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The District of the Paris Region was reconstituted into the Île-de-France region on 6 May 1976, thus aligning the status of the region with that of the other French regions, created in 1972. The Prefecture of the Paris Region was renamed Prefecture of Île-de-France (Préfecture de L'Île-de-France). The former Board of Trustees was replaced ...
The Île-de-France (/ ˌ iː l d ə ˈ f r ɒ̃ s /; French: [il də fʁɑ̃s] ⓘ; lit. ' Island of France ') is the most populous of the eighteen regions of France, with an official estimated population of 12,271,794 residents on 1 January 2023. [1]
ISO 3166-2:FR is the entry for France in ISO 3166-2, part of the ISO 3166 standard published by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO), which defines codes for the names of the principal subdivisions (e.g., provinces or states) of all countries coded in ISO 3166-1.
The name of the town literally means "Roissy in the Pays de France", and not "Roissy in the country France". Another example of the use of France in this meaning is the new Stade de France, which was built near Saint-Denis for the 1998 Football World Cup. It was decided to call the stadium after the Pays de France, to give it a local touch. In ...
Île-de-France (Greenland), an uninhabited island of the Greenland Sea, Greenland; Isle de France (Mauritius), Mauritius under French rule between 1715 and 1810 as Isle de France; Île-de-France (European Parliament constituency) Île-de-France, a public square in Paris on the Île de la Cité; Ile-de-France, a sector of Planoise, Besançon, France
Isle de France (Modern French: Île de France, pronounced [il də fʁɑ̃s] ⓘ) was a French colony in the Indian Ocean from 1715 to 1810, comprising the island now known as Mauritius and its dependent territories. It was governed by the French East India Company and formed part of the French colonial empire.
The Île-de-France is a magnet for immigrants, hosting one of the largest concentrations of immigrants in Europe. As of 2006, about 35% of people (4 million) living in the region were either immigrant (17%) or born to at least one immigrant parent (18%). [ 3 ]
Flag Date Use Description 14th century (de facto) Traditional flag of Île-de-France: Three gold Fleur-de-lis on a solid-blue background. Same as the Kingdom of France. [1] This symbol, three gold Fleur-de-lis on a solid-blue background, is a banner of the former royal coat of arms of France, the king historically being the direct lord of Île de France (as the core of his royal demesne).