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Ile de France : It's not only PARIS !

by mariev - last update: Dec 18, 2005

Ile de France? It's not a island, so why ?

Along the Seine
The name "Ile de France", which designs how the whole Paris region is known as,puzzle more than one person.
The sea is so far, the region is not on a lake, so why "Ile" ?

The name first appears in 1387, replacing the former name 'Pays de France'.
It seems that 'Ile' refered to the region's (delimited by the rivers Oise, Seine, Marne, Ourc) shape and corresponded to what was France then.

The region got some different names since (as the country changed) but was officially renamed Ile de France in 1976.

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Comments for mariev about Île-de-France
JLBG Sun Feb 24, 2008 05:01 UTC
 Je n'avais jamais eu la curiosité de pousser la porte de l'Église Saint Eustache! Merci de ma l'avoir ouverte!
Nemorino Sun Jul 2, 2006 10:10 UTC
 On my last visit I learned that the people who live in the Île de France are called "franciliens". (Is this true? The word is not in my dictionary.)
JetlagCity Tue Mar 15, 2005 19:22 UTC
 I've always wondered about the name Ile de France - now I know!
Maillekeukeul Wed Mar 2, 2005 11:46 UTC
 Je sens qu'on est sur la meme longueur d'onde...
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