Paris coat of arms, bearing the city's motto: Fluctuat nec mergitur ("She is tossed by the waves, but is not sunk.") © Vector-Images.com | |
Paris has been one of the major cities of Europe since the Middle Ages, but the development of the city as it exists today occurred in the second half of the 19th century. Its greatest growth came during a 40-year period after 1850, when the population doubled in size to more than 2 million; it reached a peak in 1921 (2,906,500), after which people began migrating away from the city. Since then, as homes have been replaced by offices in Paris proper, most of the growth has occurred in the suburbs, where a large portion of the blue-collar work force lives. Of a total of 2 million commuters, about half travel daily from the outlying areas to the city center, and half travel
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Remarks by President Obama and President Nicolas Sarkozy of France
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