LES ARRONDISSEMENTS À PARIS

Emma Sexton

ARRONDISSEMENTS OF PARIS

• The city of Paris is divided in 20 arrondissements. Most of the famous tourist attractions can be found in one of the central 8 arrondissements.

• The arrondissements are encircled by the périphérique, a ring highway. Outside the périphérique are the banlieues, the suburbs of Paris.

ArrondissementsArrondissement

(R for Right Bank, L for Left Bank)

Name Area (in km²)Population

(March 1999 census)

Population(July 2005 estimate)

Density (2005)(in h. per km²) Peak of population

1st R Louvre 1.826 16,888 17,700 9,693 before 1861

2nd R Bourse 0.992 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 Entrepôt 2.892 89,612 88,800 30,705 1881

11th R Popincourt 3.666 149,102 152,500 41,598 1911

12th R Reuilly 16.324¹6.377² 136,591 138,300 8,472¹

21,687² 1962

13th L Gobelins 7.146 171,533 181,300 25,371 2005

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 16.305³7.8464 161,773 149,500 9,169³

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 2005

20th R Ménilmontant 5.984 182,952 191,800 32,052 1936

Tourist Attractions & ArrondissementsTHE LOUVRE – 1ST ARRONDISSEMENT