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Arrondissements of Paris
Administrative districts of the French capital
Administrative districts of the French capital
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | Arrondissements of Paris |
| image_map | |
| subdivision_type | Country |
| subdivision_name | |
| subdivision_type1 | Region |
| subdivision_name1 | Île-de-France |
| subdivision_type2 | Department |
| subdivision_name2 | Paris |
| subdivision_type3 | Cantons |
| subdivision_name3 | 20 |
| subdivision_type4 | Communes |
| subdivision_name4 | 1 |
| subdivision_type5 | Prefecture |
| subdivision_name5 | Paris |
| area_footnotes | ¹ |
| area_total_km2 | 105 |
| population_total | 2,234,105 |
| population_as_of | 2009 |
| population_density_km2 | auto |
| footnotes | ¹ French Land Registry data, which exclude lakes, ponds, and glaciers larger than 1 km², as well as the estuaries of rivers. |
The City of Paris is divided into twenty arrondissements municipaux, administrative districts, referred to as arrondissements (). These are not to be confused with departmental arrondissements, which subdivide the larger French departments.
The number of the arrondissement is indicated by the last two digits in most Parisian postal codes, 75001 up to 75020. In addition to their number, each arrondissement has a name, often for a local monument. For example, the 5th arrondissement is also called "Panthéon" in reference to the eponymous building. The first four arrondissements have a shared administration, called Paris Centre.
Description
The twenty arrondissements (French: "rounding") are arranged in the form of a clockwise spiral, often likened to a snail shell, starting from the middle of the city, with the first on the Right Bank (north bank) of the Seine.
In French, notably on street signs, the number is often given in Roman numerals. For example, the Eiffel Tower belongs to the VIIe arrondissement, while Gare de l'Est is in the Xe arrondissement. In daily speech, people use the ordinal number corresponding to the arrondissement, e.g. "Elle habite dans le sixième", "She lives in the 6th (arrondissement)".
Due to suburbanization, the population of Paris has gradually shifted outward, with only two arrondissements still growing.
Governance
Uniquely among French cities, Paris is both a municipality (commune) and a department (département). Under the PLM Law (Loi PLM) of 1982, which redefined the governance of Paris, Lyon, and Marseille, hence the PLM acronym, there are both a city council called the Council of Paris, and 20 arrondissement councils in Paris. The PLM Law set limits to the prerogatives of the mayor of Paris, who has to deal with the powers granted to the prefect of police on security issues.
The 20 arrondissement councils (conseils d'arrondissement) are similar in operation to a municipal council (conseil municipal), but with very few powers. Its members are elected at municipal elections in the same way as in municipalities with more than 3,500 inhabitants. Each arrondissement council is made up of 2/3 members, elected specifically as arrondissement councillors. Council of Paris members representing the arrondissement, also sit ex officio on their local arrondissement council.
For example, the council of the 19th arrondissement has 42 members. 28 are conseillers d'arrondissement who only sit on the arrondissement council. 14 are conseillers de Paris who also sit on the city council. At its first meeting after the elections, each arrondissement council elects its mayor.
Each arrondissement is subdivided administratively into four quartiers. Paris thus has 80 quartiers administratifs, each containing a police station. For a table giving the names of the eighty quartiers, see Quarters of Paris.
