<P> The football club Paris Saint - Germain and the rugby union club Stade Français are based in Paris . The 80,000 - seat Stade de France, built for the 1998 FIFA World Cup, is located just north of Paris in the neighbouring commune of Saint - Denis . Paris hosts the annual French Open Grand Slam tennis tournament on the red clay of Roland Garros . Paris hosted the Olympic Games in 1900, 1924 and will host the 2024 Summer Olympics . The 1938 and 1998 FIFA World Cups, the 2007 Rugby World Cup, and the 1960, 1984, and 2016 UEFA European Championships were also held in the city and, every July, the Tour de France bicycle race finishes there . </P> <P> The name "Paris" is derived from its early inhabitants, the Celtic Parisii tribe . The city's name is not related to the Paris of Greek mythology . </P> <P> Paris is often referred to as The City of Light (La Ville Lumière), both because of its leading role during the Age of Enlightenment, and more literally because Paris was one of the first European cities to adopt gas street lighting . In the 1860s, the boulevards and streets of Paris were illuminated by 56,000 gas lamps . Since the late 19th century, Paris has also been known as Panam (e) (pronounced (panam)) in French slang . </P> <P> Inhabitants are known in English as "Parisians" and in French as Parisiens ((paʁizjɛ̃) (listen)). They are also pejoratively called Parigots ((paʁiɡo) (listen)). </P>

Is paris the city of love or the city of lights