Prague as well considering 50% of the Historic Center has survived intact, along with the easily discernable later developments of suburbs that were then incorporated.
Small correction: the Grande Arche de La Défense was actually one of François Mitterrand's " Grands Projets" (the Louvre Pyramid, Musée d'Orsay, Parc de la Villette, Arab World Institute, Opéra Bastille, Paris Bercy, Bibliothèque nationale de France).
after going to the summit of the eiffel tower, i was truly blown away by how many buildings and dense districts were in seemingly every corner of paris
@@francoisleyrat8659 no. It's not. All 5 densest cities in Europe are part of Paris inner suberbs with Paris itself sitting at #11.. Paris is 4 times denser than Madrid so they are not even in the same league really in terms of density.
I’m glad you included the quote from Rousseau; many revisionists like to paint revolutionaries in a non-violent light but Rosseau's own words reveal his true intentions.
Rousseau never lived to see the Genevan or French revolutions. And he was quite peaceful, although maybe if he lived through the revolution he wouldn't have been lol
The French Revolution is a very complex and interesting story. The monarchs had too much power and a revolution was needed...but the leading group of the revolution would be no better (even worse) than the monarch with their violence, especially the Reign of Terror which lead to mass executions. But then a moderate group was able to get rid of the extremist...only for Napolean to return France to an autrocratic state but this time as Emperor. They went back and forth between Republic & Empire for several decades. Meanwhile, many other countries in the 1800's had much quicker and better transition to a democracy or republic or anything that wasn't a single person rule.
Just arrived in Paris with my students for a month-long study abroad program. This vid could not be more perfect for them or more better-timed. Thanks!
This was a great video! The only issue is the map displays the city of Paris’ population but shows growth of the whole île de france region which houses around 14 million people
In the City of Lights the renowned French photographer Henri Cartier-Bresson created many pictures never using a flash, favoring the diffused light of overcast days.
Good video but I think there a few things to double check: 1) Doesn't seem fair to say that Notre-Dame was part of the origins of the Gothic style without mentioning the earlier Saint-Denis and the influence it had. 2) I think maybe this gives the Franks too much credit for popularizing Christianity in the region, because hadn't Christianity already been the state religion of Rome for over a century by that point? 3) The quote here attributed to Rousseau is more commonly attributed to Diderot, though that is also disputed. Finding the true origin of quotes can be just about impossible. 4) The yearly population counts can't be verified to nearly the level of precision shown here. No way any academic would approve so many significant figures, at least not not from premodern times. 5) The thing about the wide Paris boulevards being designed to suppress revolts is treated as fact by many people, but it's a disputable claim.
En effet, Napoléon III à voulu que Paris soit comme Londres de l'époque. Il a donc donné carte blanche à Hausman pour agrandir, aérer et embellir Paris.
Gothic architecture originated in Saint Denis, but pretty sure Sens cathédrale was the very first. In all cases, Sens isn't far from Paris, just downriver
I agree, it doesn't make sense to isolate Paris into an island when it only makes sense as a proper city when you consider the greater Paris region. A very silly mistake for an urbanist, am a bit disappointed
Agreed. Philadelphia and Pittsburgh combined have the same population as Paris, but Île-de-France has a population similar to the whole of Pennsylvania.
Underrated: the Church’s University of Paris quickly became the most important university during the golden age that was the High Middle Ages. Every major academic would visit Paris, if not take permanent residence there, making Paris the intellectual epicenter of Europe for centuries.
Brilliant work, an introduction to learn more about Paris in many aspects. Still a place to visit and enjoy, on a bike being a good idea. A great you tube channel you have there by the way!
Phenomenally comprehensive. Superb presentation. Thanks for posting! Would you be willing to share the data source for the year/population tracker? Or the widget/process for having it interactively follow along with the video? Or both? GIS guy here. Would love to play around with the data. Lots of stuff goes on behind the scenes to present the information the way you did!
I love the subtitles stuggling to keep up with proper nouns. Perhaps my favorite line is "Under the Mayor of Engineering Rule Pairs became the capital of the country." (Under Merovingian Rule Paris became the capital of the country)
If only Parisians managed to preserve at least one small medieval district. It would be fascinating sight today. What surprises me most is how similar medieval Paris architecture looked to medieval London or medieval German cities. All dominated by half-timbered houses. Must be Frank influence. I love Paris, especially now that it has embraced cycling but being a big city its monotonous hausmannian architecture robs it quite a bit of charm. It is of course well compensated by numerous sights but still I feel like too much has been lost through the centuries. Maybe that is why I am more attracted to smaller French cities which preserved more of their history like Tours.
