Saturday 5 January 2013

Places named "Paris" worldwide


USA

There are twenty three cities and towns in the United States named after Paris. These are New Paris Indiana, New Paris Ohio, New Paris Pensylvania. Paris, Arkansas, Paris, Dakota ,Paris, Idaho, Paris, Illinois, Paris, Kentucky, Paris, Maine, Paris, Michigan, Paris, Missouri, Paris, New York,Paris, Ohio and Paris, Pennsylvania, Paris, Tennessee, Paris, Texas, Paris, Virginia, Paris, Wisconsin, Paris Township, Michigan(Polish settlement),South Paris, Maine,St. Paris, Ohio,West Paris, Maine.Paris Texas is second largest Paris in the world with a population of 25000.

 
Canada

Paris, Ontario is located on the Grand River in the province of Ontario. It is at the junction of the Nith and Grand rivers. The community was named for the plaster of Paris gypsum deposits here.

Besides, Paris Ontario, there is a small community in the Klondike region of the Yukon also called Paris. It owns its name to its large proportion of French speakers and the fact that its postmaster was born in Paris, France

Kiribati

Paris, Kiribati is an abandoned settlement on Kiritimati Island in Kiribati. It is one of several settlements on the island to be named after European places, along with nearby London and Poland.

Poland

In Poland , there are two villages and one hamlet named Paris. One village is located in the administrative district of Gmina Pokój , in south-western Poland while the other village is located in the district Gmina Znin in North Central Poland. The hamlet named Paris is located in the new mountains in the district of Krakow.
Estonia:There is a small village named Paris (Pariis) in Estonia

2 comments:

  1. you aren't right about Poland my dear friend....in there are 2 villages and 1 hamlet in my country (look my post at your last blog pls) Mirella

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    1. Thanks Ana for pointing out. I have accordingly update the post :)

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