| 13th arrondissement of Paris | |
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| — French municipal arrondissement — | |
| Paris and its closest suburbs | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Île-de-France |
| Department | Paris |
| Commune | Paris |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Jérôme Coumet |
| Area | |
| • Total | 7.15 km2 (2.8 sq mi) |
| Population (8 March 1999 census)[p] | |
| • Total | 171,533 |
| • Estimate (2005) | 181,300 |
| • Density | 23,990.6/km2 (62,135.4/sq mi) |
| ^[p] Population sans doubles comptes: single count of residents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel). | |
| The 20 arrondissements of Paris |
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The 13th arrondissement of Paris (also known as "arrondissement des Gobelins") is one of the 20 arrondissements (administrative districts) of the capital city of France.
Situated on the Left Bank of the River Seine, it is home to Paris's main Chinatown, which is located in the southeast of the arrondissement in an area that contains many high-rise apartment buildings. The current mayor is Jérôme Coumet (Socialist), who was re-elected by the arrondissement council on 29 March 2008 after the list which he headed gained 70% of the votes cast in the second round of the French municipal elections, 2008.
The 13th arrondissement also hosts the Bibliothèque François Mitterrand and the newly built business district of Paris Rive Gauche.
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The land area of this arrondissement is 7.146 km2 (2.759 sq. miles, or 1,766 acres). The central place of this arrondissement is Place d'Italie from which the main avenues, boulevards and metro from the arrondissement start. Place d'Italie is also the joining point between the different parts of the arrondissement: Buttes aux Cailles, Les Gobelins and China town. Only the new area of Paris Rive Gauche along the Seine is somewhat independent from the centralised organisation.
The 13th arrondissement is still growing in population, mainly because of an influx of Asian immigrants. In the 1980s, ethnic Chinese refugees from the former French colony of French Indochina (modern-day Vietnam, Cambodia and Laos) settled there. Cantonese, Vietnamese and Khmer are spoken by many residents in the community.
At the last census in 1999, the population was 171,533. The 13th arrondissement is also rapidly growing in business activity, thanks to the new business district of Paris Rive Gauche. In 1999, the arrondissement contained 89,316 jobs, and it is believed to contain more today.
| Year (of French censuses) |
Population | Density (inh. per km2) |
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| 1872 | 69,431 | 12,342 |
| 1954 | 165,620 | 23,164 |
| 1962 | 166,709 | 23,329 |
| 1968 | 158,280 | 22,149 |
| 1975 | 163,313 | 22,854 |
| 1982 | 170,818 | 23,904 |
| 1990 | 171,098 | 23,943 |
| 1999 | 171,533 | 24,004 |
| 2005 estimate (peak of population) | 181,300 | 25,371 |
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Ubisoft has its business office in the arrondissement.[1] Accor has its Paris office in the Immueble Odyssey in the arrondissement.[2]