Rouen is the largest French city that preserved its (frankish orman style) half-timbered architecture, even though ~30% of it was destroyed in a war. So it gives the best feel comparison to the medieval Paris. But the medieval buildings in Paris were replaced long before Haussmann, mostly from 1750s. So by Haussmann time, the city was dominated by 18th c. stone- and stucco-faced townhouses subdivided for apartments (originally each plot was a single-family home). Many half-timbered houses remained, just the facade covered with stone or stucco, and only a handful are uncovered for example on rue Francois-Miron. Finally it is a myth that Haussmann demolished all of this. In fact most has remained. A total of ~50% of pre-Haussmann housing stock in intramural Paris remains, if you know where to look. There is a helpful map which I can't link on youtube. But districts such as Le Marais, Saint-Germain, Île Saint-Louis - retained both medieval plan and most of its pre-Haussmann buildings.
@@vaevictis3612 Is the reason that you're unable to link due to YT auto-deleting your posts with urls in them? This happens to me and it drives me nuts because I see other people able to post links. I've never spammed or had any type of violations on my account.
A. very interesting video about an extraordinarily beautiful and culturally exciting city. But, please, correct the positioning of Rome on the geographic map, when you mention the Roman Empire. We are way lower, in the middle of Italy. Milan is actually up there, where you pin Rome in your Map. Beyond that, a great video.
This video is NOT about why Paris is a powerful city, where its wealth came from which paid for all the monuments and infrastructure there. It's a history of how the city looks and who its architects and planners were.
Nice overview of paris. Suggestion: replace latin quarter map used in earlier part of video with a more accurate map. A current map of the 5th arrondissement with its 4 quarters is misleadingly used. Several historic maps of roman paris are available, illustrating how it was centered with the il de la cite.
Since the title of this video is currently "How Did Paris Become a Global Powerhouse?", I find it disappointing that you didn't discussion wealth extraction from rural France or the global colonialism of the French empire at all. Thomas Piketty has done some interesting work on the subject and it's clear that Paris was dramatically changed by these wealth flows. Of course, going into more detail would make this video hours long rather than minutes.
Paris also had the first ever network resembling a modern transit system, with carriages running regular routes for a low price (the carrosses à cinq sols). It was started by Blaise Pascal (genius who invented the first ever mechanical calculator at age 19, and whom we measure atmospheric pressure with) because he wanted to provide cheap transportation for the lower classes. The problem was that the higher strata of society didn't want to mix and so the market was reduced, and the whole thing failed after a few years. The world would have to wait another 150 years to see public transit be re-invented.
There is a mistake in the video. It show the population of Paris as a little bit more than 2 million, which the correct population of the City of Paris. But the video also mentions La Defense, which is not in the city but in the metro area, with around 13 million habitants. Since the video asks how Paris became a global peer house, it is more relevant show the meteo area population, more so because the population in the City of Paris is declining, meanwhile the metro area continues attract more people.
A little disappointed you didnt mention paris commune, one of the most interesting moments in parisian history, and one of the most important events in modern history
There are a lot more medieval buildings than in, say, London. This is not always obvious as the facades often are now covered in stucco covering the old half-timber underneath. The interiors are wonderfully labyrinthine and the roof beams were often taken from the frames of broken up ships.
Worth noting that this is the population of Paris Intramuros, basically the historic center, the arrondissements, but the map shows the boundaries of the Paris Urban Area, or Unité Urbaine, which has an actual population of just under 11 Million.
It would be intersting to include the urban area in a story about a city like Paris, since the borders effectively stalled in the 19th century unlike many other cities (like London). Paris is much bigger than the official city figure would imply with dense city fabric extending far beyond its official borders. (To be clear, I don't necessarily think that expanding the city borders would be a good thing, at some point city governance just becomes so alienated from its people as it becomes larger and larger, that it makes more sense to view the city as a region and neighborhoods as cities)
people moved to the suburbs and in paris, the suburbs arent counted as paris but each independent city. Parisians are being priced out of the city centre and moving to the outer suburbs,
Actually population didn't drop. There is a biais: "Paris" (2 million inhabitants) is a small part of the "aglomeration of Paris", narrowed into a boulevard called the "pérphérique". All the cities outside this boulevard (around 8 Million inhabitants) are not statistically parisians but technicaly, they are. The Subway system spread over the Périphérique, the business district, main stadiums and of course airports are also outside. So, just considering Paris for thé Citya center IS a terrible mistake.
Average sq metre property price in Paris, despite a slight decrease : 11 000 €, 13- 15 000 € in the most central neighbourhoods. Also smaller households living in the same flats/apartments, many families with children having moved out. In the 1960's you shared a room with a sister/brother well into teenage. No longer.
Interesting presentation; however, towards the end of the video, you're showing the extend of urbanisation beyond the city limits , whilst giving only the population of the municipality of Paris. If you're taking the entire Paris Urban Area, it would be more like 10 million people.. The question of where Paris stops is indeed a tricky one!
well no the question is pretty easy. Paris limits are within the boulevard périphérique, the circular road going all around the city. Everything after that is not only not paris, it’s also entire different departments.
