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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]
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 ]
Youth of non-european origin became a majority in a few areas outside the Ile-de-France also, in particular in Vaulx-en-Velin close to Lyon, as well as Vénissieux, Rillieux-la-Pape and Wazemmes in Lille, in Grand Parc in Bordeaux, and in several arrondissements of Marseilles. In Grigny, 31% of young people are of Sub-saharian origin.
Yvelines (French: ⓘ eev-leen) is a department in the western part of the Île-de-France region in Northern France.In 2019, it had a population of 1,448,207. [4] Its prefecture is Versailles, home to the Palace of Versailles, the principal residence of the King of France from 1682 until 1789, a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1979.
Seine-Saint-Denis (French pronunciation: [sɛn sɛ̃ d(ə)ni] ⓘ) is a department of France located in the Grand Paris metropolis in the Île-de-France region.In French, it is often referred to colloquially as quatre-vingt treize or neuf trois ("ninety-three" or "nine three"), after its official administrative number, 93.
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
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).