Paris, the capital of France, is with its 11 million inhabitants the most populated metropolitan area in Europe. An important settlement for more than 2000 years, Paris is today one of the world's leading business and cultural centers. Greater Paris (Île-de-France) produces about a quarter of the gross domestic product of France. Paris is one of the most popular tourist destinations in the world, with 45 million tourists every year in the Paris Region.
If you are planning to visit Paris you may be interested in having a quick look at several photos of it. Click on the links below to view the pictures. We have taken any attempt to provide exact (GPS-based) coordinates of the positions where the photos have been taken.
Here you see Paris from space. Image courtesy of Earth Sciences and Image Analysis Laboratory, NASA Johnson Space Center.