@@rahhuuuu2321 That's a very simplistic view; the City of Paris and the "banlieue" work as one urban unit: could you imagine Paris without la Défense, La Plaine St Denis, Rungis, Marne la Vallée (etc, etc...) ? Just stand in the middle of the city and you'll quickly realise you're not at the centre of a 2 million people municipality but of something much larger!
Why to have chosen the (useless and misleading) City Proper population until the end? A right figure would be the Urban Area population (now around 11 Millions), or even better: the Metropolitan Area population (now around 13,5 Millions), which would reflect a lot better the real size of this "city", and would allow a real comparison with the other equivalent big cities in Europe (Moscow, Istanbul, London...)
The city changed its name to Paris during the fourth century. During this period, the city was threatened by Attila the Hun and his army, and according to the legend, the inhabitants of Paris resisted the attacks thanks to the providential intervention of Saint Geneviève (patron saint of the city). In 508 the first king of the Franks, Clovis I, made Paris the capital of his empire. In 987, the Capetian dynasty came to power until 1328. During the eleventh century, Paris gradually became more prosper thanks to its trade in silver and because it was a strategic route for pilgrims and traders.
It's interesting how time has been favorable to Haussmann. His name is mostly synonymous with his style of buildings, which is itself synonymous with the beauty of Paris. The amount of displacement required with little compensation is mostly left to history such as this video. Meanwhile Robert Moses has become the devil in urbanist circles (for good reasons) even though he had far less freedom to implement his ideas. But the negative effects he had are closer to us in time.
Hello, I live in Watertown, MA, a suburb of Boston. I wanted to tell you about the abhorrent transit situation that the nearby city of Lynn has found itself in. The city has been building more densely around its commuter rail station, however, the MBTA has closed the station due to the disrepair of the building, even though it was built in 1991. A new station will not be done until 2030, which is absolutely ridiculous. The city has urged the MBTA to build a temporary platform, which will take 12-18 months. Otherwise, they have to take a shuttle bus to Swampscot for the commuter rail or a shuttle to Revere for the Blue Line, which will take a long amount of time during rush hour. It's ridiculous that Lynn, which is the same distance to Boston and Brooklyn is to Manhattan, has no accessible transit to get to Boston. This is compounded by the fact of the large Latino and Black population in Lynn. This has also caused economic problems as building contractors to have densified around the station will suffer since young commuters will not move in without transit. This has led to a grocery store cancelling its plan to move into one of the buildings. I wanted to spread the news about this. If you want to see the full article, it's in the June 25th Boston Globe written by Joan Vennochi.
Consider covering "Sustainable Energy - Without the Hot Air". It is an excellent book that is low on adjectives and high on numbers, and it encourages readers to solve the energy challenge however they want, requiring only that the numbers add up, I.e. energy production must equal consumption.
really? Where's that from? Giving the Paris commune was a thing at the time, very well could be like the Egyptians did in Cairo to prevent revolution against the military junta.
Great history summary on Paris! I watched a few seasons of Viking and found it odd that they portrayed Paris as being such a large city in the 800's or 900's. It was later that it became a big city.
Strongly recommend change to professional voice-over by one who understands a period at end of sentence does not signify the voiceover to rise as in a question.
One very important correction: Chamber pots were NOT emptied into the streets. There are no sources for that and we know that medieval cities had several ways to deal with human waste. Of course these cities were not as hygienic as modern ones, but they weren't stinking hellholes either. There were rudimentary sewage systems, hygiene regulations and even officials who were in charge of what we would call public health. If we read the sources, we often hear that wealthy city dwellers had nice gardens and open summer rooms, something that wouldn't have been very unpleasant if the city had indeed smelled bad. These people had not the same hygienic standards as we do, but they weren't dysfunctional animals. They washed themselves daily, liked nice smells and there was a high density of bathing houses, somewhat similar to roman thermae (not as big of course) or modern finnish saunas. And the human waste was not something one would throw away. Urine was a valuable resource for several crafts (like dyers) and for manufacturing gunpowder. Feces were used as agricultural fertilizer. These people were not stupid.
@@liberalbias4462 Because the Indian govt and public are highly corrupt and Inefficient such that they can't do anything right, let alone city planning.
Great video but just at the end the population of 2 million inhabitants is for "Paris intra-muros" or Paris intramural 8n English but the map shows Paris and its suburbs where its population is about 7 million inhabitants
It's not really, only administratively. Paris essentially locked its administrative borders in the 19th century. It's like if Chicago city proper was limited to the Loop, Near North, Near South, Lincoln Park, Lakeview, West Town, Near West Side and Lower West Side. The equivalent population would be about 450,000 people. Paris's near "suburbs" are really more like city neighborhoods, just outside the arondisments. The population of Ile de France, which is the region around Paris, is about 12 million in less than half the area (12,000 vs 28,000 km²) as the Chicago metro area's 9 million. Paris and its inner ring suburban departments, Hauts-de-Seine, Seine-Saint-Denis, Val-de-Marne is combined about 762 km² (294 mi²), housing about 6.8 million people, at an average population density almost twice that of the city of Chicago, 8,913 people/km² vs 4,656 people/km².
