hal and Jim McElroy and directed by Peter Weir. It was his first feature film, and was also based on an original story he had written. Shot mostly in ...
'' * ''Paris, France'' (film), a 1994 Canadian comedy-drama directed by Jerry Ciccoritti * ''Paris, Texas'' (film), a 1984 drama directed by Wim Wenders


Music


Artists

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Paris (band) Paris was an American rock music power trio formed in 1975 by guitarist and vocalist Bob Welch, who had just left Fleetwood Mac, bass player Glenn Cornick, formerly of Jethro Tull, and drummer Thom Mooney who had been a member of Nazz with To ...
, American rock music power trio formed in 1975 *
Paris (rapper) Oscar Jackson Jr. (born October 29, 1967), better known by his stage name Paris, is an American rapper from San Francisco, California, known for his highly charged political and socially conscious lyrics. Influenced by the Black Panthers, he wa ...
(born 1967), Oakland black nationalist rap artist *
PVRIS Pvris (pronounced "Paris" and stylized PVRIS) is an American pop rock act formed by multi-instrumentalist, singer, songwriter, and producer Lyndsey Gunnulfsen. Over her decade-long career, Gunnulfsen has released three studio LPs: ''White Nois ...
, American rock band previously called Paris *Paris, an early name of
Poison Poison is a chemical substance that has a detrimental effect to life. The term is used in a wide range of scientific fields and industries, where it is often specifically defined. It may also be applied colloquially or figuratively, with a broa ...
, a glam metal band formed in the 1980s *Paris, an early 1980s British band featuring Andy Hill


Musicals

* ''Paris'' (1928 musical), a Cole Porter musical * ''Paris'' (2003 musical), a musical written by Australian rock musician Jon English


Albums

* ''Paris'' (Marc Lavoine album), a 1991 album by Marc Lavoine * ''Paris'' (Malcolm McLaren album), a 1997 concept album by Malcolm McLaren * ''Paris'' (La Oreja de Van Gogh album), 2004 * ''Paris'' (Paris album), 1976 * ''Paris'' (Paris Hilton album), Paris Hilton's debut album * ''Paris'' (Putumayo album), a 2006 world music compilation album * ''Paris'' (Supertramp album), a 1980 double-disc live album by ''Supertramp'' * ''Paris'' (The Cure album), a 1993 live album by ''The Cure'' * ''Paris'' (Zaz album), a 2014 album by ''Zaz''


Songs

* "Paris" (The Chainsmokers song), 2017 * "Paris" (Friendly Fires song), 2008 * "Paris" (Kanye West and Jay-Z song), 2011 *"Paris", by The 1975 from ''
I Like It When You Sleep, for You Are So Beautiful yet So Unaware of It ''I Like It When You Sleep, for You Are So Beautiful yet So Unaware of It'' (stylised in sentence case) is the second studio album by English rock band the 1975, released on 26 February 2016 through Dirty Hit and Polydor. In 2014, frontman Matty ...
'', 2016 *"Paris", by Dido from ''
Life for Rent ''Life for Rent'' is the second studio album by English singer Dido, released by Arista Records on 29 September 2003. The album was produced by her brother Rollo Armstrong and American songwriter Rick Nowels. Work on the album began in mid-2002 ...
'', 2003 *"Paris", by Groove Armada from ''
Soundboy Rock ''Soundboy Rock'' is the fifth studio album by English electronic music duo Groove Armada, released on 4 May 2007 by Columbia Records. Content The cover art was created by pixel artists eBoy. The song "From the Rooftops" contains an uncredi ...
'', 2007 *"Paris", by Ingratax, 2021 *"Paris", by Kate Nash from '' My Best Friend Is You'', 2010 *"Paris", by
Kungs Valentin Brunel (; born 17 December 1996), better known by his stage name Kungs (), is a French DJ, record producer and musician. A native of Toulon, he released his first album ''Layers'' in 2016 after success with " This Girl", a collaboration ...
, 2019 *"Paris", by Magic Man from '' Before the Waves'', 2014 *"Paris", by Moondog from ''
Sax Pax for a Sax ''Sax Pax for a Sax'' is a collaboration album between the London Saxophonic and the blind musician, composer, and performer Moondog. The album was recorded in 1994 and released on November 28, 1997. The album marks Moondog's re-emergence int ...
'', 1997 *"París", by La Oreja de Van Gogh from ''
El viaje de Copperpot ''El viaje de Copperpot'' (''Copperpot's Voyage'') is Spanish pop rock band La Oreja de Van Gogh's second studio album, issued by Epic Records on 11 September 2000. It was the band's first album to feature a bonus track. ''El viaje de Copperpot'' ...
'', 2000 *"Paris", by Sabrina Carpenter from '' Singular: Act 1'', 2018 *"Paris", by Taylor Swift from ''
Midnights ''Midnights'' is the tenth studio album by American singer-songwriter Taylor Swift, released on October 21, 2022, via Republic Records. Announced at the 2022 MTV Video Music Awards, the album marks Swift's first body of new work since her 2020 ...
'', 2022 *"P A R I S", by BT from ''
Emotional Technology ''Emotional Technology'' is the fourth studio album by electronica artist BT. Transitioning towards a more pop music oriented sound, the album features some of BT's more commercially successful releases, including "Somnambulist (Simply Being L ...
'', 2003


