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Originally Posted by Goran
 nice comeback
I guess it depends how you define Paris. For example London could be defined as up to the M25, but in reality suburbs of London stretch even further.
Likewise, if you include Paris Urban area, that stretches up to CDG airport.
I was surprised to find out, depending on which suburban areas you count, Paris actually has a bigger population than London! |
as you suggest , it depends where you draw the line ..the paris urban area is reckoned to be something around 12 million , london calculated on the same basis around 14 million
but le bourget is officially not in paris , it's a commune with it's own council /mayor/budget etc
if you want to be precise I suppose our friend boris is mayor to perhaps 3 times as many people as the mayor of paris ; what both have in common is that a lot of local decisions are made in smaller units contained within the city , called arrondisments in paris and boroughs in london ...but what's in a name !
did you get to the museum ?...never got around to it myself