ILE-DE-FRANCE (titEncyclo)

ILE-DE-FRANCE « L'Île-de-France est une région française qui regroupe huit départements : Essonne, Hauts-de-Seine, Paris, Seine-Saint-Denis, Seine-et-Marne, Val-de-Marne, Val-d'Oise, Yvelines. … Cette région française d'une superficie de 12 072 km², abrite la capitale de la France : Paris (75). En 1999, elle comptait 11 millions d'habitants, soit environ 19 % de la population française. » >> More Wikipedia IDF

ILE-DE-FRANCE “Île-de-France is one of the 26 régions of France. Its territory corresponds roughly to the metropolitan area of Paris. It was created in 1976, replacing a District of the Paris Region which had been created in 1961. Île-de-France is the most populated région of France, having more inhabitants than the European countries Belgium, Greece, or Sweden, and about as many inhabitants as the U.S. state of Ohio. It is the third most populous subnational entity in the European Union after North Rhine-Westphalia and Bavaria.” >> More Wikipedia IDF