place_of_death paul marion 
___MASK35___ ( French : ) is the capital and most populous city of France . It has an area of and a population in 2013 of 2 , 229 , 621 within its administrative limits . The city is both a commune and department , and forms the centre and headquarters of the Île - de - France , or ___MASK35___ Region , which has an area of and a population in 2014 of 12 , 005 , 077 , comprising 18 . 2 percent of the population of France . Paul Jules André Marion ( 27 June 1899 , ___MASK58___ - sur - ___MASK75___ -- 2 March 1954 ) was a French Communist and subsequently far right journalist and political activist . He served as the French Minister of Information from 1941 to 1944 . ___MASK9___ , officially the ___MASK45___ , is a country with territory in western Europe and several overseas regions and territories . The European , or metropolitan , area of ___MASK9___ extends from the Mediterranean ___MASK41___ to the English Channel and the North ___MASK41___ , and from the Rhine to the ___MASK36___ . Overseas ___MASK9___ include French Guiana on the South American continent and several island territories in the Atlantic , Pacific and Indian oceans . ___MASK9___ spans and had a total population of almost 67 million people as of January 2017 . It is a unitary semi - presidential republic with the capital in ___MASK35___ , the country ' s largest city and main cultural and commercial centre . Other major urban centres include Marseille , Lyon , Lille , Nice , Toulouse and Bordeaux . The ___MASK75___ is a long river and an important commercial waterway within the ___MASK35___ Basin in the north of France . It rises at Source - ___MASK75___ , northwest of Dijon in northeastern France in the Langres plateau , flowing through ___MASK35___ and into the English Channel at Le Havre ( and Honfleur on the left bank ). It is navigable by ocean - going vessels as far as Rouen , from the sea . Over 60 percent of its length , as far as Burgundy , is negotiable by commercial riverboats and nearly its whole length is available for recreational boating ; excursion boats offer sightseeing tours of the " Rive Droite " and " Rive Gauche " within the city of ___MASK35___ . ___MASK58___ - sur - ___MASK75___ is a commune in the northwestern suburbs of ___MASK35___ , France , along the river ___MASK75___ . It is located from the center of ___MASK35___ .