Ve arrondissement

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5th arrondissement of Paris

View over the 5th arrondissement, dominated by the Panthéon.
Location

Paris and its closest suburbs
Administration
Region	Île-de-France
Department	Paris
Mayor	Jean Tiberi
Statistics
Land area¹	2.54 km²
Population² (Jan. 1, 2005 estimate) (March 8, 1999 census)	59,300 58,849
-Density (2005)	23,337/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 5^th arrondissement (V^e arrondissement), located on the Left Bank, is one of the central arrondissements of Paris, France. This arrondissement is famous for being the location of the Quartier Latin, the Paris district which is dominated by famous universities, colleges, and high schools.

The 5^th arrondissement is also one of the oldest in the city, dating back to ancient times. Traces of the area's past survive in such sites as the Arènes de Lutèce, a Roman amphitheatre, and the Thermes de Cluny, a Roman thermae.

1 Geography
2 Demography
3 History
4 Map
5 Cityscape
6 External links

[edit] Geography

The land area of this arrondissement is 2.541 km² (0.981 sq. miles, or 628 acres).

[edit] Demography

The peak of population the arrondissement occurred in 1911 when the population density nearly reached 50,000 inhabitants per km². In 1999, the population was 58,849, while the arrondissement also hosted 48,909 jobs.

Historical population:

Year (of French censuses)	Population	Density (inh. per km²)
1872	96,689	38,052
1911 (peak of population)	121,378	47,768
1954	106,443	41,890
1962	96,031	37,793
1968	83,721	32,948
1975	67,668	26,630
1982	62,173	24,468
1990	61,222	24,094
1999	58,849	23,160
2005 estimate	59,300	23,337

[edit] History

The V^e arrondissement is the oldest arrondissement in Paris, and was first built by the Romans.

The construction of the Roman town Lutetia dates back from the 1st century BC, which was built after the conquest of the Gaulish site, situated on the île de la Cité by the Romans.

[edit] Map

Map of V^e arrondissement

[edit] Cityscape

The Arab World institute.

University of the Sorbonne.

[edit] Places of interest

Arènes de Lutèce
Bibliothèque Sainte-Geneviève
Institut du Monde Arabe (Arab World Institute)
Jardin des Plantes and the Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle
Maison de la Mutualité
Montagne Sainte-Geneviève
Musée de Cluny, hosting the Thermes de Cluny
The Panthéon
Quartier Latin
Val-de-Grâce military hospital

[edit] Religious buildings

Saint-Ephrem church
Saint-Étienne-du-Mont church
Saint-Jacques-de-Haut-Pas church
Saint-Jean-l'Evangéliste church
Saint-Julien-le-Pauvre church
Saint Médard church
Saint-Nicolas-du-Chardonnet church
Saint-Séverin church
La Grande Mosquée (Great Mosque of Paris), created in 1922 after World War I, as a sign of recognition from the nation to the fallen Muslim tirailleurs who lost their lives at Verdun and in the take-back of Douaumont fort)