الأحد، 6 نوفمبر 2011

tourist center of France

      
 
Paris coat of arms,
bearing the city's motto:
Fluctuat nec mergitur
("She is tossed by the
waves, but is not sunk.")
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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 Since then, as homes have been replaced by offices in Paris proper, most of the growth has occurred in the suburbs, where a large portion of the blue-collar work force lives.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 
from central Paris
Paris Bed  Breakfast
  • US President Barack Obama speaks during a media conference at a G20 summit in Cannes, France on Friday, Nov. 4, 2011. Leaders from within troubled Europe and far beyond are working Friday on ways the International Monetary Fund could do more to calm Europe's debt crisis. (AP Photo/Michel Spingler)

    Press Conference by President Obama

    US President Barack Obama speaks during a media conference at a G20 summit in Cannes, France on Friday, Nov. 4, 2011. (AP Photo/Michel Spingler)
  • President Barack Obama and French President Nicholas Sarkozy walk past troops during an event outside City Hall in Cannes, France, Friday, Nov. 4, 2011. The two leaders were at a memorial to World Wars I and II. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

    Commemoration outside City Hall, Cannes

    President Obama and President Sarkozy walk past troops during an event outside City Hall in Cannes, Nov. 4, 2011. The two leaders were at a memorial to World Wars I and II. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)
  • President Obama, center, talks with French President Sarkozy, far left, German Chancellor Merkel, and British Prime Minister Cameron, far right, at the G20 in Cannes.

    Obama meets with French, German leaders

    "The most important aspect of our task over the next two days is to resolve the financial crisis here in Europe" President Obama said after a meeting with President Sarkozy.
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  • U.S. President Barack Obama, right, is greeted by U.S. Ambassador to France Charles Rivkin at Cote d'Azur Airport in Nice after his arrival in France for the G20 Summit in Cannes, Thursday, Nov. 3, 2011. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

    G20 Summit in Cannes

    U.S. President Barack Obama is greeted by U.S. Ambassador to France Charles Rivkin after his arrival in France for the G20 Summit in Cannes, Nov. 3, 2011. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)
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  • US President Barack Obama, center, walks with French President Nicolas Sarkozy, second left, during arrivals for the G20 summit in Cannes, France on Thursday, Nov. 3, 2011.(AP Photo/Michel Euler)

    President Obama at the G20 Summit

    US President Barack Obama, center, walks with French President Nicolas Sarkozy, second left, during arrivals for the G20 summit in Cannes, France on Thursday, Nov. 3, 2011. (AP Photo/Michel Euler)
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    between the United States and France, Cannes, Nov. 4: "For more than two centuries we have stood together in friendship,..."
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    Intercontinental Carlton Cannes Hotel, Cannes, France, November 03, 2011
  • Remarks by President Obama and President Nicolas Sarkozy of France
    Joint Statement, Convention Center, Cannes, France, November 3, 2011.
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