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Paris (pronounced /paˈʁi/ in French; /ˈpæɹɪs/ in English) is the capital city of France. It is situated on the River Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the Île-de-France region ("Région parisienne"). Paris has an estimated population of 2,153,600 within its administrative limits (...)

The Rue de la Paix, in the IIe arrondissement of Paris, though depending somewhat on historic prestige, remains one of the world's most fashionable shopping streets, known above all for its jewellers, headed by the shop opened by Cartier SA in 1898 at 13, rue de la Paix. The street was opened in 1806 from Place Vendôme on the orders of Napoleon I, part of the Napoleonic program to open (...)

The Théâtre des Bouffes-Parisiens is a venue in Paris, France, famous for its productions of operetta and opéra comique, especially those of its founder, the composer Jacques Offenbach. It is located at 4 rue Monsigny in the 2nd arrondissement. (...)