Metropolitan Department
Paris
France · Europe
Paris is a metropolitan department of France, in Europe. It lies on the Eurasian Plate.
Tectonic Plates
Recorded Natural Hazards (Géorisques)
It has a single municipality and 2,103,778 inhabitants. Under the seismic zoning in force since 2011, its highest seismicity is very low (zone 1 of 5). A natural disaster has been declared 19 times since 1982 (one declaration per municipality and decree), mostly for floods (15). The most recent was signed on 26 November 2018. The municipality is covered by an approved natural hazard prevention plan.
Seismicity Zones
Number of municipalities in each zone of the regulatory seismic zoning (from 1, very low, to 5, high).
Natural Disasters Declared Since 1982
Declarations per five-year period.
Hazards Listed by Municipality
Number of municipalities exposed to each natural hazard according to the departmental major risks file.
Sources: Natural Earth · Smithsonian GVP · NOAA NCEI · IBTrACS · GEM · Bird (2003), PB2002 · Géorisques (ministère de la Transition écologique, BRGM, IRSN), base GASPAR · INSEE