IIe arrondissement

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2nd arrondissement of Paris

Paris stock exchange in 2nd arrondissement.
Location

Paris and its closest suburbs
Administration
Région	Île-de-France
Département	Paris
Mayor	Jacques Boutault
Statistics
Land area¹	0.99 km²
Population² (1999 census)	19,585
-Density (1999)	19,783/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).

The 20
arrondissements
of Paris

17^th			18^th		19^th
	8^th		9^th	10^th	11^th	20^th
16^th			2^nd	3^rd
			1^st	4^th	12^th
	Seine river
		7^th	6^th	5^th	13^th
		15^th	14^th

The 2^e arrondissement, located on the Right Bank, is the smallest of the 20 arrondissements of Paris, France. With the 8th, and 9th arrondissement, it partially hosts the most important business center of Paris, which is located around the Opéra. It is the most dense arrondissement in business activity with an average of 62,695 jobs per km².

The 2nd arrondissement hosts the Paris stock exchange, a large number of banking headquarters, and also the very busy textile district of Paris, known as the Sentier. The concert hall of the Opéra-Comique is also located in this arrondissement.

1 Demography
2 Map
3 Cityscape
- 3.1 Places of interest in the arrondissement
- 3.2 Main streets and squares

[edit] Demography

The peak of population of Paris 2nd arrondissement actually occurred before 1861, though the arrondissement exists in its current shape since the re-organization of Paris in 1860. In 1999, the population was of 19,585 inhabitants while the arrondissement was also hosting 61,672 jobs, and this despite a land area of only 0.992 km² (0.383 sq. miles). As a result, the 2nd arrondissement is the most concentrated in business activity.

Population:

Year (of French censuses)	Population	Density (inh. per km²)
1861 (peak of population)	81,609	82,267
1872	73,578	74,321
1954	41,780	44,300
1962	40,864	41,194
1968	35,357	35,642
1975	26,328	26,540
1982	21,203	21,374
1990	20,738	20,905
1999	19,585	19,743