During the war against Algeria, several violent manifestations took place in Paris against the war, with numerous attacks by the OAS (Organisation of the Secret Army). During the months of May and June 1968, a series of protests took place in the capital of France, known as “May 68”. This was the largest student protest in the history of France and, possibly, the rest of Western Europe. One of the last riots to take place in Paris was in March 2006, when students poured out onto the streets and protested against the labour market reform. In November 2015, Paris witnessed a tragic event, several terrorist attacks hit the city and the suburbs of Saint-Denis, killing 137 people and injuring 415.
would love this to become a series! History of London, Bucharest, Tokyo :)
I agree! Also Amsterdam and Mexico City would be great
Prague as well considering 50% of the Historic Center has survived intact, along with the easily discernable later developments of suburbs that were then incorporated.
Warsaw, maybe?
Athens.
Stockholm!
Damn, this was like a live-action Wikipedia of a historical city.
Gonna need more of these kind of videos. Would be an awesome series 👍🏾
He has tons of great city videos over on nebula!
Agreed!
You get the same adds there ? The romans adopted to Christianity, but the King needed total power.
@@lucasrem There are no adds, including these ending sequences talking about sponsors, on nebula.
Kinda felt like ye old Grandpa reding an encyclopedia
Small correction: the Grande Arche de La Défense was actually one of François Mitterrand's " Grands Projets" (the Louvre Pyramid, Musée d'Orsay, Parc de la Villette, Arab World Institute, Opéra Bastille, Paris Bercy, Bibliothèque nationale de France).
after going to the summit of the eiffel tower, i was truly blown away by how many buildings and dense districts were in seemingly every corner of paris
Where are you from, you don’t have that, new town ?
@@lucasrem Paris is literally the densest city in the whole the Western world so yeah, it's probably not like that where he lives.
@@thibault973 Madrid as a capital is even denser.
@@francoisleyrat8659 no. It's not. All 5 densest cities in Europe are part of Paris inner suberbs with Paris itself sitting at #11.. Paris is 4 times denser than Madrid so they are not even in the same league really in terms of density.
@@lucasrem i live in the new york area, and it's still not close to paris
I’m glad you included the quote from Rousseau; many revisionists like to paint revolutionaries in a non-violent light but Rosseau's own words reveal his true intentions.
That quote was from Diderot, not Rousseau.
Don't really see how this is relevant in architecture context.
Rousseau never lived to see the Genevan or French revolutions. And he was quite peaceful, although maybe if he lived through the revolution he wouldn't have been lol
The French Revolution is a very complex and interesting story. The monarchs had too much power and a revolution was needed...but the leading group of the revolution would be no better (even worse) than the monarch with their violence, especially the Reign of Terror which lead to mass executions. But then a moderate group was able to get rid of the extremist...only for Napolean to return France to an autrocratic state but this time as Emperor. They went back and forth between Republic & Empire for several decades. Meanwhile, many other countries in the 1800's had much quicker and better transition to a democracy or republic or anything that wasn't a single person rule.
@@Homer-OJ-Simpson Better transition ? Austria-Hungary, Germany, Italy, Russia, Yougoslavia, Greece or Romania would have a word to say...
I just got done researching the french revolution haha. Ironic that I find this after just learning more about the revolution.
Just arrived in Paris with my students for a month-long study abroad program. This vid could not be more perfect for them or more better-timed. Thanks!
This was a great video! The only issue is the map displays the city of Paris’ population but shows growth of the whole île de france region which houses around 14 million people
In the City of Lights the renowned French photographer Henri Cartier-Bresson created many pictures never using a flash, favoring the diffused light of overcast days.
Good video but I think there a few things to double check:
1) Doesn't seem fair to say that Notre-Dame was part of the origins of the Gothic style without mentioning the earlier Saint-Denis and the influence it had.
2) I think maybe this gives the Franks too much credit for popularizing Christianity in the region, because hadn't Christianity already been the state religion of Rome for over a century by that point?
3) The quote here attributed to Rousseau is more commonly attributed to Diderot, though that is also disputed. Finding the true origin of quotes can be just about impossible.
4) The yearly population counts can't be verified to nearly the level of precision shown here. No way any academic would approve so many significant figures, at least not not from premodern times.
5) The thing about the wide Paris boulevards being designed to suppress revolts is treated as fact by many people, but it's a disputable claim.
True. Gothic style is called french style originaly
He is not local, you need facts, ask them !
