From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
| 8th arrondissement of
Paris |
 |
| The Champs-Élysées in the 8th
arrondissement, during the Christmas season. |
|
Location |
 |
| Paris and its closest suburbs |
| Administration |
| Region |
Île-de-France |
| Department |
Paris |
| Mayor |
François Lebel (CNIP) |
| Statistics |
| Land area¹ |
3.88 km² |
Population²
(July 1, 2005 estimate)
(March 8, 1999 census) |
38,700
39,314 |
| -Density (2005) |
9,972/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). |
|
|
|
|
|
This box: view • talk • edit
|
The 8th arrondissement of Paris is one of the
20 arrondissements
(administrative districts) of the
capital city of France.
Situated on the right bank of the River Seine and centred
on the Opéra,
the 8th is, together with the 2nd and 9th arrondissements, one of Paris's main
business districts. According to the 1999 census, it was the place
of employment of more people than any other single arrondissement
of the capital. It is also the location of many places of interest,
among them the Champs-Élysées, the Arc de Triomphe
and the Place de la Concorde, as well as
the Élysée
Palace, official residence of the President
of France.
Geography
The land area of the arrondissement is 3.881 km2
(1.498 sq. miles, or 959 acres).
Demographics
The peak of population of the 8th arrondissement occurred in
1891, when it had 107,485 inhabitants. Since then, the
arrondissement has widely attracted businesses, and has become less
of a residential area. In 1999, the population was only 39,314,
while the arrondissment contained 171,444 jobs.
Historical
population
Year
(of French censuses) |
Population |
Density
(inh. per km²) |
| 1872 |
75,796 |
19,535 |
| 1891 (peak of population) |
107,485 |
27,695 |
| 1954 |
80,827 |
20,832 |
| 1962 |
74,577 |
19,216 |
| 1968 |
67,897 |
17,495 |
| 1975 |
52,999 |
13,656 |
| 1982 |
46,403 |
11,956 |
| 1990 |
40,814 |
10,516 |
| 1999 |
39,314 |
10,130 |
| 2005 estimate |
38,700 |
9,972 |
Immigration
Place of birth of residents of the 8th arrondissement in
1999
| Born in Metropolitan France |
Born outside
Metropolitan France |
| 75.4% |
24.6% |
Born in
Overseas France |
Born in foreign countries
with French citizenship at birth¹ |
EU-15
immigrants² |
Non-EU-15
immigrants |
| 0.6% |
4.9% |
8.5% |
10.6% |
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. |
|
Map
Map of the 8th arrondissement
Cityscape
Places of
interest
Districts or
neighborhoods
Streets and
squares
Streets
Squares
|
|
- Place du Général-Brocard
- Place Georges-Guillaumin
- Place du Guatémala
- Place du Havre
- Place Henri-Bergson
- Place Henry-Dunant
- Place du Havre
- Place Jean-Pierre-Lévy
- Place de la Madeleine
- Place de Narvik
- Place du Pérou
- Place Prosper-Goubaux
- Place de la Reine-Astrid
- Place de la République-de-l'Équateur
|
- Place de la République-Dominicaine
- Place de Rio-de-Janeiro
- Place Saint-Augustin
- Place des Saussaies
- Place des
Ternes
- Rond-point des Champs-Élysées-Marcel-Dassault
- Square Beaujon
- Square de Berlin
- Square de la Fondation Rothschild
- Square Jean-Perrin
- Square Louis XVI
- Square Marcel-Pagnol
- Square du Roule
|
External
links
 Communes in the metropolitan
area of Paris |
|
| Population over 2 million |
|
|
| Population over 75,000 |
|
|
| Population over 50,000 |
|
|
| Population over 25,000 |
|
|
| Population under 25,000 |
1,459 other communes
|
|
Coordinates: 48°52′27″N 2°18′40″E / 48.87417°N
2.31111°E / 48.87417;
2.31111
Top topics
Wikis
Quiz
Map
Search
