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| 15th arrondissement of
Paris |
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| The Front de Seine highrise district near
the Eiffel
Tower. |
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Location |
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| Paris and its closest suburbs |
| Administration |
| Region |
Île-de-France |
| Department |
Paris |
| Mayor |
René Galy-Dejean |
| Statistics |
| Land area¹ |
8.50 km² |
Population²
(July 1, 2005 estimate)
(March 8, 1999 census) |
232,400
225,362 |
| -Density (2005) |
27,335/km² |
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¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers
> 1 km² (0.386 sq. mi. or 247 acres) and river estuaries. |
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Population sans doubles comptes: single count of residents
of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel). |
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The 15th arrondissement of Paris is one of the
20 arrondissements
(administrative districts) of the
capital city of France.
Situated on the Rive Gauche (left bank) of the River
Seine and sharing the Montparnasse district with the 6th and 14th
arrondissements, it is the city's most populous arrondissement. The
Tour
Montparnasse – the
tallest skyscraper in Paris – and the neighbouring Gare
Montparnasse are both located in the 15th arrondissement, at
its border with the 14th.
The 15th arrondissement also contains the Porte de Versailles
exhibition centre and the high-rise district of the Front de Seine
(or Beaugrenelle) located near the Eiffel Tower.
Geography
The land area of this arrondissement is
8.502 km2 (3.283 sq. miles, or 2,101 acres).
Demography
The peak of population of Paris's 15th arrondissement occurred
in 1962, when it had 250,551 inhabitants. Since then it has lost
approximately one-tenth of its population, but it remains the most
populous arrondissement of Paris, with 225,362 inhabitants at the
last census in 1999. With 144,667 jobs at the same census, the 15th
is also very dense in business activities.
Historical
population
Year
(of French censuses) |
Population |
Density
(inh. per km2) |
| 1872 |
75,449 |
8,874 |
| 1954 |
250,124 |
29,419 |
| 1962 (peak of population) |
250,551 |
29,470 |
| 1968 |
244,080 |
28,709 |
| 1975 |
231,301 |
27,205 |
| 1982 |
225,596 |
26,534 |
| 1990 |
223,940 |
26,340 |
| 1999 |
225,362 |
26,507 |
| 2005 estimate |
232,400 |
27,335 |
Immigration
Place of birth of residents of the 15th arrondissement in
1999
| Born in Metropolitan France |
Born outside
Metropolitan France |
| 80.0% |
20.0% |
Born in
Overseas France |
Born in foreign countries
with French citizenship at birth¹ |
EU-15
immigrants² |
Non-EU-15
immigrants |
| 1.0% |
4.8% |
4.0% |
10.2% |
¹This group is made up largely of pieds-noirs from Northwest
Africa, followed by former colonial citizens who had French
citizenship at birth (such as was often the case for the native
elite in French colonies), and to a lesser extent foreign-born
children of French expatriates. Note that a foreign country is
understood as a country not part of France as of 1999, so a person
born for example in 1950 in Algeria, when Algeria was an integral
part of France, is nonetheless listed as a person born in a foreign
country in French statistics.
² An immigrant is a person born in a foreign country not
having French citizenship at birth. Note that an immigrant may have
acquired French citizenship since moving to France, but is still
considered an immigrant in French statistics. On the other hand,
persons born in France with foreign citizenship (the children of
immigrants) are not listed as immigrants. |
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Places of
interest
Economy
The former
Air France
headquarters in Montparnasse
The headquarters of France Télécom are located in the 15th
arrondissement.[1]
Prior to the completion of the current Air France headquarters in Tremblay-en-France in December
1995,[2][3] Air
France was headquartered in a tower located next to the Gare
Montparnasse rail station in Montparnasse and in the 15th
arrondissement; Air France had its headquarters in the tower for
about 30 years.[4][5][6]
History
The loi du 16 juin 1859 decreed the annexation to Paris
of the area between the old Wall of the
Farmers-General and the wall of Thiers. The
communes of Grenelle, Vaugirard, and Javel were incorporated into
Paris in 1860. it was founded by the guy by the name of charles de
gaulle.
Quarters
As in all the Parisian arrondissements, the fifteenth
is made up of four administrative quarters
(quartiers).
- To the south, quartier Saint-Lambert occupies the
former site of the village of Vaugirard, built along an ancient Roman
road of the same name. The geography of the area was
particularly suited to wine-making, as well as quarrying. In fact,
many Parisian monuments, such as the École
Militaire, were built from Vaugirard stone. The village,
not yet being part of Paris, was considered by Parisians to be an
agreeable suburb, pleasant for country walks or its cabarets and
puppet shows. In 1860 Vaugirard was annexed to Paris, along with
adjoining villages. Today, the only notable attractions in this
area are the Parc des Expositions (an exhibition center
which hosts the Foire de Paris, agricultural expositions,
and car shows), and Parc Georges Brassens, a park built on
the former site of a slaughterhouse.
- To the east, quartier Necker was originally an
uninhabited space between Paris and Vaugirard. The most well-known
landmarks in the area are the Gare Montparnasse train
station and the looming Tour Montparnasse office tower.
The area around the train station has been renovated and now
contains a number of office and apartment blocks, a park (the
Jardin Atlantique, built directly over the train tracks),
and shopping centers. Finally, the quartier contains a
number of public buildings: the Lycée Buffon, Necker
Children's Hospital, and the Institut
Pasteur.
- To the north, quartier Grenelle was originally a
village of the same name. Grenelle plain extended from the current
Hôtel des Invalides to the suburb of Issy-les-Moulineaux on the other
side of the Seine, but remained mostly uninhabited in centuries
past due to difficulties farming the land. At the beginning of the
19th century, an entrepreneur by the name of Violet divided off a
section of the plain: this became the village of Beaugrenelle,
known for its series of straight streets and blocks, which remain
today. The whole area broke off from the commune of Vaugirard in 1830, becoming the
commune of Grenelle, which was in turn annexed to Paris in 1860. A
century later, a number of apartment and office towers were built
along the Seine, along with Beaugrenelle shopping mall.
- To the west, quartier Javel lies to the south of
Grenelle plain. In years past, it was the industrial area of the
arrondissement: first with chemical companies (the famous
Eau de Javel [bleach] was invented and produced there),
then electrical companies (Thomson), and finally car manufacturers (Citroën), whose factories
occupied a large part of the quartier up until the early
1970s. The industrial areas have since been destroyed, and the
neighbourhood now contains Parc André Citroën, Georges
Pompidou Hospital, and a number of large office buildings and
television studios (Sagem, Snecma, the Direction Générale de l'Aviation
Civile, Canal Plus, France Télévisions, etc.). In
addition, to the south of the circular highway (boulevard
périphérique), an extension of the 15th, formerly an aerodrome
at the beginning of the 20th century, is now a heliport, a gym and
a recreation center.
- The early airfield here has been encroached upon by urban
development and a sports centre but the residual area, mainly laid
to grass, continues to serve Paris as a heliport. The Sécurité
Civile has a detachment here close to maintenance facilities.
Customs facilities are available and the facility is especially
busy during the Salon d'Aeronautique airshows held at Le Bourget on the other
side of the city.
References
 Communes in the metropolitan
area of Paris |
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| Population over 2 million |
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| Population over 75,000 |
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| Population over 50,000 |
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| Population over 25,000 |
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| Population under 25,000 |
1,459 other communes
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Coordinates: 48°50′28.78″N 2°18′1.05″E / 48.8413278°N
2.3002917°E / 48.8413278;
2.3002917
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