User:Josefu/Work In Progress/Paris Altitude

Paris more or less centred in a geologcal bowl. Its major hills towards the outer capital are the following :


 * Montmartre - 130 metres (425 feet) Above Sea Level
 * Belleville - 115 metres (375 feet) ASL
 * Menilmontant - 108m (354 feet) ASL
 * Buttes-Chaumont - 80m (269 feet) ASL
 * Passy - 71m (233 feet) ASL
 * Chaillot - 67m (220 feet) ASL
 * Montagne Ste-Genevi&egrave;ve - 61 (200 feet) ASL
 * Butte-aux-Cailles - 62m (203 feet) ASL
 * Montparnasse - 66m (217 feet) ASL

Montparnasse was leveled in the 18th century. The highest elevation in the urban area of Paris is in the Forest of Montmorency (Val-d'Oise département), 19.5 km. (12 miles) north-northwest of the center of Paris as the crow flies, at 195 meters (640 ft) above sea-level.