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unusual facts about Paris Region



Demographics of Paris

From this it is still possible to determine that Paris and its metropolitan area is one of the most multi-cultural in Europe: at the 2010 census, 23.0% of the total population in the Paris Region was born outside of Metropolitan France, up from 19.7% at the 1999 census.

Essonne

In June 1963 Carrefour S.A. opened the first hypermarket in the Paris region at Sainte-Geneviève-des-Bois (although the word "hypermarché" was first used only in 1966).

Roissy-en-France

The closest station to Roissy-en-France is Aéroport Charles de Gaulle 1 station on line B of the Paris Region's express suburban rail system, the RER.


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Gare de Montdidier

Coal trains from the mining region travelled to Creil and the large marshalling yards in the North Paris region via Estrées-St-Denis and Longueil-Ste-Marie, joining the line to Amiens at Estrées.

Hans Christian Schulze

From August 1940 until June 1941 Schulze and the rest of the Division were stationed as an occupying force in the Paris region.

Parliamentary immunity

In 2004, Charles Pasqua was voted in as a senator by conservative electors of the Paris region (the Senate is elected by an electoral college).

Yonka

Today, Laboratoires Multaler, the parent company of YON-KA brand, remains located in the Paris region, Colombes led by founders' daughters and nieces - Françoise and Catherine Mühlethaler.