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Metropolitan area of Paris:
(it should be noted that the limits of the metropolitan area vary year after year, furthermore only the last two data are official as provided by the French national statistics office INSEE, the other data are just estimates compiled from several sources)
59 b.c.: 25,000 inhabitants a.d.150: 80,000 (peak of Roman era) 510: 30,000 (losses after invasions of 3rd and 4th centuries) 1000: 20,000 (lowest point after Viking invasions) 1200: 110,000 (recovery of the Middle Ages) 1328: 250,000 (blossoming of the 13th century, golden age of King Saint Louis) 1500: 200,000 (losses of the Black Plague and Hundred Years' War) 1550: 275,000 (Renaissance recovery) 1594: 210,000 (losses of religious and civil wars) 1634: 420,000 (spectacular recovery under King Henry IV and Richelieu) 1700: 515,000 1750: 565,000 1789: 630,000 (peak of prosperous 18th century) 1801: 548,000 (losses of French Revolution and wars) 1835: 1,000,000 1860: 2,000,000 (fastest historical growth under Emperor Napoleon III and Haussmann) 1885: 3,000,000 1905: 4,000,000 1911: 4,500,000 1921: 4,850,000 (stagnation due to losses of First World War) 1931: 5,600,000 1936: 6,000,000 1946: 5,850,000 (losses of Second World War) 1954: 6,550,000 1968: 8,368,500 (end of postwar baby boom, end of immigration surplus for Paris, 1982: 9,400,000 henceforth migration flows become negative, population growth is significantly slower) 1990: 10,291,851 1999: 11,174,743City of Paris:
1801: 547,800 inhabitants 1831: 714,000 1851: 1,053,000 1881: 2,240,000 1901: 2,661,000 1926: 2,871,000 1936: 2,829,746 1946: 2,725,374 1954: 2,850,189 1962: 2,753,014 1968: 2,590,771 1975: 2,317,227 1982: 2,188,918 1990: 2,152,423 1999: 2,125,246The city of Paris is itself a département of France (Paris, 75), part of the Ile-de-France région. Paris is divided into twenty numerically organised districts, the arrondissements. These districts are numbered in a spiral pattern with the 1er arrondissement at the center of the city.
The city of Paris also comprises two forests: the Bois de Boulogne on the west and the Bois de Vincennes on the east.
Prior to 1964, département 75 was "Seine", which contained the city and the surrounding suburbs. The change in boundaries resulted in the creation of 3 new départements forming a ring around Paris, often called la petite couronne (the little crown): Hauts-de-Seine, Seine-Saint-Denis and Val-de-Marne.
As an exception to the normal rules for French cities, some powers normally vested in the mayor of the city are instead vested in a representative of the national government, the Prefect of Police. As an example, Paris has no municipal police force, though it has some traffic wardens. This is a legacy of the situation that up to 1977, Paris had no mayor and was essentially run by the prefectoral administration.
Citizens of Paris elect in each arrondissement some municipal council members. Each arrondissement has its own council, which elects the mayor of the arrondissement. Some members of the arrondissement councils form the Council of Paris, which elects the mayor of Paris, and has the double functions of a municipal council and the general council of the département.
Bertrand Delanoë has been the Mayor of Paris since March 18, 2001.Former mayors Jacques Chirac and Jean Tiberi were cited in corruption scandals in the Paris region.
The city of Paris itself is only approximately 105 square kilometres (41 square miles) in size. Paris is located at 48°52' North, 2°19'59" East (48.866667, 2.333056).
The altitude of Paris varies, with several prominent hills :
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