For 1.1 million pounds, Francophiles can own a 1, 400-square-foot flat with two bedrooms on Ile St.
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Pinault chose the Ile Seguin, three miles down the river from Paris and home to a defunct Renault plant.
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So it would be remarkable had London and the south-east outpaced the Ile de France by 15 percentage points a year.
The papers this week claimed that the south-east has overtaken the Ile de France (the area around Paris) as Europe's richest region.
He voiced particular concern about the Ile-de-France area, covering Paris.
The French transport ministry has said that the ship Ile de Sein, which is equipped with a remotely-operated submarine, will leave Cape Verde on 21 April to begin retrieving parts of the wreckage.
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In the first part of the show, 25 children who have attended operatic workshops led by Malika Bellaribi-Le Moal in Colombes and Bondy (Ile-de-France), perform arias that have been adapted for a young audience.
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For a waterside stroll there are the banks of the Seine -- and a particularly good spot for a quintessentially Parisian picnic is at the eastern tip of the Ile St Louis, a natural island in the Seine.
Visitors to the city can take leisurely strolls along the paths and look out onto the historic islands Ile St Louis and Ile de la cite and iconic Paris monuments including Notre Dame Cathedral and the Hotel de Ville.
The upright Mr Balladur can hardly, they say, be accused of sympathy for the Front: only this spring, after a regional election, he refused to take the presidency of the Ile de France region (which surrounds Paris) if that meant accepting votes from Fronters.
While vandals scrawled graffiti on the walls of the Renault plant, government officials dragged their feet, says Pinault, who was prepared to build a square around his museum, but he wanted to make sure that the rest of Ile Seguin would be developed appropriately, with high-end shops or housing for artists.
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