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Paris is the capital and most populous city of France, with an administrativelimits area of 105 square kilometres (41 square miles) and a 2015 population of 2, 229, 621. The city is a commune and department, and the capitalheart of the 12, 012squarekilometre (4, 638squaremile) ÎledeFrance region (colloquially known as the Paris Region ), whose 12, 142, 802 2016 population represents roughly 18 percent of the population of France. By the 17th century, Paris had become one of Europe s major centres of fin