Place details
Place nameÎle-de-France
Other namesIle-de-France, Isle-de-France, Région Parisienne
CountryFrance
Latitude49
Longitude2.417
SourceThesaurus of Geographic Names
Overview
In the Middle Ages, meant a large area with Paris as the center; in the 15th century it was a wide military province, bounded to the north by Picardy, to the west by Normandy, to the south by Orléanais and Nivernais, and to the east by Champagne; see also modern region of Île-de-France and historic Francia.
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