- 1
billion metro
journeys per year
- 20,000 light bulbs used to make the Eiffel Tower sparkle every hour from nightfall to 1am
- 5,000 km per year, the lift at the Eiffel tour (3,100 miles)
- 5,000 tons of sand at Paris Plages
- 2,300 bottles of champagne uncorked every evening in Paris cabarets
- 300 km of catacombs (187 miles)
- 37 bridges
- 16 ghost metro stations
- 9 years of film shot in Paris every year
- 5.75 m the shortest street: Rue des Degrés (227 inches)
- 1.6 m the longest baguette (62 inches)
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