Arrondissements
| Coat of arms | Arrondissement | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (R for Right Bank, L for Left Bank) | Name | Area (km2) | Population | ||||||||
| (2017 estimate) | Density (2017) | ||||||||||
| (inhabitants per km2) | Peak of population | Mayor (2020–2026) | |||||||||
| [[File:Blason ville fr Paris I.svg | 40px | Coat of arms of 1st arrondissement of Paris]] | 1st (Ier) R | ||||||||
| Administratively part of Paris Centre | Louvre | 5.59 km2 | 100,196 (Paris Centre) | 17,924 (Paris Center) | before 1861 | [[File:Ariel_Weil_en_2017_à_la_Mairie_du_4e_arrondissement_de_Paris.jpg | Ariel Weil | 60px]] | |||
| Ariel Weil (PS) | |||||||||||
| [[File:Blason ville fr Paris II.svg | 40px | Coat of arms of 2nd arrondissement of Paris]] | 2nd (IIe) R | ||||||||
| Administratively part of Paris Centre | Bourse | before 1861 | |||||||||
| [[File:Blason ville fr Paris III.svg | 40px | Coat of arms of 3rd arrondissement of Paris]] | 3rd (IIIe) R | ||||||||
| Administratively part of Paris Centre | Temple | before 1861 | |||||||||
| [[File:Blason ville fr Paris IV.svg | 40px | Coat of arms of 4th arrondissement of Paris]] | 4th (IVe) R | ||||||||
| Administratively part of Paris Centre | Hôtel-de-Ville | before 1861 | |||||||||
| [[File:Blason ville fr Paris V.svg | 40px | Coat of arms of 5th arrondissement of Paris]] | 5th (Ve) L | Panthéon | 2.541 km2 | 59,631 | 23,477 | 1911 | [[File:Florence_Berthout_2014_(cropped).jpg | Florence Berthout | 60px]] |
| Florence Berthout (DVD) | |||||||||||
| [[File:Blason ville fr Paris VI.svg | 40px | Coat of arms of 6th arrondissement of Paris]] | 6th (VIe) L | Luxembourg | 2.154 km2 | 41,976 | 19,524 | 1911 | [[File:Jplecoq.JPG | Jean-Pierre Lecoq | 60px]] |
| Jean-Pierre Lecoq (LR) | |||||||||||
| [[File:Blason ville fr Paris VII.svg | 40px | Coat of arms of 7th arrondissement of Paris]] | 7th (VIIe) L | Palais-Bourbon | 4.088 km2 | 52,193 | 12,761 | 1926 | [[File:Festival automobile international 2016 - Photocall - 043 (cropped).jpg | Rachida Dati | 60px]] |
| Rachida Dati (LR) | |||||||||||
| [[File:FRA Paris VIII COA.svg | 40px | Coat of arms of 8th arrondissement of Paris]] | 8th (VIIIe) R | Élysée | 3.881 km2 | 37,368 | 9,631 | 1891 | [[File:Reuters Jeanne d'Hauteserre 1.jpg | 87x87px]] | |
| Jeanne d'Hauteserre (LR) | |||||||||||
| [[File:Blason ville fr Paris IX.svg | 40px | Coat of arms of 9th arrondissement of Paris]] | 9th (IXe) R | Opéra | 2.179 km2 | 60,071 | 27,556 | 1901 | Delphine Bürkli (DVD) | ||
| [[File:Blason ville fr Paris X.svg | 40px | Coat of arms of 10th arrondissement of Paris]] | 10th (Xe) R | Entrepôt | 2.892 km2 | 90,836 | 31,431 | 1881 | Alexandra Cordebard (PS) | ||
| [[File:Blason ville fr Paris XI.svg | 40px | Coat of arms of 11th arrondissement of Paris]] | 11th (XIe) R | Popincourt | 3.666 km2 | 147,470 | 40,183 | 1911 | [[File:140413-FV.jpg | 60px]] | |
| François Vauglin (PS) | |||||||||||
| [[File:Blason ville fr Paris XII.svg | 40px | Coat of arms of 12th arrondissement of Paris]] | 12th (XIIe) R | Reuilly | 16.324 km2 | ||||||
| 6.377 km2 | 141,287 | 8,657 | |||||||||
| 21,729 | 1962 | Emmanuelle Pierre-Marie (EELV) | |||||||||
