19th arrondissement of Paris

French municipal arrondissement
arrondissementnumber=19th
commune=Paris


caption=District of Villette in the 19th arrondissement.


mapcaption=Paris and its closest suburbs
lat_long=
région=Île-de-France
département=Paris
maire=Roger Madec
alt mini=|alt maxi=
km²=6.79
sans=
187,200
172,730
date-sans=July 1, 2005 estimate)
(March 8, 1999 census|dens=27,586|date-dens=2005|

The 19^th arrondissement ("XIX^e arrondissement"), located on the Right Bank, is one of the 20 arrondissements of Paris, France. It is crossed by two canals, the Canal Saint-Denis and the Canal de l'Ourcq, which meet at the level of the Parc de la Villette.

The 19th arrondissement hosts the public park of Parc des Buttes Chaumont located on a hill. It also hosts the Parc de la Villette, encompassing the Cité des Sciences et de l'Industrie, which is an exhibition center dedicated to sciences and industries, and the Cité de la Musique, harbouring the Conservatoire de Paris, one of the most-renowned music schools in Europe.

Geography

The land area of this arrondissement is 6.786 km² (2.62 sq. miles).

Demographics

The 19th arrondissement is still growing in population. At the last census, in 1999, the population was 172,730 inhabitants. As of the same census, 68,101 people worked in the arrondissement.

Historical population

Year (of French censuses)	Population	Density (inh. per km²)
1872	93,174	13,730
1954	155,058	22,845
1962	159,568	23,514
1968	148,862	21,937
1975	144,357	21,273
1982	162,649	23,968
1990	165,062	24,324
1999	172,730	25,454
2005 estimate (peak of population)	187,200	27,586

Immigration

France immigration
collectivity_name=the 19th arrondissement
census_year=1999
metropolitan_France=70.7
outside_metropolitan_France=29.3
overseas_France=2.1
foreign_French=4.5
EU-15=2.8
non-EU-15=19.9

Places of interest

* Parc des Buttes Chaumont
* Parc de la Villette