Key
transport figures
Paris
is first of all...
2,142,800
inhabitants in 2004.
It is 10,539
hectares: a very
small part of France
which spans over
54,396,500 hectares
(543,965 km²), excluding
overseas départements
and territories
54.74 km in circumference
(including two
woods)
48°50’ north
latitude, 2°20’ longitude
20 boroughs
1
outer ring road
35 km: the length
of the ring road.
156 slip roads on
the ring road, 6
interchanges.
99 surveillance cameras
Bicycles,
trams, taxis…
7.9
km of tramlines along
the inner ring road
1,451 Vélib’ stations
(bicycles on a self-service
basis) and 20,000
bicycles available
at the end of 2007
300 m: average distance
between each Vélib’ station
370 km of cycle paths
in Paris
30,000 parking spaces
for two-wheeled vehicles
1.365 billion journeys
per year in the Paris
underground (in 2005)
800,000 parking spaces
in inner Paris
15,200 taxis in circulation
Infrastructures
and facilities
6,100 streets in
Paris
13,260 crossroads
3,000 km: the total
length of pavements
13 km of expressways
on the right bank
and 3.4 km on the
left bank
33.7 km of inner
ring road
4.4 km of Grands
boulevards (between
the Place de la Madeleine
and the Place de
la Bastille)
9,884 benches, 107
clocks and 1,856
bus shelter
109 Wallace public
drinking fountains
2,417 km sewers
30,000 litter bins
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