Paris
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Outdoors in Paris
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c. 1905
Market Square, South, c. 1905
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About Paris
Town in Maine, United StatesParis is a town in and the county seat of Oxford County, Maine, United States. Paris is included in the Lewiston-Auburn, Maine metropolitan New England City and Town Area. The population was 5,179 at the 2020 census. The census-designated place of South Paris is located within the town. Because the U.S. Post Office refers to the entire town as South Paris, the town as a whole is commonly referred to as South Paris. The main exception is the area known as Paris Hill, which is a scenic historic district popular with tourists. On May 30, 2019, the town declared itself to be a second amendment sanctuary.
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How Paris ranks
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Housing in Paris
The typical Paris home is worth about $327,000, up 3.5% in a year, 21% below the Maine typical home.
Safety in Paris
Safety Grade B+
Paris reports less crime per resident than 65% of the U.S. towns and cities we grade. Maine has less reported crime than most states, so among its own towns Paris sits closer to the middle.
Schools in Paris
All Paris schools →School Grade C-
The public schools Paris’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, trail 84% of Maine’s districts on state tests and graduation. Among towns with similar incomes, they rank near the bottom.
School data from the U.S. Department of Education (NCES, EDFacts). The School Grade is our own summary of state test results and graduation rates, graded within ME. Ratings are from neighbors.
Famous people from Paris
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Where Paris is
Explore map →Imported town boundary