En effet, Napoléon III à voulu que Paris soit comme Londres de l'époque.
Il a donc donné carte blanche à Hausman pour agrandir, aérer et embellir Paris.
Gothic architecture originated in Saint Denis, but pretty sure Sens cathédrale was the very first. In all cases, Sens isn't far from Paris, just downriver
Amazing to see how much a city can change during its lifetime! (Even during a single human lifetime!)
I think it was a shame that you only counted the population within city limits at the end. It doesn't let you contemplate how big it got.
I agree, it doesn't make sense to isolate Paris into an island when it only makes sense as a proper city when you consider the greater Paris region. A very silly mistake for an urbanist, am a bit disappointed
Agreed. Philadelphia and Pittsburgh combined have the same population as Paris, but Île-de-France has a population similar to the whole of Pennsylvania.
You’re right, without administrative district limitation Paris City/Area is +10millions people.
He made the video he wanted to. You can do the same. Nothing's stopping you.
@@LumiMoonCh This have always been terrible takes.
Underrated: the Church’s University of Paris quickly became the most important university during the golden age that was the High Middle Ages. Every major academic would visit Paris, if not take permanent residence there, making Paris the intellectual epicenter of Europe for centuries.
I love learning about topics like this! Would you consider making a similar video on Vienna as well?
Ah, Haussmann... a very fitting name of an urban planner.
the master of haussing!
Actually it should translate as "house man", ie a domestic!
This was really fascinating I would love to see videos of other cities and their history (will check if they've already been done)
Brilliant work, an introduction to learn more about Paris in many aspects. Still a place to visit and enjoy, on a bike being a good idea.
A great you tube channel you have there by the way!
Phenomenally comprehensive. Superb presentation. Thanks for posting!
Would you be willing to share the data source for the year/population tracker? Or the widget/process for having it interactively follow along with the video? Or both?
GIS guy here. Would love to play around with the data. Lots of stuff goes on behind the scenes to present the information the way you did!
I don't think the tracker is actually year by year. There's probably some census points and in between just a straight line fill in between.
@@Dayvit78 That makes a lot of sense. Thanks for the comment!
I love the subtitles stuggling to keep up with proper nouns. Perhaps my favorite line is "Under the Mayor of Engineering Rule Pairs became the capital of the country." (Under Merovingian Rule Paris became the capital of the country)
I thought the population tally was accounting for the metro area, until I saw it starting to decrease in the 1960s and get stucked in 2 mill 🤦🏽♂️
Yes, too bad that the Metropolitan Area population was not used, as the City Proper population, at least concerning Paris, is totally misleading... 🙄
Central Paris is absolutely glorious. Stunning architecture. If you avoid the modern stuff and if they keep trimming the cars it will remain a gem
Excellent Video. Loved it. Would love it if you guys covered more major capitals cities of the world.
If only Parisians managed to preserve at least one small medieval district. It would be fascinating sight today. What surprises me most is how similar medieval Paris architecture looked to medieval London or medieval German cities. All dominated by half-timbered houses. Must be Frank influence. I love Paris, especially now that it has embraced cycling but being a big city its monotonous hausmannian architecture robs it quite a bit of charm. It is of course well compensated by numerous sights but still I feel like too much has been lost through the centuries. Maybe that is why I am more attracted to smaller French cities which preserved more of their history like Tours.
I'm just glad that Le Corbusier didn't get his Paris city plan implemented.
@@rexx9496 Thank God! Oh Thank God! That would have been a disaster!
Id prefer they save a roman area with its street grid
Rouen is the largest French city that preserved its (frankish
orman style) half-timbered architecture, even though ~30% of it was destroyed in a war. So it gives the best feel comparison to the medieval Paris.
But the medieval buildings in Paris were replaced long before Haussmann, mostly from 1750s. So by Haussmann time, the city was dominated by 18th c. stone- and stucco-faced townhouses subdivided for apartments (originally each plot was a single-family home). Many half-timbered houses remained, just the facade covered with stone or stucco, and only a handful are uncovered for example on rue Francois-Miron.
Finally it is a myth that Haussmann demolished all of this. In fact most has remained. A total of ~50% of pre-Haussmann housing stock in intramural Paris remains, if you know where to look. There is a helpful map which I can't link on youtube. But districts such as Le Marais, Saint-Germain, Île Saint-Louis - retained both medieval plan and most of its pre-Haussmann buildings.
@@vaevictis3612 Is the reason that you're unable to link due to YT auto-deleting your posts with urls in them? This happens to me and it drives me nuts because I see other people able to post links. I've never spammed or had any type of violations on my account.
A. very interesting video about an extraordinarily beautiful and culturally exciting city. But, please, correct the positioning of Rome on the geographic map, when you mention the Roman Empire. We are way lower, in the middle of Italy. Milan is actually up there, where you pin Rome in your Map. Beyond that, a great video.
