Greater Paris may refer to: Active administrative divisions Grand Paris, a métropole covering the City of Paris and its nearest surrounding suburbs created in 2016 Paris and the Petite Couronne (its inner ring of surrounding departments) Île-de-France (region), includes an outer ring (Grande Couronne) of surrounding departments Paris aire urbaine, metropolitan area, largely overlaps with the Grande Couronne Former administrative divisions Seine (department) (abolished 1968), Paris and adjacent suburbs See also Paris (disambiguation)