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| | AllRefer.com - Ile-de-France, region, France, France (French Political Geography) - Encyclopedia |
 | | Ile-de-France[El-du-frANs] Pronunciation Key, region and former province, N central France, in the center of the Paris basin, a fertile depression where the Marne and Ouse rivers join the Seine. |
 | | Containing parts of the Beauce and Brie districts and of the Vexin, Ile-de-France is now included in the departments of Paris, Seine-Saint-Denis, Val-de-Marne, Hauts-de-Seine, Val d'Oise, Yvelines, Essonne, and Seine-et-Marne. |
 | | Places of economic or historic importance besides Paris include Beauvais, CompiEgne, Fontainebleau, Laon, Meaux, Melun, Nemours, Saint-Cloud, Saint-Germain-en-Laye, Senlis, Soissons, and Versailles. |
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