A FEW FACTS THE PARIS PARTNERS
WONDERED ABOUT WHILE VISITING
THE CITY OF LIGHT
(plus a few they didn't)


Comparisons of
Areas in Square Miles		 Map of France

Map source:
www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/geos/fr.html
212,900 -France
225,700 -New Mexico
+ Colorado
268,600 -Texas
3,537,441 -USA
 
 
 
 


Comparisons of
Northern Latitudes
to Nearest Degree

Map of New Mexico
Adapted from
http://g-lea.tamu.edu/map/nmexico.gif
49° -Gander,
Newfoundland,
Canada
49° -Paris
48° -Seattle
35° -Albuquerque
30° -San Antonio
 
 
 
Comparisons of
Populations as of 2000		 Map of Texas
Adapted from
http://g-lea.tamu.edu/map/texas.gif
11,000,000 -Paris MSA
59,230,000 -France
1,820,000 -New Mexico
20,850,000 -Texas
281,420,000 -USA

 

Paris was once the largest city in the world — for a year in 1684.

 


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