Ile-de-France area12 billion m2
60 millionMovie screens
1.7 hundredthsTexases
24.2Lake Tahoe surfaces
12,012 square kilometers
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Paris (Ile-de-France)
The City of Light and its surrounding region/Cities & Urban
The Paris metropolitan area (Ile-de-France region) covers about 12,012 square kilometers and is home to approximately 12.2 million people, making it the most populous metro area in the European Union. The city proper (Paris intra-muros) is remarkably compact at just 105 square kilometers, bounded by the Boulevard Peripherique ring road. Paris contains some of the world's most visited landmarks including the Eiffel Tower (330 m), the Louvre, Notre-Dame, and the Arc de Triomphe, drawing over 30 million international tourists annually.
Measurements
City proper area105 million m2
402,499Tennis courts
8.6 tenthsSan Franciscos
105 km2 within the Peripherique
Peripherique length35,000 m
2.3 billionWhite blood cells
350 trillionX-ray wavelengths
20,231Yoga mat lengths
Ring road around Paris proper
Metro network length226,000 m
185,246Shipping pallets
94,167Corn stalk heights
9.4 billionthsVoyager 1 distances
226 km, 16 lines
Eiffel Tower height330 m
4,925Tennis ball diameters
363Umbrellas
118 quadrillionElectron radii
Including antenna
Champs-Elysees length1,910 m
6,367Lily pad diameters
1,364Broom lengths
Famous boulevard