The Île-de-France is the compact region immediately surrounding the capital of France, Paris. As such, the region includes the now far-flung suburbs of the Paris metropolis, together with several large surrounding towns that form part of the larger conurbanation.
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Explore Île-de-France including Paris, Disneyland Paris, Versailles, Fontainebleau, Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport, Nogent-sur-Marne and Saint Denis.
Browse the guide to Île-de-France including information on cities and getting around Île-de-France, and things to do.
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Paris, the cosmopolitan capital of France, is - with 2.2 million people living in the dense central city and almost 12 million people living in the whole metropolitan area - one of the largest agglomerations in Europe.
Disneyland Paris, located in the Paris suburb of Marne-la-Vallée, is the Disney Empire's European variant of their archetypal "Magic Kingdom" theme park.
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Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport is the main airport of Paris, one of the busiest hubs in Europe, largest airport in France and home of the national carrier Air France.
Nogent-sur-Marne is a town in Val-de-Marne. The river Marne goes trough the town and is a tributary of the Seine.
Saint Denis is a suburb just north of Paris. The martyred saint was said to have been beheaded in Paris, yet miraculously picked up his own head, washed it and walked nearly ten kilometers north to his future namesake village.
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