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He died in Paris in 996 and was buried in the Basilica of Saint-Denis.(Illustration from the 14th century, in the National Library of France) 486 Clovis I, King of the Franks, negotiates with Saint Genevieve the submission of Paris to his authority. [5] About 502 Burial of Saint Genevieve atop the hill on the left bank which now bears her name.
In 1328, Paris's population was about 200,000, which made it the most populous city in Europe. With the growth in population came growing social tensions; the first riots took place in December 1306 against the Provost of the Merchants, who was accused of raising rents. The houses of many merchants were burned, and twenty-eight rioters were hanged.
The Paris Region, or Île-de-France, covers 12,012 km 2 (4,638 sq mi), and has its own regional council and president. It has a population of 12,213,447 as of January 2018, or 18.3 percent of the population of France. [2] The metropolitan or functional area (aire d'attraction) of Paris covers 18,941 km 2 (7,313 sq mi) and has 13,064,617 ...
Paris (French pronunciation: ⓘ) is the capital and largest city of France.With an official estimated population of 2,102,650 residents in January 2023 [2] in an area of more than 105 km 2 (41 sq mi), [5] Paris is the fourth-largest city in the European Union and the 30th most densely populated city in the world in 2022. [6]
Timeline: Roman Empire–modern age (1–1800 A.D.) Data from Hohenberg and Lees (1985) Data from Chandler (1987) See also. Notes and references. List of largest European cities in history. Over the centuries, cities in Europe have changed a great deal, rising and falling in size and influence. These tables give an idea of estimated population ...
Paris in the 18th century. Appearance. Paris in the 18th century was the second-largest city in Europe, after London, with a population of about 600,000 people. The century saw the construction of Place Vendôme, the Place de la Concorde, the Champs-Élysées, the church of Les Invalides, and the Panthéon, and the founding of the Louvre Museum.
The borders of Paris were defined in the Middle Ages by a series of walls. During the Merovingian era of Frankish rule (481–751 AD), the Île de la Cité had ramparts, and some of the monasteries and churches were protected by wooden stockades walls, but the residents of the Left and Right Banks were largely undefended.
The Munser map of Paris from 1572. The population of Paris is estimated by modern historians to have been about 250,000 at the beginning of the 16th century, growing to 350,000 by 1550, then dropping down to 300,000 by the end of the century, due to the plague epidemic of 1580, and the long siege of the city during the Wars of Religion.