Arrondissements of Paris
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The city of Paris is divided into twenty arrondissements municipaux administrative districts, more simply referred to as arrondissements in French). These are not to be confused with departmental arrondissements, which subdivide the one hundred French départements. The word "arrondissement", when applied to Paris, refers almost always to the municipal arrondissements listed below. The number of the arrondissement is indicated by the last two digits in most Parisian postal codes (75001 up to 75020).
Description
The twenty arrondissements are arranged in the form of a clockwise spiral, starting in the middle of the city, with the first on the Right Bank (north bank) of the Seine. The French cities of Lyon and Marseille are also subdivided in this way.
The list below indicates Right Bank (R) or Left Bank (L) (the islands Île de la Cité and Île Saint-Louis being in the 4e, and partly the 1er, arrondissements):
In French, notably on street signs - the number is often given in Roman numerals for example the Eiffel tower is in the VIIe Arrondissment while Gare de l'est is in the Xe Arrondissment
Arrondissement | Name | Area (in km²) | Population (March 1999 census) | Population (July 2005 estimate) | Density (2005) (inh. per km²) | Peak of population |
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1st R | Louvre | 1.826 | 16,888 | 17,700 | 9,693 | before 1861 |
2nd R | Bourse | 0.992<td>19,585 | 20,700 | 20,867 | before 1861 | |
3rd R | Temple | 1.171 | 34,248 | 35,100 | 29,974 | before 1861 |
4th R | Hôtel-de-Ville | 1.601 | 30,675 | 28,600 | 17,864 | before 1861 |
5th L | Panthéon | 2.541 | 58,849 | 60,600 | 23,849 | 1911 |
6th L | Luxembourg | 2.154 | 44,919 | 45,200 | 20,984 | 1911 |
7th L | Palais-Bourbon | 4.088 | 56,985 | 55,400 | 13,552 | 1926 |
8th R | Élysée | 3.881 | 39,314 | 38,700 | 9,972 | 1891 |
9th R | Opéra | 2.179 | 55,838 | 58,500 | 26,847 | 1901 |
10th R | Enclos-St-Laurent | 2.892 | 89,612 | 88,800 | 30,705 | 1881 |
11th R | Popincourt | 3.666 | 149,102 | 152,500 | 41,598 | 1911 |
12th R | Reuilly | 16.324¹ 6.377² | 136,591 | 138,300 | 21,687² | 1962 |
13th L | Gobelins | 7.146 | 171,533 | 181,300 | 25,371 | 20055 |
14th L | Observatoire | 5.621 | 132,844 | 134,700 | 23,964 | 1954 |
15th L | Vaugirard | 8.502 | 225,362 | 232,400 | 27,335 | 1962 |
16th R | Passy | 16.305³ 7.8464 | 161,773 | 149,500 | 19,0544 | 1962 |
17th R | Batignolles-Monceau | 5.669 | 160,860 | 160,300 | 28,277 | 1954 |
18th R | Butte-Montmartre | 6.005 | 184,586 | 188,700 | 31,424 | 1931 |
19th R | Buttes-Chaumont | 6.786 | 172,730 | 187,200 | 27,586 | 20055 |
20th R | Ménilmontant | 5.984 | 182,952 | 191,800 | 32,052 | 1936 |
Notes:
1. With the Bois de Vincennes
2. Without the Bois de Vincennes
3. With the Bois de Boulogne
4. Without the Bois de Boulogne
5. 2005 is the year of the most recent official estimate; population of these arrondissements may still be growing