FRANCE, the Isle of, a province of France, so called, because it was formerly bounded by the river Seine, Marne, Oise, Aisne, and Ourque. It comprehends, besides Paris, the Beauvois, the Valois, the county of Senlis, the Vexin, the Hurepois, the Gatinois, the Multien, the Goele, and the Mantois. Paris is the capital.