Paris is the capital and most populous city of France,with an official estimated population of 2,102,650 residents as of 1 January 2023 in an area of more than 105 km2 (41 sq mi),making it the fourth-most populated city in the European Union as well as the 30th most densely populated city in the world in 2022. Since the 17th century,Paris has been one of the world's major centres of finance,diplomacy,commerce,culture,fashion,gastronomy and many areas. For its leading role in the arts and sciences,as well as its early and extensive system of street lighting,in the 19th century,it became known as "the City of Light".
Hauts-de-Seine is a département in the Île-de-France region of France. It covers Paris's western inner suburbs. It is bordered by Paris,Seine-Saint-Denis and Val-de-Marne to the east,Val-d'Oise to the north,Yvelines to the west and Essonne to the south. With a population of 1,624,357 and a total area of 176 square kilometres,it is the second most highly-densely populated department of France,after Paris. It is the fifth most populous department in France. Its prefecture is Nanterre,but Boulogne-Billancourt,one of its two subprefectures,alongside Antony,has a larger population.
The Avenue des Champs-Élysées is an avenue in the 8th arrondissement of Paris,France,1.9 kilometres (1.2 mi) long and 70 metres (230 ft) wide,running between the Place de la Concorde in the east and the Place Charles de Gaulle in the west,where the Arc de Triomphe is located. It is known for its theatres,cafés,and luxury shops,as the finish of the Tour de France cycling race,as well as for its annual Bastille Day military parade. The name is French for the Elysian Fields,the place for dead heroes in Greek mythology. It is commonly regarded as the "most beautiful avenue in the whole world".
Bertrand Delanoë is a French retired politician who served as Mayor of Paris from 2001 to 2014. A member of the Socialist Party (PS),he previously served in the National Assembly from 1981 to 1986 and Senate from 1995 until 2001.
Sorbonne University is a public research university located in Paris,France. The institution's legacy reaches back to the Middle Ages in 1257 when Sorbonne College was established by Robert de Sorbon as one of the first universities in Europe.
The École nationale d'administration was a French grande école,created in 1945 by President Charles de Gaulle and principal author of the 1958 Constitution Michel Debré,to democratise access to the senior civil service. It was abolished on 31 December 2021 and replaced by the Institut national du service public (INSP).
Claude Allègre is a French politician and scientist.
Maurice Félix Charles Allais was a French physicist and economist,the 1988 winner of the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences "for his pioneering contributions to the theory of markets and efficient utilization of resources",along with John Hicks and Paul Samuelson,to neoclassical synthesis. They formalize the self-regulation of markets,that Keynes refuted,while reiterating some of his ideas.
HEC Paris is a business school and one of the most prestigious and selective grandes écoles in France and the world,located in Jouy-en-Josas outside of Paris. HEC offers MiMs,MScs in International Finance,MBA and EMBA programs,specialised MScs,PhDs and executive education.
The Ministry of Economics,Finance and Industrial and Digital Sovereignty,informally referred to as Bercy,is one of the most important ministries in the Government of France. Its minister is one of the most prominent cabinet members after the prime minister. The name of the ministry has changed over time;it has included the terms "economics","industry","finance" and "employment" throughout its history.
The Paris Institute of Political Studies,also known as Sciences Po[sjɑ̃s po] or Sciences Po Paris,is a public research university located in Paris,France,that holds the status of grande école and grand établissement. The institute has decentralized campuses in Dijon,Le Havre,Menton,Nancy,Poitiers and Reims,each with their own academic program focused on a geopolitical part of the world. Sciences Po historically specialized in political science and history,then it progressively started to expand to other social sciences such as economics,law and sociology.
The Hôtel de Ville is the city hall of Paris,France,standing on the Place de l'Hôtel-de-Ville –Esplanade de la Libération in the 4th arrondissement. The south wing was originally constructed by François I beginning in 1535 until 1551. The north wing was built by Henry IV and Louis XIII between 1605 and 1628. It was burned by the Paris Commune,along with all the city archives that it contained,during the Semaine Sanglante,the Commune's final days,in May 1871. The outside was rebuilt following the original design,but larger,between 1874 and 1882,while the inside was considerably modified. It has been the headquarters of the municipality of Paris since 1357. It serves multiple functions,housing the local government council,since 1977 the Mayors of Paris and their cabinets,and also serves as a venue for large receptions.
Jean-Pierre Vernant was a French historian and anthropologist,specialist in ancient Greece. Influenced by Claude Lévi-Strauss,Vernant developed a structuralist approach to Greek myth,tragedy,and society which would itself be influential among classical scholars. He was an honorary professor at the Collège de France.
France,officially the French Republic,is a country located primarily in Western Europe. It also includes overseas regions and territories in the Americas and the Atlantic,Pacific and Indian Oceans,giving it one of the largest discontiguous exclusive economic zones in the world. Its metropolitan area extends from the Rhine to the Atlantic Ocean and from the Mediterranean Sea to the English Channel and the North Sea;overseas territories include French Guiana in South America,Saint Pierre and Miquelon in the North Atlantic,the French West Indies,and many islands in Oceania and the Indian Ocean. Its eighteen integral regions span a combined area of 643,801 km2 (248,573 sq mi) and have a total population of over 68 million as of January 2023. France is a unitary semi-presidential republic with its capital in Paris,the country's largest city and main cultural and commercial centre;other major urban areas include Marseille,Lyon,Toulouse,Lille,Bordeaux,Strasbourg and Nice.
Jean-Marie Vanlerenberghe is a French politician of the Democratic Movement (MoDem) who has been serving as a member of the Senate since 2001.
The Caisse des dépôts et consignations is a French public sector financial institution created in 1816,and part of the government institutions under the control of the Parliament. Often described as the "investment arm" of the French State,it is defined in the French Monetary and Financial Code as a "public group serving the public interest" and a "long-term investor". Since 2017,Éric Lombard has served as its CEO. As of 2022,it is considered the largest sovereign wealth fund in the world by total assets.
Christian Cambon is a French politician of the Republicans (LR) who has been serving as a member of the Senate since 2004,representing the Val-de-Marne department.
Antoine Arnault is a French businessman;the vice-chairman and former CEO of Christian Dior SE. He is the oldest son of billionaire and CEO of LVMH Moët Hennessy Louis Vuitton,Bernard Arnault,part of the Arnault Family,which is the second wealthiest in the world.
Institut Français de la Mode (IFM) is a higher education institution offering postgraduate courses and applied research for the fashion,luxury goods,design and textile industries,and creative industries more generally. In 2017,IFM was ranked number 1 worldwide for Fashion Business Masters programs,and number 2 worldwide for Fashion Design Masters programs by The Business of Fashion.
Paris CitéUniversity is a public research university located in Paris,France. It was created by decree on 20 March 2019,resulting from the merger of Paris Descartes and Paris Diderot universities,established following the division of the University of Paris in 1970. It was originally established as the University of Paris,but was renamed by decree in March 2022 to its current name. The university headquarter is located in the 6th arrondissement at boulevard Saint-Germain. Among the best universities worldwide,in 2021 it was ranked 14th among young universities according to the Times Higher Education,and 65th according to the Shanghai Ranking.
