20th arrondissement of Paris

  • Belleville
  • Saint- Fargeau
  • Père Lachaise
  • Charonne

The 20th arrondissement of Paris, the Arrondissement de Ménilmontant, is one of Paris' 20 arrondissements. It was founded in 1860 by the amalgamation of the former municipalities of Belleville, Ménilmontant and Charonne.

  • 4.1 churches
  • 4.2 Cemeteries

Geographical location

The 20th arrondissement is located on the right bank of the Seine. It is bordered to the west by the 11th, in the north on the 19th and on the south by the 12th arrondissement.

Neighborhood in the 20th arrondissement

The district consists of the following four districts:

  • Quartier de Belleville
  • Quartier Saint -Fargeau
  • Quartier du Père Lachaise
  • Quartier de Charonne

According to the official census of the district of Paris is thereby accomodation 77 to 80

Demographics

According to the census of 1999 182.952 inhabitants were reported in 598 acres of the 20th arrondissement. This corresponds to a population density of 30 594 inhabitants per km ². Thus, in this Arrondissement 8.3% of the population of Paris their principal residence. The 20th arrondissement is traditionally a working-class neighborhood, which is reflected from the political preference for left-wing parties and has always been a magnet for immigrants, at the beginning of the 20th century from Italy, Poland and Spain, then from the Maghreb and sub-Saharan Africa; so it is also similar to the adjacent 11th and 19th arrondissements.

Town hall

The town hall of the 20th arrondissement is located in the 6 Place Gambetta.

Mayor

Mayor since the last election in March 2008, Frederique Calandra, Member of the French Socialist Party (PS).

Attractions

See also: List of Monuments historiques in the 20th Arrondissement (Paris)

Churches

  • Notre -Dame-de -la -Croix
  • Saint- Germain -de- Charonne

Cemeteries

  • Père Lachaise
  • Cemetery of Belleville

Major Roads

  • Rue de Bagnolet
  • Rue Belgrand
  • Rue de Belleville
  • Boulevard de Charonne
  • Boulevard Davout
  • Avenue Gambetta
  • Rue des Orteaux
  • Rue de Ménilmontant
  • Boulevard de Ménilmontant
  • Boulevard Mortier
  • Rue des Pyrénées
  • Cours de Vincennes
  • Rue Saint Blaise

Well-known personalities of the arrondissements

  • Architects Arsène Lejeune, most of the buildings built in the area around the Rue Belgrand
  • Clergyman Jules Sully Lombard, co-founder and Chairman of the City Building Association " La Campagne a Paris"
  • Artist: Lucien Martial, painter
  • Andre Duret, painter, born in 1921
  • Jean -François Zygel, French musician and composer
  • Politician Marcel Deat, Socialist, elected member of the 20th arrondissement at the 1932 election in which he hit Jacques Duclos.
  • Jacques Duclos, a communist, an elected Member of the 20th arrondissement in the election of 1928, in which he suggested Léon Blum.
  • Alain Riou, the municipal council ( Conseiller municipal), in 2003, President of the Greens
  • Scientists: The brothers Chappe, inventor of optical telegraphy
  • Albert Besson, physicians, hygienists, the municipal council ( Conseiller municipal) from Saint -Fargeau in the 1930s,

Green spaces

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