Ile de France

Ile de France, a name given to that district of France which is enclosed between the rivers Marne, Seine, Oise, Aisne, and Ourcq. The ancient province which bore the name comprised large tracts beyond this circumscribed area. Except at the close of the Carlovingian dynasty, the Ile de France has usually been a royal domain. The province is now divided between the departments of Seine, Seine-et-Oise, Seine-et-Marne, Oise, Aisne, Loiret, and Nievre. It is interesting to historians as the cradle of the Capetian dynasty, and to some extent of the French name, and because Paris was its capital.

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