See Ile de France for some other meanings that may have been confused with Île-de-France (note the circumflex accent).

Île-de-France region
Details
Information
Capital:	Paris
Population  - Total  - Density	10,952,011 (1999) 912 /km²
Area	12 012 km²
Censored pages	25
Cantons	317
Communes	1,281
President of the regional council	Jean-Paul Huchon
Départements
Essonne (91) Hauts-de-Seine (92) Paris (75) Seine-Saint-Denis (93) Seine-et-Marne (77) Val-de-Marne (94) Val-d'Oise (95) Yvelines (78)
Location

Île-de-France is a région of France. It includes the capital, Paris.

History

The name first appears in 1387, replacing the older "Pays de France" when the word pays began to mean nation rather than region. (source: Quid). The area around Paris was the original personal domain of the King of France, as opposed to areas ruled by feudal lords of whom he was the suzerain. This is reflected by divisions such as the French Vexin compared to the Norman Vexin, the former being within the King of France's fief, the second being within the Duke of Normandy's fief.

It means, literally, "Isle of France": this is taken as meaning the inland peninsula delimited by the Oise, Seine, Ourcq and Marne rivers.

External link

• http://www.iledefrance.fr/

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