10 Surprising Facts about city of Paris. Interesting facts about which you probably did not know. Top 10 facts about one of the biggest and most beautiful cities in Europe.
TOP 10 Paris facts:
1 Open terraces. If you were to spend each day of your life in Paris visiting a different open terrace (of a bar, cafe, or restaurant), then it would take you 29.8 years to see them all.
2 Paris was founded in the 3rd century BC and was previously called Lutetia.
3 With nearly 12 million inhabitants, including two million in Paris, Ile de France (Paris region) is the most populated urban area in Europe, ahead of London (8.5 million).
4 In total, there are 38 cities called “Paris”across the world: from the United States to Sweden and even in Panama.
5 Twenty-nine of the world’s 500 largest companies listed in the Fortune Global 500 have their headquarters in the Paris region, ranking it third in the world, after Beijing and Tokyo, and number one in Europe
6 The main bell in the Notre Dame Cathedral weighs over 13 tonnes. And it's called Emmanuel.
7 Up until 2012, you could only find one single “STOP” sign in all of Paris. This sign was located at the exit of a construction material company in the 16th arrondissement. The sign has since been removed.
8 There are in total 1,803 monuments and 173 museums in Paris.
9 The motto of Paris is “Fluctuat Ner Mergitur”, which means “Tossed but not sunk” in Latin, referring to a ship.
10 There are 6,100 streets in Paris
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