Writing

* ''Paris'' (novel), historical novel by Edward Rutherfurd, first published in 2013 *'' Paris: A Poem'', a 1920 modernist poem by Hope Mirrlees *
Paris, BN, lat. 4404 Paris, Bibliothèque nationale de France, MS lat. 4404 is a medieval manuscript from the 9th century containing, among other legal texts, the Breviary of Alaric, and is notable also for containing illustrations of rulers. The earliest examples of ...
, a medieval manuscript


Science and technology

* ''Paris'' (plant), a genus of plants *
Parkin-interacting substrate Zinc finger protein 746 also known as Parkin-interacting substrate (PARIS) is a zinc finger protein that, in humans, is encoded by the ''ZNF746'' gene and is involved in the neurodegeneration of Parkinson's disease Parkinson's disease (PD), o ...
(PARIS), aka ZNF746, a protein/gene involved in Parkinson's disease *Paris Group of French nuclear scientists 1939–40, see
Tube Alloys Tube Alloys was the research and development programme authorised by the United Kingdom, with participation from Canada, to develop nuclear weapons during the Second World War. Starting before the Manhattan Project in the United States, the Bri ...
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Paper Aircraft Released Into Space The Paper Aircraft Released Into Space (PARIS) project was a privately organised endeavour undertaken by various staff members of the British information technology web site ''The Register'' to design, build, test, and launch a lightweight aerospace ...
, aviation project *
.paris .paris is a top-level domain for the city of Paris, France. It was introduced in June 2008 by ICANN, and the first 100 ".paris" web addresses were assigned in mid-2014. At the time of launch, domain names corresponding to Parisian places (str ...
, an Internet top-level domain for the city of Paris, France *Paris, a variant of the
AMD Sempron Sempron has been the marketing name used by AMD for several different budget desktop CPUs, using several different technologies and CPU socket formats. The Sempron replaced the AMD Duron processor and competed against Intel's Celeron series of pr ...
computer processor


Ships

* French battleship ''Paris'', launched in 1912 and scrapped in 1956 *, various steamships *''SS Paris II'', a French military ship sunk in 1917 off Kemer, Turkey


Retail and hospitality

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Paris (retail) Paris () is the capital and most populous city of France, with an estimated population of 2,165,423 residents in 2019 in an area of more than 105 km² (41 sq mi), making it the 30th most densely populated city in the world in 2020. Si ...
, a Chilean department store chain formerly known as Almacenes París *
Paris Las Vegas Paris Las Vegas is a casino hotel on the Las Vegas Strip in Paradise, Nevada. It is owned and operated by Caesars Entertainment and has a 95,263 square-foot casino with over 1,700 slot machines. The theme is the city of Paris; it includes a hal ...
, a hotel and casino


Other uses

* ''Paris'' (plant), a genus of plants *
Paris (horse) Paris (foaled 1803) was a British Thoroughbred racehorse. In a career that lasted from April 1806 to April 1808, he ran fourteen times and won seven races. In 1806 he won the Derby on his third racecourse appearance shortly after being sold by h ...
(foaled 1803), a British thoroughbred racehorse *
Paris Agreement The Paris Agreement (french: Accord de Paris), often referred to as the Paris Accords or the Paris Climate Accords, is an international treaty on climate change. Adopted in 2015, the agreement covers climate change mitigation, Climate change a ...
, international agreement on responding to climate change * Paris meetings, agreements and declarations (disambiguation) *
Paris FC Paris Football Club (), commonly referred to as Paris FC or simply PFC, is a French professional football club based in Paris, that competes in the Ligue 2, the second tier of French football. Paris FC play their home matches at the Stade Ch ...
, a French football club *
Morane-Saulnier MS.760 Paris The Morane-Saulnier MS.760 Paris is a French four-seat jet trainer and liaison aircraft designed and manufactured by Morane-Saulnier. The Paris was based upon an earlier proposed trainer aircraft, the MS.755 Fleuret. Following the failure of t ...
, a French jet trainer and liaison aircraft *
Judgement of Paris Judgement (or US spelling judgment) is also known as ''adjudication'', which means the evaluation of evidence to make a decision. Judgement is also the ability to make considered decisions. The term has at least five distinct uses. Aristotle s ...
, a Greek myth * París (Mexico City Metrobús), a BRT station in Mexico City


See also

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Pari (disambiguation) Pari or PARI may refer to: Places * Pari, Estonia, a village in Vastseliina Parish, Võru County, Estonia * Pari, Hamadan or Piruz, a village in Hamadan Province, Iran * Pari, Iran, a village in Zanjan Province, Iran * Pari, Civitella Paganico ...
* Parisian (disambiguation) * Parisii (disambiguation) * Parris (disambiguation) *
Parizh Parizh (russian: Пари́ж, lit. "''Paris''") is the name of several types of inhabited localities in Russia, rural localities in Russia. Modern localities *Parizh, Republic of Bashkortostan, a village#Russia, village in Nizhnekiginsky Selsoviet ...
(lit. ''Paris''), several rural localities in Russia * Parys (disambiguation) * Prais (disambiguation) * * {{Disambiguation, geo, date=October 2021