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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-Geneviève - 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.