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(Encyclopedia) Courbevoie ko͞orbvwäˈ [key], city, Hauts-de-Seine dept., N central France, on the Seine River. ...

(Encyclopedia) Paris Opéra Ballet: see Opéra.

(Encyclopedia) plaster of Paris: see gypsum.

(Encyclopedia) Paris Peace Conference, 1919: see Versailles, Treaty of. ...

(Encyclopedia) city, densely populated urban center, larger than a village or a town, whose inhabitants are engaged primarily in commerce and industry. In the United States a city is legally an incorporated municipa...

(Encyclopedia) Suresnes sürĕnˈ [key], city (1990 pop. 36,950), Hauts-de-Seine dept., N central France, a residential and industrial suburb of Paris. Its manufactures include automobiles, aeronautic equipment, and...

(Encyclopedia) Louis XVI, 1754–93, king of France (1774–92), third son of the dauphin (Louis) and Marie Josèphe of Saxony, grandson and successor of King Louis XV. In 1770 he married the Austrian archduchess Ma...

(Encyclopedia) Boulogne-Billancourt bo͞olôˈnyə-bēyäNko͞orˈ [key], city, Hauts-de-Seine dept., N central France, a suburb SW ...

(Encyclopedia) Bobigny bôbēnyēˈ [key], city, capital of Seine–Saint Denis dept., N central France, an ...

(Encyclopedia) Saint-Maur-des-Fossés săN-mōr-dā-fôsāˈ [key], city (1990 pop. 77,492), Val-de-Marne dept., N central France, on the Marne River. An industrial suburb of Paris, it manufactures automobile parts,...