1. Paris is the most densely wooded capital in Europe
Every tree is measured and logged. There are two forests – Vincennes and Boulogne and 400 parks and gardens.
The world’s earliest photograph of living people shows trees lining the Boulevard du Temple, Paris, 3rd arrondissement, called a Daguerreotype (right). It is a view of a busy street, but because the exposure time was at least ten minutes the moving traffic left no trace. Only the two men near the bottom left corner, one apparently having his boots polished by the other, stayed in one place long enough to be visible.
2. There are 6100 streets in Paris covering 3,000 km of pavements
The longest road is Rue de Vaugirard (6th and 15th): 4.36 km.
The shortest road is Rue Degrés (2nd arrondissement): 5.75 m.
The narrowest is Rue du Chat-qui-Pêche (5th arrondissement): 1.80 m.
The widest is Avenue Foch (16th arrondissement): 120 m.
3. There are 107 public clocks in Paris...
and several of them are located at the Gare st Lazare where you will find a sculpture by the French artist Arman designed in 1985 and named “L’Heure de Tous” (“Everyone’s Time”)
4. There are 30,000 rubbish bins...
and yet you will still see plenty of litter and dog poo on the streets!
5. There are apparently 9,884 benches
Oodles of opportunity then to watch the world go by...
The Clock at the Musee d'Orsay, CC Y Caradec