Oswaldo Royett

Paris   ( UK:   / ˈ p ær ɪ s / ;  US: / ˈ p ɛər ɪ s / ;  French:   [paʁi]   ) is the capital and most populous city of  France . Situated on the  Seine  River, in the north of the country, it is at the heart of the  Île-de-France   region , also known as the  région parisienne  (Paris Region in English).  The city of Paris has a population of 2,249,975 inhabitants (January 2011),  while its  metropolitan area  is  one of the largest population centres in Europe , with 12,292,895 inhabitants at the January 2011 census.  About 2.7 million of this total were born outside  Metropolitan France  and represent a multitude of different countries and territories from around the world.