17th arrondissement of Paris

French municipal arrondissement
arrondissementnumber=17th
commune=Paris


caption=View over the south of the 17th arrondissement and western suburbs in background.


mapcaption=Paris and its closest suburbs
lat_long=
région=Île-de-France
département=Paris
maire=Rachida Dati
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km²=5.67
sans=
160,300
160,860
date-sans=July 1, 2005 estimate)
(March 8, 1999 census|dens=28,277|date-dens=2005|

The 17th 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, this arrondissement hosts three very active areas: in the northern part, the working-class area around the place de Clichy is an extension of the Pigalle red-light district; in the southern part, the upper-class area around the avenue des Ternes, where the Marché Poncelet is located, is more Haussmannian in style. Wedged in between these two is the former village of Batignolles.

The "Mairie" (Town Hall) of the 17th arrondissement is on Rue de Batignolles. It is the only Mairie of Paris to be located in a modern building. the original building was torn down in 1971 to make room for the current edifice. [http://www.mairie17.paris.fr/mairie17/jsp/site/Portal.jsp?page_id=7] The 17th arrondissement also hosts the Palais des Congrès of Paris, which is a large exhibition center with a skyscraper hotel, the Concorde Lafayette.

Geography

The land area of this arrondissement is 5.669 km² (2.189 sq. miles, or 1,401 acres).

Demographics

The peak population of Paris's 17th arrondissement was reached in 1954, when it contained 231,987 inhabitants. Today, the arrondissement remains very dense in population and business activity, with 160,860 inhabitants and 92,267 jobs as of the most recent census (1999).

Historical population

Year (of French censuses)	Population	Density (inh. per km²)
1872	101,804	17,955
1954 (peak of population)	231,987	40,922
1962	227,687	40,164
1968	210,299	37,096
1975	186,293	32,862
1982	169,513	29,902
1990	161,935	28,565
1999	160,860	28,375
2005 estimate	160,300	28,277

Immigration

France immigration
collectivity_name=the 17th arrondissement
census_year=1999
metropolitan_France=77.7
outside_metropolitan_France=22.3
overseas_France=1.1
foreign_French=4.6
EU-15=5.1
non-EU-15=11.5

Cityscape

Places of interest

*Musée national Jean-Jacques Henner
*Palais des Congrès and Hôtel Concorde Lafayette
*Parc Monceau
*Square des Batignolles
*Marché Poncelet

Main streets and squares

*Place de Clichy and Avenue de Clichy
*Avenue des Ternes

References