Arrondissements of Paris

The French capital Paris is divided into 20 districts since 1860, the arrondissements.

Administrative structure

The arrondissements are often numbered in Roman numerals from 1 to 20, further performed starting and spirally in the center to the outside. The spiral begins in the historic center, the area from the Louvre, the Palais Royal and the Forum des Halles and ends after two and a half running clockwise rotations in the east of the city. The spiral arrangement of the district is popularly l' escargot de Paris called (Paris snail).

Each district is headed by a Mayor ( Maire d' arrondissement ), which resides in the mayor's office in his district.

Each district consists of four quarters ( districts ), which in turn are numbered from 1 to 80: The district continues 1-4 belong to the 1st arrondissement, the quarter 5-8 for 2nd arrondissement and such.

Areas and population of the arrondissement

  • Arrondissement of Paris
Municipal arrondissements of France Les Halles Paris Quarters 1st arrondissement of Paris 2nd arrondissement of Paris 3rd arrondissement of Paris 4th arrondissement of Paris 5th arrondissement of Paris 6th arrondissement of Paris 9th arrondissement of Paris 10th arrondissement of Paris 11th arrondissement of Paris 12th arrondissement of Paris 13th arrondissement of Paris 14th arrondissement of Paris 15th arrondissement of Paris 16th arrondissement of Paris Bois de Boulogne Bois de Vincennes
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