A box containing jewellery worth up to €6m (£5.2m; $6.7m) was
among items taken, a police spokesman said.
The concierge led the gunmen to the residence where they tied
Kardashian West up in the bathroom, police said.
A spokeswoman for the star said she was "badly shaken
but physically unharmed".
The mother-of-two who became a household name thanks to the
reality series Keeping up with the Kardashians - has now left France, flying
out of a Paris airport aboard a private jet.
Once inside, one of the men put a gun to her head while they
robbed her of jewellery including a ring worth €4m, then tied her up and locked
her in a bathroom while they escaped.
According to the police officer, the men fled the scene on
bicycles.
They also stole a box of jewellery worth as much as €6m (£5.2m/$6.7m),
AP reported, citing police officials.
The star's spokeswoman, Ina Treciokas, told CNN the robbery
had been carried out by masked men with guns. Police sources told the
Associated Press news agency that they were seeking five assailants, two of whom
had forced their way into the house.
The robbery took place at about 02:30 local time (00:30 GMT),
police said.
Kardashian West's husband, the rapper Kanye West, was on
stage at the Meadows Music and Arts Festival in New York at the time of the
robbery. He abruptly ended his set, telling fans: "I'm sorry, family
emergency. I have to stop the show."
Kardashian West stayed at the luxury residence, in a discreet
building behind the city's Madeleine church, with several secret entrances, at
least once before, in 2014 before her marriage to West.
A stay can cost as much as €15,000 a night.
The star was in Paris for the city's fashion week with her
mother Kris Jenner and her sister Kendall Jenner.
Kardashian West first rose to fame as a friend and stylist to
Paris Hilton. She later appeared in her own reality programme, Keeping up with
the Kardashians, about her family.
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