how them did a town with a population in the hundreds end up twinned with Paris

 Driving you may notice many towns are "paired"

normally you would see a town paried with one of a similar size in another coutnry

the idea being that you have a fantasy sanctuary abroad, increasing tourism for both parties and the connectedness of the citizens 

it is a nice idea

how them did a town with a population in the hundreds end up twinned with Paris, and no not paris some random little town, paris - the captial of frnace

the story behind this is a short but funny one

it goes that the mayor of Whitwell the twinned town in question emailed the mayor of paris requesting they be twinned

he left a note at the bottom stating that no reply would be taken as a yes

and, of course, no reply there was