Paris

Paris, France

Paris is the capital of France, it is found in the continent of Europe.  The language they speak in Paris is French.  It is one of the most amazing and fascinating cities in the world.

POPULATION

In 2011, 2.234million people lived in Paris.  In the 18years between 1852 and 1870 there was a major rise in population, this made Baron Haussmann decide to plan a bigger city.  In 1982 there were 2,188,918 people living in Paris, this rose to 2,243,718 by 2010.

HISTORY

The capital of France was city of Lyon, under Roman rule. Paris first became capital 508 AD that was ruled by King Clovis. The french revolution started July 14th 1789 with the taking of La Bastille Prison fall of monarchy.

LANDMARKS

France has many famous landmarks. The Eiffel tower was built in 1889 it took two years to build it and they had 132 workers. Its 300m it was the tallest building in the world. It was built to celebrate the Eiffel tower in 1889. Another land mark was the notre dame that was built in 1163. Quasimodo was a hunchback bell-ringer of the notre dame church.

Paris is a world capital city shopping and fashion with chanel Dior. Paris is in France.

By Brayden Veerkamp