2. Paris is the capital of France. It is situated on the river Seine, in Northern France.
3. The city of Paris has a population of 11,769,433 (January 2006). Symbols:
4. Climate Paris has an oceanic climate and is affected by the North Atlantic Current. Paris has warm and pleasant summers with average high temperatures of 25 °C and low of 15 °C. Winter is chilly, but temperature is around 3 °C to 8 °C. Spring and autumn have mild to occasionally warm days and cool evenings. Rain falls throughout the year, and although Paris is not a very rainy city. Average annual precipitation is 642 mm.
5. Cuisine Paris' culinary reputation has its base in the diverse origins of its inhabitants. In its beginnings, it owed much to the 19th-century organization of a railway system that had Paris as a centre, making the capital a focal point for immigration from France's many different regions and gastronomical cultures. This reputation continues through.