10th arrondissement of Paris

10th arrondissement of Paris

French municipal arrondissement
arrondissementnumber=10th
commune=Paris


caption=The Gare du Nord in the 10th arrondissement.


mapcaption=Paris and its closest suburbs
lat_long=
région=Île-de-France
département=Paris
maire=Tony Dreyfus
alt mini=|alt maxi=
km²=2.89
sans=
88,800
89,612
date-sans=July 1, 2005 estimate)
(March 8, 1999 census|dens=30,705|date-dens=2005|

The 10th arrondissement of Paris is one of the 20 arrondissements (administrative districts) of the capital city of France.

Situated on the right bank of the River Seine, the arrondissement contains two of Paris's six main railway stations: the Gare du Nord and the Gare de l'Est. Built during the 19th century, these two termini are among the busiest in Europe.

The 10th arrondissement also contains a large portion of the Canal Saint-Martin, linking the northeastern parts of Paris with the River Seine.

Geography

The land area of the arrondissement is 2.892 km² (1.117 sq. miles, or 715 acres).

Demography

The peak population of the 10th arrondissement occurred in 1881, when it had 159,809 inhabitants. Today, the arrondissement remains very dense in both population and business activity, with 89,612 inhabitants and 71,962 jobs at last census in 1999.

Historical population

Year
(of French censuses)
PopulationDensity
(inh. per km²)
1872135,39246,848
1881 (peak of population)159,80955,259
1954129,17944,699
1962124,49743,049
1968113,37239,202
197594,04632,519
198286,97030,073
199090,08331,149
199989,61230,986
2005 estimate88,80030,705

Immigration

France immigration
collectivity_name=the 10th arrondissement
census_year=1999
metropolitan_France=70.4
outside_metropolitan_France=29.6
overseas_France=1.3
foreign_French=4.1
EU-15=4.4
non-EU-15=19.8

Map


Cityscape

Places of interest

* canal Saint-Martin
* gare de l'Est
* gare du Nord
* Musée de l'Éventail (Fan Museum)
* passage Brady
* passage du Prado
* porte Saint-Denis
* porte Saint-Martin
* Saint-Vincent-de-Paul church
* Saint-Laurent church

Mains streets and squares

* Place de la République
* Boulevard de Magenta
* Boulevard de la Chapelle
* Rue du Faubourg-Poissonnière
* Place du Colonel-Fabien
* Boulevard de Strasbourg
* Rue du Faubourg-du-Temple
* Rue Claude-Vellefaux
* Rue des Petites Ecuries

External links

* [http://www.tripfilms.com/Travel_Video-v133-Paris-Paris_10th_Arrondissement-Video.html Short documentary video about the 10th arrondissement]


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