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Marseille Television The Paris Catacombs Hold Remains Of Approximately 6 Million PeopleIn Paris's Roman Era Its Main Cemetery Was Located Outskirts Of Left Bank Settlement But This Changed With Rise Of Catholicism Where Most Every Inner-city Church Had Adjoining Burial Grounds Use Their Parishes With Paris's Growth Many Of These Particularly City's Largest Cemetery Les Innocents Were Filled Overflowing Creating Quite Unsanitary Conditions Capital When Inner-city Burials Were Condemned From 1786 Contents Of All Paris's Parish Cemeteries Were Transferred Renovated Section Of Paris's Stone Mines Outside Porte D'Enfer City Gate Today Place Denfert-Rochereau 14th Arrondissementprocess Of Moving Bones From Cimetière Des Innocents Catacombs Took Place Between 1786 1814 Part Of Network Of Tunnels Remains Can Be Visited Today Official Tour Of CatacombsAfter Tentative Creation Of Several Smaller Suburban Cemeteries Prefect Nicholas Frochot Under Napoleon Bonaparte Provided More Definitive Solution Creation Of Three Massive Parisian Cemeteries Outside City Limits Open From 1804 These Were Cemeteries Of Père Lachaise Montmartre Montparnasse Later Passy These Cemeteries Became Inner-city Once Again When Paris Annexed All Neighbouring Communes Inside Of Its Much Larger Ring Of Suburban Fortifications 1860 New Suburban Cemeteries Were Created Early 20th Century Largest Of These Cimetière Parisien De Saint-Ouen Cimetière Parisien De Pantin (also Known Cimetière Parisien De Pantin-Bobigny) Cimetière Parisien D'Ivry Cimetière Parisien De Bagneux Some Of Most Famous People World Buried Parisian CemeteriesHealthcare
Color map showing Regional natural parks of France, Main articles History of Marseille Timeline of Marseille, Main articles Francia Merovingian dynasty Carolingian dynasty; France part of monetary union Eurozone (dark blue) of European Single MarketA member of Group of Seven (formerly Group of Eight) leading industrialised countries of 2014 ranked world's ninth largest EU's second largest economy purchasing power parity With 31 of 500 biggest companies world 2015 France ranks fourth Fortune Global 500 ahead of Germany UK France joined 11 other EU members launch euro 1999 with euro coins banknotes completely replacing French franc (₣) 2002France has mixed economy that combines extensive private enterprise with substantial state enterprise government intervention government retains considerable influence over key segments of infrastructure sectors with majority ownership of railway electricity aircraft nuclear power telecommunications.[not citation given] has been relaxing its control over these sectors since early 1990s.[not citation given] government slowly corporatising state sector selling off holdings France Télécom Air France well insurance banking defence industries.[not citation given] France has important aerospace industry led European consortium Airbus has its own national spaceport Centre Spatial GuyanaisComposition of French economy (GDP) 2016 expenditure type. Further information Lyon Metro Lyon tramway Trolleybuses Lyon Buses Lyon Transport Rhône-Alpes TER Rhône Alpes Église Notre Dame Saint-Vincent (18th century) Neo-classical church19th century modern city This section needs expansion You can help adding it (June 2017). Marine (blue) regional (green) national (red) parks France The Paris region hosts France's highest concentration of grandes écoles – 55 specialised centres of higher-education outside public university structure prestigious public universities usually considered grands établissements Most of grandes écoles were relocated suburbs of Paris 1960s 1970s new campuses much larger than old campuses within crowded city of Paris though École Normale Supérieure has remained rue d'Ulm 5th arrondissement There high number of engineering schools led Paris Institute of Technology which comprises several colleges such École Polytechnique École des Mines AgroParisTech Télécom Paris Arts et Métiers École des Ponts et Chaussées There also many business schools including HEC INSEAD ESSEC ESCP Europe administrative school such ENA has been relocated Strasbourg political science school Sciences-Po still located Paris's 7th arrondissement most prestigious university of economics finance Paris-Dauphine located Paris's 16th Parisian school of journalism CELSA department of Paris-Sorbonne University located Neuilly-sur-Seine Paris also home several of France's most famous high-schools such Lycée Louis-le-Grand Lycée Henri-IV Lycée Janson de Sailly Lycée Condorcet National Institute of Sport Physical Education located 12th arrondissement both physical education institute high-level training centre elite athletesLibraries, France part of monetary union Eurozone (dark blue) of European Single MarketA member of Group of Seven (formerly Group of Eight) leading industrialised countries of 2014 ranked world's ninth largest EU's second largest economy purchasing power parity With 31 of 500 biggest companies world 2015 France ranks fourth Fortune Global 500 ahead of Germany UK France joined 11 other EU members launch euro 1999 with euro coins banknotes completely replacing French franc (₣) 2002France has mixed economy that combines extensive private enterprise with substantial state enterprise government intervention government retains considerable influence over key segments of infrastructure sectors with majority ownership of railway electricity aircraft nuclear power telecommunications.[not citation given] has been relaxing its control over these sectors since early 1990s.[not citation given] government slowly corporatising state sector selling off holdings France Télécom Air France well insurance banking defence industries.[not citation given] France has important aerospace industry led European consortium Airbus has its own national spaceport Centre Spatial GuyanaisComposition of French economy (GDP) 2016 expenditure type. See also List of French monarchs France Middle Ages, The Region of Île de France including Paris its surrounding communities governed Regional Council which has its headquarters 7th arrondissement of Paris composed of 209 members representing different communes within region 15 December 2015 list of candidates of Union of Right coalition of centrist right-wing parties led Valérie Pécresse narrowly won regional election defeating coalition of Socialists ecologists Socialists had governed region seventeen years regional council has 121 members from Union of Right 66 from Union of Left 22 from extreme right National FrontNational government, Auvergne- The oldest traces of human life what now France date from approximately 1.8 million years ago Humans were then confronted harsh variable climate marked several glacial erasEarly hominids led nomadic hunter-gatherer life France has large number of decorated caves from upper Palaeolithic era including one of most famous best preserved Lascaux (approximately 18,000 BC)At end of last glacial period (10,000 BC) climate became milder from approximately 7,000 BC this part of Western Europe entered Neolithic era its inhabitants became sedentaryAfter strong demographic agricultural development between 4th 3rd millennia metallurgy appeared end of 3rd millennium initially working gold copper bronze later iron France has numerous megalithic sites from Neolithic period including exceptionally dense Carnac stones site (approximately 3,300 BC)Antiquity (6th century BC–5th century AD).
The Region of Île de France including Paris its surrounding communities governed Regional Council which has its headquarters 7th arrondissement of Paris composed of 209 members representing different communes within region 15 December 2015 list of candidates of Union of Right coalition of centrist right-wing parties led Valérie Pécresse narrowly won regional election defeating coalition of Socialists ecologists Socialists had governed region seventeen years regional council has 121 members from Union of Right 66 from Union of Left 22 from extreme right National FrontNational government. No religion (39.6%) See also Paris Middle Ages Paris 16th century Paris 17th century, The French television series Plus belle la vie set imaginary quarter Le Mistral of Marseille filmed Panier quarter of MarseilleThe Netflix series Marseille set city 2010sMain sights.
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