Paris is in Europe.
France ( [ fʁɑ̃s ] ) , officially the French Republic ( [ ʁepyblik fʁɑ̃sɛz ] ) , is a country with territory in western Europe and several overseas regions and territories . The Musée d'Orsay ( [ myze dɔʁsɛ ] ) is a museum in Paris , France , on the left bank of the Seine . Paris ( French pronunciation : [ pɑʁi ] , [ paʁi ] ) is the capital and most populous city of France . Opened in 1900 , the city 's subway system , the Paris Métro , serves 5.23 million passengers daily . Paris Métro . It is the second busiest subway system in Europe , after the Moscow Metro , and the tenth-busiest in the world .