This video is NOT about why Paris is a powerful city, where its wealth came from which paid for all the monuments and infrastructure there. It's a history of how the city looks and who its architects and planners were.
True, I'm kinda disappointed. It's a good video, but not why I decided to watch it originally
it’s an interesting video however I was hoping for something like the book “How Paris Became Paris: The Invention of The Modern City”
Nice overview of paris. Suggestion: replace latin quarter map used in earlier part of video with a more accurate map. A current map of the 5th arrondissement with its 4 quarters is misleadingly used. Several historic maps of roman paris are available, illustrating how it was centered with the il de la cite.
Very interesting thank you for showing us this amazing history well done 👍
Interesting note in re dismantling of certain structures and re-use of materials.
Amazing knowledge to gain from this video. Good looks bro 😎
Since the title of this video is currently "How Did Paris Become a Global Powerhouse?", I find it disappointing that you didn't discussion wealth extraction from rural France or the global colonialism of the French empire at all. Thomas Piketty has done some interesting work on the subject and it's clear that Paris was dramatically changed by these wealth flows.
Of course, going into more detail would make this video hours long rather than minutes.
Great points!
Hi Dave. Can you make a video on how good city planning helps in law enforcement or any video which relates city planning and law enforcement?
Great video, I just found the population counter a bit distracting. I would round the number by thousands or ten thousands.
Paris also had the first ever network resembling a modern transit system, with carriages running regular routes for a low price (the carrosses à cinq sols). It was started by Blaise Pascal (genius who invented the first ever mechanical calculator at age 19, and whom we measure atmospheric pressure with) because he wanted to provide cheap transportation for the lower classes. The problem was that the higher strata of society didn't want to mix and so the market was reduced, and the whole thing failed after a few years. The world would have to wait another 150 years to see public transit be re-invented.
Metro population for next cities please 🙏
There is a mistake in the video. It show the population of Paris as a little bit more than 2 million, which the correct population of the City of Paris. But the video also mentions La Defense, which is not in the city but in the metro area, with around 13 million habitants. Since the video asks how Paris became a global peer house, it is more relevant show the meteo area population, more so because the population in the City of Paris is declining, meanwhile the metro area continues attract more people.
Love the video now I know why the Vikings were a danger to France there’s a river running through it
I ma Parisian, i learnt lot of stuff ! Thanks for this vidéo 😊
quick correction, at 4:05 the houses displayed are the ones at 11 and 13 Rue François Miron, not Rue de Montmorency. Otherwise, great video!
this was so interesting! you should do one of london next
Such an amazing video! Not certain, but I think that quote is actually from Diderot, not JJR
A little disappointed you didnt mention paris commune, one of the most interesting moments in parisian history, and one of the most important events in modern history
04:04 fun fact: Nicolas Flamel is still the owner of the oldest house in Paris.
There are a lot more medieval buildings than in, say, London. This is not always obvious as the facades often are now covered in stucco covering the old half-timber underneath. The interiors are wonderfully labyrinthine and the roof beams were often taken from the frames of broken up ships.
Worth noting that this is the population of Paris Intramuros, basically the historic center, the arrondissements, but the map shows the boundaries of the Paris Urban Area, or Unité Urbaine, which has an actual population of just under 11 Million.
I pulled my hair out when you pointed "Rome" to be where Milan is.
0:40 I think Rome is a bit too far north 😄
Great video! I wish I could have seen it before visiting Paris. BTW, don't you mean "the escargot configuration we know today"? ;-)
Incredible video
It would be intersting to include the urban area in a story about a city like Paris, since the borders effectively stalled in the 19th century unlike many other cities (like London). Paris is much bigger than the official city figure would imply with dense city fabric extending far beyond its official borders. (To be clear, I don't necessarily think that expanding the city borders would be a good thing, at some point city governance just becomes so alienated from its people as it becomes larger and larger, that it makes more sense to view the city as a region and neighborhoods as cities)
Amazing I was here a week ago for the first time wow.
Why does the population drop so consistently from ~1960 to the present? The entire Paris metro must have grown. What happened to the city itself?
people moved to the suburbs and in paris, the suburbs arent counted as paris but each independent city. Parisians are being priced out of the city centre and moving to the outer suburbs,
Actually population didn't drop. There is a biais: "Paris" (2 million inhabitants) is a small part of the "aglomeration of Paris", narrowed into a boulevard called the "pérphérique". All the cities outside this boulevard (around 8 Million inhabitants) are not statistically parisians but technicaly, they are. The Subway system spread over the Périphérique, the business district, main stadiums and of course airports are also outside. So, just considering Paris for thé Citya center IS a terrible mistake.
Way too expensive to live in the city center, people are moving to the suburbs or to other French cities with a better quality of life.
