J'habite à + [ville] = I live in + [city] in French

In French, to say about the city you live in, you use the expression "habiter à" + [city].

How to express "to live in a city" in French

Look at these questions:

Informal/singular questions:
Où habites-tu ?Where do you live?

Tu habites où ?Where do you live?

Formal/plural questions:

Où habitez-vous ?Where do you live?

Vous habitez où ?Where do you live?

Note that there are different ways to ask a question in French.

Now look at these answers:

J'habite à Paris.I live in Paris.

J'habite Paris.I live in Paris.

J'habite à Londres.I live in London.

J'habite Orléans.I live in Orléans.

J'habite à Atlanta.I live in Atlanta.

To say that you live in a city in French, you can use the verb habiter (to live [somewhere]) as such:

J'habite à + [ville]

or

J'habite + [ville]
Note that je (= I) becomes j' in front of the mute h of habite.
See also Je becomes j' with verbs beginning with a vowel in French (Elision) 

 

See more complex cases in À = To/in and De = From/of with cities in French (French Prepositions of Location) 

See also the more advanced lesson on how to conjugate all six forms of habiter in Le Présent:
Conjugate regular -er verbs in the present tense in French (Le Présent) 

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J'habite Paris.I live in Paris.
J'habite Orléans.I live in Orléans.
J'habite à Paris.I live in Paris.
J'habite à Londres.I live in London.
J'habite à Lille.I live in Lille.
Vous habitez où ?Where do you live?
Où habitez-vous ?Where do you live?
Tu habites où ?Where do you live?
J'habite à Atlanta.I live in Atlanta.
J'habite à Hambourg.I live in Hamburg.
Où habites-tu ?Where do you live?
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