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20 districts of Paris
Cartography of Paris, part 3: The 20
Districts
20 districts, 20 nodes:
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11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20
In 1860, baron Haussmann, who was directing the renovation of Paris
with the support of Emperor Napoleon III, decided the enlargement of
Paris. Most of the surrounding villages disappeared then: Belleville (now
in the 20th district), Grenelle (15th), Vaugirard(14th), La Villette
(19th) became quarters of Paris, while Auteuil (16th), Les
Batignolles-Monceau (17th), Bercy (12th), La Chapelle-Saint-Denis
(18th), Charonne (20th), Montmartre (18th) and Passy (16th) were
divided between Paris and other towns. Gentilly (14th, 13th), Ivry
(13th), Montrouge (14th), Neuilly-sur-Seine (17th) and Saint-Mandé
(12th) lost a part of their territory but kept the remaining part and still
exist today.
The new Paris was divided into 20 districts (arrondissements). They
were numbered from the center (Châtelet) to the outskirts like a snail
shell. In the map below, the large curve is the Seine, and the total
distance from North to South is approximately 10 kilometers.
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The boulevard rings described in Paris streets often mark the
boundaries between the districts. For example, the 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th
and 6th districts are located inside the 1st ring. The 8th, 9th, 10th and
11th districts are located more or less between the 1st and 2nd rings. All
of them are located inside the 3rd ring. However, Bois de Vincennes and
Bois de Boulogne are located outside the 3rd ring although they belong
respectively to the 12th and 16th districts.
You will find a list of the most important things to see in each
district in Paris buildings and sites.
This is the population and land area of each district in 1990 (excludes
Bois de Boulogne and Bois de Vincennes):
Population Land area Population Land area
(1990) (km2) (1990) (km2)
I 16,888 1.83 XI 149,102 3.67
II 19,585 0.99 XII 136,591 6.38
III 34,248 1.17 XIII 171,533 7.15
IV 30,675 1.60 XIV 132,844 5.62
V 58,849 2.54 XV 225,362 8.50
VI 44,919 2.15 XVI 161,773 7.85
VII 56,985 4.09 XVII 160,860 5.67
VIII 39,314 3.88 XVIII 184,586 6.01
IX 55,838 2.18 XIX 172,730 6.79
X 89,612 2.89 XX 182,952 5.98
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Paris 2,125,246 86.92
Source for the numbers: http://www.demographia.com/db-parisarron.htm