Average sq metre property price in Paris, despite a slight decrease : 11 000 €, 13- 15 000 € in the most central neighbourhoods. Also smaller households living in the same flats/apartments, many families with children having moved out. In the 1960's you shared a room with a sister/brother well into teenage. No longer.
Interesting presentation; however, towards the end of the video, you're showing the extend of urbanisation beyond the city limits , whilst giving only the population of the municipality of Paris. If you're taking the entire Paris Urban Area, it would be more like 10 million people.. The question of where Paris stops is indeed a tricky one!
Indeed 👍
Actually, Paris Urban Area population is now about 11M, and its Metropolitan Area population is above 13M 🙂
well no the question is pretty easy. Paris limits are within the boulevard périphérique, the circular road going all around the city. Everything after that is not only not paris, it’s also entire different departments.
@@rahhuuuu2321 That's a very simplistic view; the City of Paris and the "banlieue" work as one urban unit: could you imagine Paris without la Défense, La Plaine St Denis, Rungis, Marne la Vallée (etc, etc...) ?
Just stand in the middle of the city and you'll quickly realise you're not at the centre of a 2 million people municipality but of something much larger!
Great video about the history of Paris but the title is somewhat misleading since you don't actually tackle why it became such an iconic city.
The quote is from Diderot, not Rousseau. Rousseau's famous quote is:
"Man is born free but yet he is all in chains"
crazy how when this was uploaded Paris was peaceful and beautiful, now just a few days later it is engulfed in flames.
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Why to have chosen the (useless and misleading) City Proper population until the end?
A right figure would be the Urban Area population (now around 11 Millions), or even better: the Metropolitan Area population (now around 13,5 Millions), which would reflect a lot better the real size of this "city", and would allow a real comparison with the other equivalent big cities in Europe (Moscow, Istanbul, London...)
Chicago has a fascinating history.
The city changed its name to Paris during the fourth century. During this period, the city was threatened by Attila the Hun and his army, and according to the legend, the inhabitants of Paris resisted the attacks thanks to the providential intervention of Saint Geneviève (patron saint of the city).
In 508 the first king of the Franks, Clovis I, made Paris the capital of his empire. In 987, the Capetian dynasty came to power until 1328.
During the eleventh century, Paris gradually became more prosper thanks to its trade in silver and because it was a strategic route for pilgrims and traders.
I did not know that Nicholas Flamel was a real, historical person!
It's interesting how time has been favorable to Haussmann. His name is mostly synonymous with his style of buildings, which is itself synonymous with the beauty of Paris. The amount of displacement required with little compensation is mostly left to history such as this video. Meanwhile Robert Moses has become the devil in urbanist circles (for good reasons) even though he had far less freedom to implement his ideas. But the negative effects he had are closer to us in time.
Please make a video on Buenos Aires or La Paz
Hello, I live in Watertown, MA, a suburb of Boston. I wanted to tell you about the abhorrent transit situation that the nearby city of Lynn has found itself in. The city has been building more densely around its commuter rail station, however, the MBTA has closed the station due to the disrepair of the building, even though it was built in 1991. A new station will not be done until 2030, which is absolutely ridiculous.
The city has urged the MBTA to build a temporary platform, which will take 12-18 months. Otherwise, they have to take a shuttle bus to Swampscot for the commuter rail or a shuttle to Revere for the Blue Line, which will take a long amount of time during rush hour. It's ridiculous that Lynn, which is the same distance to Boston and Brooklyn is to Manhattan, has no accessible transit to get to Boston. This is compounded by the fact of the large Latino and Black population in Lynn. This has also caused economic problems as building contractors to have densified around the station will suffer since young commuters will not move in without transit. This has led to a grocery store cancelling its plan to move into one of the buildings. I wanted to spread the news about this. If you want to see the full article, it's in the June 25th Boston Globe written by Joan Vennochi.
The MBTA is worse now than it was before Charlie Baker took office.
Consider covering "Sustainable Energy - Without the Hot Air". It is an excellent book that is low on adjectives and high on numbers, and it encourages readers to solve the energy challenge however they want, requiring only that the numbers add up, I.e. energy production must equal consumption.
awesome!
Great video for an amazing city!
You should do istanbul too i think it would be great
Very cool :)
Please make this a new format!
Wide streets to prevent barricades is a myth.
really? Where's that from? Giving the Paris commune was a thing at the time, very well could be like the Egyptians did in Cairo to prevent revolution against the military junta.
Non c'est bien réel
Thanks, awesome as always!
I think Parisii was the name of for the people/tribe inhabiting the region, not the name of the settlement that was at the origin of the city.
Parisii was the tribe that inhabited the area. The roman name for the city was Lutetia.
Great history summary on Paris! I watched a few seasons of Viking and found it odd that they portrayed Paris as being such a large city in the 800's or 900's. It was later that it became a big city.
