- 6th arrondissement of Paris
French municipal arrondissement
arrondissementnumber=6th
commune=Paris
caption=Boulevard Saint-Germain in the 6th arrondissement.
mapcaption=Paris and its closest suburbs
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région=Île-de-France
département=Paris
maire=Jean-Pierre Lecoq
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km²=2.15
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45,200
44,919
date-sans=July 1, 2005 estimate)
(March 8, 1999 census|dens=20,984|date-dens=2005|The 6th arrondissement of Paris is one of the 20 arrondissements (administrative districts) of the capital city of
France .Situated on the left bank of the
River Seine , it is one of the central arrondissements of the capital and is notable for including the district ofSaint-Germain-des-Prés – dominated by its Abbey founded in the6th century – as well as theFrench Senate , located in theJardin du Luxembourg .Geography
The land area of the arrondissement is 2.154 km² (0.832 sq. miles, or 532 acres).
Demography
The arrondissement attained its peak population in 1911 when the population density reached nearly 50,000 inhabitants per km². In 1999, the population was 44,919 inhabitants while the arrondissement provided 43,691 jobs.
Historical population
Year
(of French censuses)Population Density
(inh. per km²)1872 90,288 41,994 1911 (peak of population)102,993 47,815 1954 88,200 41,023 1962 80,262 37,262 1968 70,891 32,911 1975 56,331 26,152 1982 48,905 22,704 1990 47,891 22,234 1999 44,919 20,854 2005 estimate45,200 20,984 Immigration
France immigration
collectivity_name=the 6th arrondissement
census_year=1999
metropolitan_France=79.6
outside_metropolitan_France=20.4
overseas_France=0.6
foreign_French=5.0
EU-15=6.1
non-EU-15=8.7Map
Cityscape
Places of interest
*
Académie française
* French Senate (Luxembourg Palace )
*Jardin du Luxembourg
*Pont des Arts
*Pont Neuf
*Pont Saint-Michel
*Saint-Germain-des-Prés Quarter and former abbey
* Latin Quarter (partial)
*Saint-Sulpice church
* Théâtre de l'Europe (Odéon )
*Théâtre du Vieux-Colombier
*Café de Flore
*Les Deux Magots
*Polidor
*Hôtel Lutetia
*Café Procope
*Odéon Museums
*
Fondation Jean Dubuffet
*Maison d'Auguste Comte
*Monnaie de Paris
*Musée d'Anatomie Delmas-Orfila-Rouvière
*Musée Edouard Branly
*Musée Hébert
*Musée - Librairie du Compagnonnage
*Musée de Minéralogie
*Musée Zadkine Colleges and universities
*
École Nationale des Ponts et Chaussées
*École nationale supérieure des mines de Paris
*École Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-Arts
*École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales
*Pantheon-Assas Paris II University (main campus)
*Lycée Montaigne
*Lycée Saint-Louis
* Lycée StanislasFormer places
*
Cherche-Midi prison
*Hôtel de Condé
*Comédie-Française Main streets and squares
* Place du 18-Juin-1940
*Rue de l'Abbaye
* Rue de l'Ancienne Comédie
* RueAndré Mazet
*Rue d'Assas
* RueAuguste Comte
* Rue de Beaux Arts
* RueBonaparte
* Rue Bréa
* Rue de Buci
**named after Simon de Buci, President of the "Parlement " of Paris, who had purchased the Gate Saint-Germain (now demolished) in1350
* Rue des Canettes
* Rue Cassette
* Rue du Cherche-Midi
* Rue Christine
* Rue de Condé
**named after the formerHôtel de Condé , of which forecourt faced the street
* Quai de Conti
* Rue Danton
* Passage Dauphine
*Rue Dauphine
**named after the Dauphin, son ofHenry IV of France
* Rue du Dragon
* Rue Duguay-Trouin
* Rue Dupin
* Rue de l'École de Médecine
* Rue de Fleurus
* Rue du Four
* Place de Furstemberg
* Rue de Furstemberg
* Rue Garancière
* Quai des GrandsAugustins
* Rue des Grands Augustins
* Rue Grégoire de Tours
* Rue Guisarde
* Rue Guynemer
* Rue Hautefeuille
* PlaceHenri Mondor
* RueJacques Callot
* Rue du Jardinet
* Rue Jacob
* Rue Lobineau
* Rue Mabillon
* Rue Madame
* Quai Malaquais
* Rue Mayet
* Rue Mazarine
* Rue de Médicis
* Rue de Mézières
* Rue Mignon
* Rue Monsieur le Prince
* Boulevard duMontparnasse
*Rue de Nesle
* Rue deNevers
* Rue Notre-Dame des Champs
* Carrefour de l'Odéon
* Rue de l'Odéon
* Rue Palatine
* RuePierre Sarrazin
* Rue desPoitevins
* Rue du Pont de Lodi
**named afterBonaparte 's victory onMay 10 ,1796 at theBattle of Lodi
* Rue Princesse
* Rue des Quatre Vents
* Place du Québec
* Boulevard Raspail
**named afterFrançois Vincent Raspail (1794 –1878 ) French chemist and politician
* Rue deRennes
* Rue Saint-André-des-Arts
* Rue Saint-Benoît
*Boulevard Saint-Germain (partial)
* Rue Saint-Jean-Baptiste de la Salle
*Boulevard Saint-Michel (partial)
*Place Saint-Michel (partial)
*Place Saint-Sulpice
* Rue Saint-Sulpice
* Rue des Saints Pères
* Rue de Savoie
* Rue deSeine
* Rue deSèvres
* Rue Stanislas
**named after the nearby collège Stanislas, founded underLouis XVIII of France , and named after one of his first names
* Rue deTournon
* Rue de Vaugirard (partial)
* Rue Vavin
** named after the 19th-century politicianAlexis Vavin
* Rue Visconti
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