| [[File:Blason ville fr Paris XIII.svg | 40px | Coat of arms of 13th arrondissement of Paris]] | 13th (XIIIe) L | Gobelins | 7.146 km2 | 183,399 | 25,650 | 2005 | [[File:Jérôme Coumet.jpg | Jérôme Coumet | 60px]] |
| Jérôme Coumet (PS) | |||||||||||
| [[File:Blason ville fr Paris 14e (Paris).svg | 40px | Coat of arms of 14th arrondissement of Paris]] | 14th (XIVe) L | Observatoire | 5.621 km2 | 136,941 | 24,280 | 1954 | [[File:Carine_Petit_2019-04-13.jpg | 60px]] | |
| Carine Petit (Gt.s) | |||||||||||
| [[File:Blason ville fr Paris XV (75015).svg | 40px | Coat of arms of 15th arrondissement of Paris]] | 15th (XVe) L | Vaugirard | 8.502 km2 | 235,178 | 27,733 | 1962 | [[File:Philippegoujon.jpg | Philippe Goujon | 60px]] |
| Philippe Goujon (LR) | |||||||||||
| [[File:Blason ville fr Paris XVI.svg | 40px | Coat of arms of 16th arrondissement of Paris]] | 16th (XVIe) R | Passy | 16.305 km2 | ||||||
| 7.846 km2 | 149,500 | 9,169 | |||||||||
| 19,054 | 1962 | [[File:Monsieur_Francis_Szpiner_(cropped).jpg | Francis Szpiner | 60px]] | |||||||
| Francis Szpiner (LR) | |||||||||||
| [[File:Blason ville fr Paris XVII.svg | 40px | Coat of arms of 17th arrondissement of Paris]] | 17th (XVIIe) R | Batignolles-Monceau | 5.669 km2 | 168,737 | 29,760 | 1954 | [[File:Geoffroy Boulard, maire du 17e arrondissement de Paris.jpg | 60px]] | |
| Geoffroy Boulard (LR) | |||||||||||
| [[File:Blason ville fr Paris XVIII.svg | 40px | Coat of arms of 18th arrondissement of Paris]] | 18th (XVIIIe) R | Butte-Montmartre | 6.005 km2 | 196,131 | 32,634 | 1931 | [[File:Eric_Lejoindre.jpg | 60px]] | |
| Éric Lejoindre (PS) | |||||||||||
| [[File:Blason ville fr Paris19 (proposé par Robert Louis).svg | 40px | Coat of arms of 19th arrondissement of Paris]] | 19th (XIXe) R | Buttes-Chaumont | 6.786 km2 | 188,066 | 27,697 | 2005 | [[File:François_Dagnaud_2013_cropped.JPG | 60px]] | |
| François Dagnaud (PS) | |||||||||||
| [[File:Blason 20ème Arrondissement.jpg | 40px | Coat of arms of 20th arrondissement of Paris]] | 20th (XXe) R | Ménilmontant | 5.984 km2 | 191,800 | 32,052 | 1936 | Éric Pliez (DVG) |
History
On 11 October 1795, Paris was divided into twelve arrondissements. They were numbered from west to east. The numbers 1–9 were on the Right Bank of the Seine. The numbers were 10–12 on the Left Bank. Each arrondissement was subdivided into four quartiers, which corresponded to the 48 original districts created in 1790.
In the late 1850s, Emperor Napoleon III and the Prefect of the Seine Baron Haussmann developed a plan to incorporate several of the surrounding communes into the Paris jurisdiction. In 1859, Parliament passed the necessary legislation, and the expansion took effect when the law was promulgated on 3 November 1859. City taxes were extended to the new neighborhoods in July 1860.
The previous twelve arrondissements were done away with, and twenty new arrondissements were created. In historical records, when it is necessary to distinguish between the two systems, the original arrondissements are indicated by adding the term ancienne ("former" or "old"), for example, 2ème ancienne or 7ème anc.
