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Kraj: Paris, država: France

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Opis mesta: Paris is the capital of France and the region Ile-de-France. In older - mostly Latin - texts is also known as Lutetia Paris / Lutezia. The river Seine divides the city into a northern part (rive droite "right shore") and a southern part (rive gauche "left bank"). The administratively belonging to the city of Paris area has 2,193,031 inhabitants (census January 2007), in the urban settlement area (unite urbaine) live 10,197,678 people (census January 2007) and throughout the metropolitan region 11.83697 million people (census January 2007) .
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The outside of the ring road (French boulevard p�riph�rique, surrounds the 20 districts) lying localities of the suburbs are managed independently and do not include the city of Paris in the administrative sense. Paris is a major global city and the outstanding political, economic and cultural center of a centrally organized country and its largest hub (also including three airports and six terminal stations). Paris is the headquarters of UNESCO, the OECD and the ICC.
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Long-distance traffic
Paris is connected via a network of motorways and roads across the country. An important role is played by the Boulevard peripherique. This eight-lane urban highway leads into the traffic around Paris and in the city. Almost all the major French highways leading to Paris and to lead from all directions in the ring road, the A 1 from Lille, the A4 from Reims, the A 5 from Dijon, the A6 from Lyon, the A77 from Nevers, the A 10 from Orleans, from Rouen, the A 13 and A 16 in Amiens.
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Paris has the second largest inland port in Europe and is the hub of rail and road transport network in France. On the outskirts there are three international airports. 48.3 million passengers were handled in 2003 at the airport "Charles de Gaulle" - this was the third highest number of airports in Europe. With 23.1 million passengers Orly takes the ninth place. The third airport of Paris-Beauvais is located outside the actual metropolitan area and is served mainly by low-cost carriers.
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The important railway lines in France starting in Paris. In the direction of Lille in the north, Rennes and Bordeaux in the west, Lyon and Marseille in the south and Strasbourg in the east, there are high-speed lines that are served by the TGV. Also apply the lines of the Euro Star to London and the Thalys to Cologne and Amsterdam via Brussels European and important connections. ICE and TGV run since 2007, to Frankfurt via Saarbr�cken and Stuttgart. The main railway stations are Gare d'Austerlitz, Gare de l'Est, Gare de Lyon, Gare Montparnasse, Gare du Nord and Gare Saint-Lazare. The rail freight services include the marshalling yards in the same Le Bourget politically independent suburban and Vaires which are linked by the Great Circle Line (Grande Ceinture) or from the railway lines leading to Paris.
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The city is crossed by the Paris channels.