Ile-de-France
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| Region Ile-de-France | |
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Details | |
| Information | |
| Capital: | Paris |
| Population
- Total - Density |
10 952 011 (1999) 912 /km² |
| Area | 12 012 km² |
| Arrondissements | 25 |
| Cantons | 317 |
| Communes | 1 281 |
| President of the regional council | Jean-Paul Huchon |
| Departements | |
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Essonne (91)
Hauts-de-Seine (92) Paris (75) Seine-Saint-Denis (93) Seine-et-Marne (77) Val-de-Marne (94) Val-d'Oise (95) Yvelines (78) | |
| Location | |
History
The name first appears in 1387, replacing the older "Pays de France" when the word pays began to mean nation rather than region. (source: Quid). The area around Paris was the original personal domain of the King of France, as opposed to areas ruled by feudal lords of whom he was the suzerain. This is reflected by divisions such as the French Vexin compared to the Norman Vexin, the former being within the King of France's fief, the second being within the Duke of Normandy's fief.
It means, literally, "Isle of France": this is taken as meaning the inland peninsula delimited by the Oise, Seine, Ourcq and Marne rivers.
| Regions of France | |
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| Alsace | Aquitaine | Auvergne | Lower Normandy | Burgundy | Brittany | Centre | Champagne-Ardenne | Corsica | Franche-Comte | Upper Normandy | Ile-de-France | Languedoc-Roussillon | Limousin | Lorraine | Midi-Pyrenees | Nord-Pas-de-Calais | Loire Region | Picardy | Poitou-Charentes | Provence-Alpes-Cote-d'Azur | Rhone-Alpes | |
| Overseas Departments | |
| Guadeloupe | Martinique | French Guiana | Reunion | |