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Paris is France's capital and most populous city, with a population of 2,175,601 people living in an area of more than 105 square kilometres as of 2018. (41 square miles). Paris has been a prominent centre of banking, diplomacy, trade, fashion, gastronomy, science, and the arts in Europe since the 17th century. The City of Paris is the capital and seat of government of the Île-de-France region and province, or Paris Region, which has a population of 12,174,880 people, or nearly 18 percent of France's population as of 2017. In 2017, the Paris Region's GDP was €709 billion ($808 billion) According to the 2018 Economist Intelligence Unit Worldwide Cost of Living Survey, Paris was the world's second most expensive city, behind Singapore but ahead of Zürich, Hong Kong, Oslo, and Geneva. In 2018, another authority listed Paris as the most expensive city in the world, alongside Singapore and Hong Kong.

Paris is a major rail, highway, and air transportation hub, with two international airports: Paris–Charles de Gaulle (Europe's second busiest) and Paris–Orly. The Paris Métro, which opened in 1900 and serves 5.23 million passengers daily, is Europe's second-busiest metro system behind the Moscow Metro. With 262 million passengers in 2015, Gare du Nord is the world's 24th busiest railway station, but the busiest outside of Japan Paris is best known for its museums and architectural monuments: The Louvre remains the most visited museum in the world with 2,677,504 visitors in 2020. Paris welcomed 12.6 million visitors in 2020, in terms of length of stay, down 73% compared to 2019, due to the COVID19 virus. The number of foreign visitors fell by 80.7%.  Museums reopen in 2021, with limits on the number of visitors at a time and the requirement for visitors to wear masks.

The Paris Saint-Germain football team and the Stade Français rugby team are based in Paris. The 80,000-seat Stade de France, built for the 1998 FIFA World Cup, is located just north of Paris in the nearby town of de SaintDenis.Paris hosts the annual French Open Grand Slam tennis tournament on Roland clay. Red garros. The city hosted the Olympic Games in 1900, 1924 and will host the Summer Olympics in 2024. The 1938 and 1998 FIFA World Cups, the 2007 Rugby World Cup as well as the 1984 and 2016 UEFA European Rugby Championship 1960 were also held to the city.Every year in July, the Tour de France cycling race ends on the Avenue des Champs-Élysées in Paris. useum's closure for a year. long time caused by the COVID-19 virus. Musée d'Orsay, Musée Marmottan Monet and Musée de l'Orangerie are known for their collections of French Impressionist art. The Center Pompidou Musée National d'Art Moderne has the largest collection of contemporary and modern art in Europe. The Rodin Museum and the Picasso Museum display works