Before the reorganization, non-married couples who lived together were said to have "married at the town hall of the 13th arrondissement" ("se marier à la mairie du 13e arrondissement"), as a jocular reference to there being no 13th. When Haussmann released his plan for the new boundaries and numbering system, residents of Passy objected because it placed them in the new 13th arrondissement. The mayor of Passy, Jean-Frédéric Possoz, devised the numbering of the arrondissements in a spiral pattern, beginning on the Right Bank, which put Passy in the 16th. This system turned the Louvre area, which contained the Tuileries Palace and other imperial palaces, into the 1st. The Gobelins area became the 13th instead.
In early 2016, mayor Anne Hidalgo proposed that the first four arrondissements should have their administrations merged. The Council of Paris approved this in February 2016. The four have a combined population of about 100,000, with the 1st, 2nd, 4th, and 3rd arrondissements in that order being the four smallest in Paris. In August 2016, the matter was taken up in the National Assembly, and approved in February 2017.
In October 2018, in a postal referendum, the town hall of the 3rd arrondissement was chosen to house the new shared administration. The name "Paris Centre" was chosen for the sector. In June 2020, the reform was implemented, the day after the second round of the 2020 Paris municipal election. The four arrondissements now share a mayor and a district council. The four arrondissements continue to exist, but are no longer used as administrative and electoral sectors.
Logos of the town halls
Logo Arrondissement de Paris - Mairie 01-04 - Paris Centre.svg|Paris Centre, arrondissements 1, 2, 3, 4 Logo Arrondissement de Paris - Mairie 05 - Panthéon.svg|5th arrondissement Logo Arrondissement de Paris - Mairie 06 - Luxembourg.svg|6th arrondissement Logo Arrondissement de Paris - Mairie 07 - Palais Bourbon.svg|7th arrondissement Logo Arrondissement de Paris - Mairie 08 - Élysée.svg|8th arrondissement Logo Arrondissement de Paris - Mairie 09 - Opéra.svg|9th arrondissement Logo Arrondissement de Paris - Mairie 10 - Entrepôt.svg|10th arrondissement Logo Arrondissement de Paris - Mairie 11 - Popincourt.svg|11th arrondissement Logo Arrondissement de Paris - Mairie 12 - Reuilly.svg|12th arrondissement Logo Arrondissement de Paris - Mairie 13 - Gobelins.svg|13th arrondissement Logo Arrondissement de Paris - Mairie 14 - Observatoire.svg|14th arrondissement Logo Arrondissement de Paris - Mairie 15 - Vaugirard.svg|15th arrondissement Logo Arrondissement de Paris - Mairie 16 - Passy.svg|16th arrondissement Logo Arrondissement de Paris - Mairie 17 - Batignolles-Monceau.svg|17th arrondissement Logo Arrondissement de Paris - Mairie 18 - Buttes-Montmartre.svg|18th arrondissement Logo Arrondissement de Paris - Mairie 19 - Buttes-Chaumont.svg|19th arrondissement Logo Arrondissement de Paris - Mairie 20 - Ménilmontant.svg|20th arrondissement
Works
- Paris, je t'aime, a 2006 film composed of five-minute sequences on each arrondissement
Notes
References
Bibliography
References
- (11 April 2005). "Diagrams of each arrondissement showing its quartiers administratifs". Paris.fr.
- (2007-03-26). "Paris For Dummies". John Wiley & Sons.
- (2018). "Map of Paris arrondissements". Paris Digest.
- [https://frenchly.us/paris-council-plans-combine-arrondissements/ Paris Council Plans to Combine Arrondissements] from frenchly.us
- [https://www.thelocal.fr/20181016/four-paris-arrondissements-prepare-to-become-one-with-new-name Paris redraws map as four arrondissements unite under new name] from [[The Local]] France
- [https://frenchly.us/paris-council-plans-combine-arrondissements/ Paris Council Plans to Combine Arrondissements] from frenchly.us
- [https://www.thelocal.fr/20181016/four-paris-arrondissements-prepare-to-become-one-with-new-name Paris redraws map as four arrondissements unite under new name] from [[The Local]] France
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