ATLAS · NATIONAL CAPITALS · FRANCE
Capital of France
The capital of France is Paris. The largest, Paris, has around 2,103,778 residents in the city proper — a major capital. From Wikidata, snapshot 2026-06-23.
CAPITALParis
POPULATION2,103,778
NUMBER OF CAPITALS1
The capital
Paris2,103,778 people
In context
Where Parissits on the world’s scale of capital sizes — from the micro-capitals of a few hundred to the mega-capitals of over ten million.
10M+
5–10M
1–5MParis is here
250k–1M
50–250k
<50k
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