XIIIe arrondissement
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| 13th arrondissement of Paris | |
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| Paris and its closest suburbs | |
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| Region | Île-de-France |
| Department | Paris |
| Mayor | Serge Blisko |
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| Land area¹ | 7.15 km² |
| Population² (July 1, 2005 estimate) (March 8, 1999 census) |
181,300 171,533 |
| -Density (2005) | 25,371/km² |
| ¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq. mi. or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
| ² Population sans doubles comptes: single count of residents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel). | |
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The 13th arrondissement (XIIIe arrondissement) is one of the 20 arrondissements of Paris, France. It is located on the Left Bank. It is home to Paris's main Chinatown, which is located in the southeast of the arrondissement in an area that contains many high-rise apartment buildings. The current mayor is Jérôme Coumet, who succeeded Serge Blisko on July 12, 2007.
The 13th arrondissement also hosts the Bibliothèque François Mitterrand and the newly built business district of Paris Rive Gauche.
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[edit] Geography
The land area of this arrondissement is 7.146 km² (2.759 sq. miles, or 1,766 acres).
[edit] Demographics
The 13th arrondissement is still growing in population, mainly because of an influx of Asian immigrants. In the 1980's, ethnic Chinese refugees from the former French colony of French Indochina (modern-day Vietnam and Cambodia) settled there. The spoken Chinese language of Teochew and Cantonese, as well as other Southeast Asian languages such as Vietnamese amd Khmer, can be heard in the community.
At the last census in 1999, the population was 171,533. The 13th arrondissement is also rapidly growing in business activity, thanks to the new business district of Paris Rive Gauche. In 1999, the arrondissement contained 89,316 jobs, and it is believed to contain more today.
[edit] Historical population
| Year (of French censuses) |
Population | Density (inh. per km²) |
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| 1872 | 69,431 | 12,342 |
| 1954 | 165,620 | 23,164 |
| 1962 | 166,709 | 23,329 |
| 1968 | 158,280 | 22,149 |
| 1975 | 163,313 | 22,854 |
| 1982 | 170,818 | 23,904 |
| 1990 | 171,098 | 23,943 |
| 1999 | 171,533 | 24,004 |
| 2005 estimate (peak of population) | 181,300 | 25,371 |
[edit] Immigration
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[edit] Map
[edit] Cityscape
[edit] Places of interest
- Paris's main Chinatown, also locally called la petite Asie ("Little Asia"), is located in the high rise buildings of this arrondissement. We can find in this area :
- Les Olympiades, Super-Italie and various other towers among the tallest in Paris
- Tang Frères and Paristore Asian supermarkets and grocery stores.
- Bibliothèque nationale de France
- Pitié-Salpêtrière Hospital
- Butte-aux-Cailles
- Gare d'Austerlitz
- Manufacture des Gobelins
- University of Chicago Center in Paris
- 6 Villa des Gobelins - residence of Hồ Chí Minh from July 1919 to July 1921
[edit] Streets and squares include
 The city hall of the 13th arrondissement, on a commemoration day. |
 A large section of the 13e arrondissement has been rebuilt in a modern style in the 1970s, with high-rise apartment buildings and shopping center. It now houses an important East Asian community. |
 Bd Vincent Auriol |
 Public housing built in the first half of the 20th century |
