XVIIIe arrondissement

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18th arrondissement of Paris

View over Montmartre district in the 18th arrondissement.
Location

Paris and its closest suburbs
Administration
Region	Île-de-France
Department	Paris
Mayor	Daniel Vaillant
Statistics
Land area¹	6.01 km²
Population² (Jan. 1, 2005 estimate) (March 8, 1999 census)	188,500 184,586
-Density (2005)	31,391/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 18^th arrondissement (XVIII^e arrondissement), located on the Rive Droite (Right Bank), is one of the 20 arrondissements of Paris, France. It is mostly known for hosting the district of Montmartre, which contains a hill dominated by the Sacré Coeur basilica, as well as the famous Moulin Rouge.

The 18th arrondissement also contains the African and North African district of Goutte d'Or which is famous for its market, the marché Barbès, where one can find various products from that continent.

1 Geography
2 Demographics
3 Cityscape
- 3.1 Places of interest
- 3.2 Important districts

[edit] Geography

The land area of this arrondissement is exactly 6.005 km² (2.319 sq. miles, or 1,484 acres).

[edit] Demographics

The population of Paris's 18th arrondissement peaked in 1931 with 288,810 inhabitants. Today, the arrondissement remains very dense in population and business activity with 184,586 inhabitants and 70,285 jobs as of the most recent census (1999).

Historical population:

Year (of French censuses)	Population	Density (inh. per km²)
1872	138,109	22,980
1931 (peak of population)	288,810	48,095
1954	266,825	44,397
1962	254,974	42,460
1968	236,776	39,430
1975	208,970	34,799
1982	186,866	31,118
1990	187,657	31,250
1999	184,586	30,739
2005 estimate	188,500	31,391