XXe arrondissement
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| 20th arrondissement of Paris | |
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| Rue de Ménilmontant in the 20th arrondissement. | |
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| Paris and its closest suburbs | |
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| Region | Île-de-France |
| Department | Paris |
| Mayor | Michel Charzat |
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| Land area¹ | 5.98 km² |
| Population² (July 1, 2005 estimate) (March 8, 1999 census) |
191,800 182,952 |
| -Density (2005) | 32,052/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 20th arrondissement (XXe arrondissement), located on the Right Bank, is one of the 20 arrondissements of Paris, France. It contains the cosmopolitan districts of Ménilmontant and Belleville which have welcomed many successive waves of immigration since the middle of the 19th century. Today, Belleville holds the second largest Chinatown in Paris.
The 20th arrondissement is also internationally known for hosting the Père Lachaise Cemetery where one can find the burials of many famous composers (such as Chopin and Rossini), writers (including Oscar Wilde and Marcel Proust), painters (Pissarro, Jacques-Louis David and others) and even rock singers (Jim Morrison).
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[edit] Geography
The land area of this arrondissement is 5.984 km² (2.31 sq. miles, or 1,479 acres).
[edit] Demographics
The population of Paris's 20th arrondissement peaked in 1936, when it had 208,115 inhabitants. Today it remains very dense in population and business activity with 182,952 inhabitants and 54,786 jobs as of the last census, in 1999.
[edit] Historical population
| Year (of French censuses) |
Population | Density (inh. per km²) |
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| 1872 | 92,772 | 15,503 |
| 1936 (peak of population) | 208,115 | 34,779 |
| 1954 | 200,208 | 33,457 |
| 1962 | 199,310 | 33,307 |
| 1968 | 188,921 | 31,571 |
| 1975 | 175,795 | 29,378 |
| 1982 | 171,971 | 28,738 |
| 1990 | 184,478 | 30,829 |
| 1999 | 182,952 | 30,574 |
| 2005 estimate | 191,800 | 32,052 |
[edit] Immigration
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[edit] Cityscape
[edit] Places of interest
- Parc de Belleville
- Père Lachaise Cemetery
[edit] Important districts
- District of Belleville
- District of Ménilmontant
