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Ile-de-FranceRegion of northern France; area 12,012 sq km/4,638 sq mi; population (1999 est) 10,952,000. It includes the French capital, Paris, and the towns of Versailles, Sèvres, and St-Cloud, and comprises the départements of Essonne, Val-de-Marne, Val-d'Oise, Ville de Paris, Seine-et-Marne, Hauts-de-Seine, Seine-St-Denis, and Yvelines; the region contains about 20% of the population of France. From here the early French kings extended their authority over the whole country. It has thus become the core of the French state and comprises its geopolitical heartland.
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Organization of the European Biotech Crossroads was attributed to (i) the city of Lille and the EurasantE[umlaut] cluster for the 2005 edition and the odd-numbered years to come and (ii) Paris, its Regional Economic Development Agency for Paris Ile-de-France (ARD) and their partners for the even-numbered years from 2006 on. Organization of the European Biotech Crossroads was attributed to (i) the city of Lille and the EurasantE[umlaut] cluster for the 2005 edition and the odd-numbered years to come and (ii) Paris, its Regional Economic Development Agency for Paris Ile-de-France (ARD) and their partners for the even-numbered years from 2006 on. The new service, offered in French, provides motorists calling from a mobile phone with hands-free, real-time traffic information for the Ile-de-France region around Paris. |
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