IVe arrondissement

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4th arrondissement of Paris

Ile de la Cité and Notre-Dame in Paris 4th arrondissement.
Location

Paris and its closest suburbs
Administration
Région	Île-de-France
Département	Paris
Mayor	Dominique Bertinotti
Statistics
Land area¹	1.60 km²
Population² (1999 census)	30,675
-Density (1999)	19,172/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

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The 4^e arrondissement is one of the 20 arrondissements of Paris, France. It is located on the Right Bank of the River Seine, bordered to the west by the Ier arrondissement; to the north by the IIIe arrondissement, to the east by the XIe and XIIe arrondissement, and to the south by the Seine and the Ve arrondissement.

The 4th arrondissement hosts the Renaissance Paris City Hall. The eastern parts of île de la Cité as well as île Saint-Louis are included within the arrondissement.

1 Demography
2 History
3 Map
4 Cityscape
- 4.1 Places of interest in the arrondissement
- 4.2 Main streets and squares

[edit] Demography

The peak of population of Paris 4th arrondissement actually occurred before 1861, though the arrondissement exists in its current shape only since the re-organization of Paris in 1860. In 1999, the population was of 30,675 inhabitants while the arrondissement also hosted 41,424 jobs. With a land area of 1,601 km² (0.618 sq.miles), it is the third smallest arrondissement in the city.

Population:

Year (of French censuses)	Population	Density (inh. per km²)
1861 (peak of population)	108,520	67,783
1872	95,003	59,377
1954	70,944	41,638
1962	61,670	38,520
1968	54,029	33,747
1975	40,466	25,275
1982	33,990	21,230
1990	32,226	20,129
1999	30,675	19,160

[edit] History

The first residents of the île de la Cité date from the Gaul era, but the Right Bank was first populated at the start of the Middle Ages. Since the end of the 19th century, le Marais has been populated by a significantly Jewish population, the Rue des Rosiers being their main base, with a handful of kosher restaurants. Since the 1990s, gay culture has made an impact on the arrondissement, opening a number of bars and cafés in the area by the town hall.