Historical dramas are contemporary re-imaginings. Nobody would want to see a western with cowboys spitting tobacco juice everywhere...as they did.
please do more videos like this
Strongly recommend change to professional voice-over by one who understands a period at end of sentence does not signify the voiceover to rise as in a question.
Great observation of Paris!👍🏽
The history of Finland's capital Helsinki would be interesting
Berlin be an interesting one of this
One very important correction: Chamber pots were NOT emptied into the streets. There are no sources for that and we know that medieval cities had several ways to deal with human waste. Of course these cities were not as hygienic as modern ones, but they weren't stinking hellholes either. There were rudimentary sewage systems, hygiene regulations and even officials who were in charge of what we would call public health. If we read the sources, we often hear that wealthy city dwellers had nice gardens and open summer rooms, something that wouldn't have been very unpleasant if the city had indeed smelled bad. These people had not the same hygienic standards as we do, but they weren't dysfunctional animals. They washed themselves daily, liked nice smells and there was a high density of bathing houses, somewhat similar to roman thermae (not as big of course) or modern finnish saunas. And the human waste was not something one would throw away. Urine was a valuable resource for several crafts (like dyers) and for manufacturing gunpowder. Feces were used as agricultural fertilizer. These people were not stupid.
I love the history videos!
Great Rousseau quote! It's still true!
apparently it's a Diderot quote
@@Game_Hero I could see that
I found the bottom counter to be distracting from the main video.
Best kind of video
Paris is the the perfect example of what an European capital should look like
Nah vienna and prague is a better example
@@thepretorian5292 Meh...
Hello ! Thanks for the video, but you placed Rome in Mantova 🙂 Rome is in the Latium.
make video on history of Delhi
City planning: *exists*
India: We don't do that here
Why not?
@@liberalbias4462 Because the Indian govt and public are highly corrupt and Inefficient such that they can't do anything right, let alone city planning.
who would say, that the new houses built over historical sites in the XIX century, are nowadays historical sites
Great video but just at the end the population of 2 million inhabitants is for "Paris intra-muros" or Paris intramural 8n English but the map shows Paris and its suburbs where its population is about 7 million inhabitants
Paris and its suburbs actually are more than 13 millions inhabitants 😉
@@ВаляВояджис I'm French and I'm from Paris so I know a bit but it's complicated there is so many different ways to calculate the population of Paris
@@ВаляВояджис so yeah it's true but this is more complicated than that
I read that 62% of Paris' current buildings were built after 1946 (Post WWII).
Not Paris intra muros
the whole time i was like "whens he gonna mention the metro, whens he gonna mention the metro"
I cannot believe that Chicago is substantially larger than Paris.
It's not really, only administratively. Paris essentially locked its administrative borders in the 19th century. It's like if Chicago city proper was limited to the Loop, Near North, Near South, Lincoln Park, Lakeview, West Town, Near West Side and Lower West Side. The equivalent population would be about 450,000 people. Paris's near "suburbs" are really more like city neighborhoods, just outside the arondisments. The population of Ile de France, which is the region around Paris, is about 12 million in less than half the area (12,000 vs 28,000 km²) as the Chicago metro area's 9 million.
Paris and its inner ring suburban departments, Hauts-de-Seine, Seine-Saint-Denis, Val-de-Marne is combined about 762 km² (294 mi²), housing about 6.8 million people, at an average population density almost twice that of the city of Chicago, 8,913 people/km² vs 4,656 people/km².
During the war against Algeria, several violent manifestations took place in Paris against the war, with numerous attacks by the OAS (Organisation of the Secret Army).
During the months of May and June 1968, a series of protests took place in the capital of France, known as “May 68”. This was the largest student protest in the history of France and, possibly, the rest of Western Europe.
One of the last riots to take place in Paris was in March 2006, when students poured out onto the streets and protested against the labour market reform.
In November 2015, Paris witnessed a tragic event, several terrorist attacks hit the city and the suburbs of Saint-Denis, killing 137 people and injuring 415.
I wish more of the medieval & renaissance buildings had remained. The city is beautiful but it's also a bit monotonous..
Si vous aimez les villes médiévale il y à Rouen, ville qui compte le plus de maison à colombages d'Europe
And u hate china . Which preserved it's history
@@JonySmith-bb4gx china preserved history? Lmao what a joke
Just let an advertisement be an advertisement, don't try to sneak them in, it feels ingenuine.
Fun fact. Rome didn't conquer ALL of Gaul
please make some videos on indian cities too
@0:40 I think you put Roma in the spot of Cremona! or Mantova! Roma is 600km southern, in the center of Italy not in the hearth of Pianura Padana!!!
Nope these houses @4:09 are not in the rue de Montmercy ... And a lot of other things are not quite fact based. But you are a great story teller!
It's not a Rousseau's quote but Diderot's