12th arrondissement of Paris

French municipal arrondissement
arrondissementnumber=12th
commune=Paris


caption=Opéra Bastille in the 12th arrondissement.


mapcaption=Paris and its closest suburbs
lat_long=
région=Île-de-France
département=Paris
maire=Michèle Blumenthal
alt mini=|alt maxi=
km²=6.38 Excluding Bois de Vincennes] km²
16.32
sans=
138,300
136,591
date-sans=July 1, 2005 estimate)
(March 8, 1999 census|dens=21,687|date-dens=2005|

The 12^th arrondissement ("XII^e arrondissement"), located on the Right Bank, is one of the 20 arrondissements of Paris, France. The district has been significantly reorganized in recent decades, especially in the areas of Cours-Saint-Emilion and Bercy, which now contain the French Ministry of Finances and the Bercy arena.

The 12th arrondissement contains the Opéra Bastille, the second largest opera house in Paris. It was inaugurated in 1989, on the 200th anniversary of the storming of the Bastille. The Bois de Vincennes is also located in this arrondissement.

Geography

The land area of this arrondissement is 16.324 km² (6.303 sq. miles, or 4,034 acres), two-thirds of which consists of the Bois de Vincennes park. Excluding the Bois de Vincennes, its land area is 6.377 km² (2.462 sq. miles, or 1,576 acres).

Demographics

The peak of population of Paris's 12th arrondissement occurred in 1962 and was followed by three decades of decline. Recently, however, the population has begun to grow again, since the restructuring of the 1990s. As of the last census, in 1999, the population was 136,591 inhabitants. The same census showed that the 12th arrondissement, heavily involved in business activity, contained 112,336 jobs, mainly around the new district of Bercy.

Historical population

Year (of French censuses)	Population	Density (inh. per km²)
1872	87,678	13,749
1954	158,437	24,845
1962 (peak of population)	161,574	25,337
1968	155,982	24,460
1975	140,900	22,095
1982	138,015	21,643
1990	130,257	20,426
1999	136,591	21,419
2005 estimate	138,300	21,687

Immigration

France immigration
collectivity_name=the 12th arrondissement
census_year=1999
metropolitan_France=81.2
outside_metropolitan_France=18.8
overseas_France=1.2
foreign_French=4.1
EU-15=3.2
non-EU-15=10.3

Map

Places of interest

* Place de la Bastille (shared by the 4th, 11th and 12th arrondissements)
** Opera Bastille
** Faubourg Saint-Antoine
* Bois de Vincennes
* Cimetière de Picpus
* Musée des Arts Forains
* Palais de la Porte Dorée (Cité nationale de l'histoire de l'immigration)
* Palais Omnisports de Paris-Bercy
* Parc de Bercy
* Promenade plantée
* Viaduc des arts
* Zoo de Vincennes

Photo Album

References and footnotes