Paris is France’s capital, with a record shaped by history.
Paris is France’s present capital and its best-known cultural center, but the underlying record also preserves changes in where French governments sat during earlier periods. This page shows the preferred current capital statement.
Wikidata uses P36, “capital,” from France to Paris. The preferred statement carries a start date of 5 October 1789; separate statements record earlier and wartime capitals rather than flattening them into the current relationship.
Historical context
The displayed edge is the preferred current capital statement and includes its 5 October 1789 start qualifier.
Other Wikidata statements preserve historical exceptions and predecessor capitals; this page does not claim that every French government sat continuously in Paris after that date.
Evidence and context
France capital ParisWikidata P36 (start date: 5 October 1789)
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