is paris considered a province
Created as the District of the Paris Region in 1961, it was renamed after the historic province of Ãle-Ã®le-De france in 1976 when its administrative status was aligned with the Other french administrative regions created in. 1972aris and the Ãle-Ã®le-De france region hosts one of the largest concentrations of immigrants In. Europe as of, 2006 about35 % of (people 4) million living in the region were either (immigrant17) % or born to at least one immigrant (parent18). %