11th arrondissement of Paris
The 11th arrondissement of Paris is one of the 20 arrondissements (administrative districts) of the capital city of France.
Situated on the Right Bank of the River Seine, the 11th is one of the most densely populated urban districts not just of Paris but of any European city.
Description
The eleventh arrondissement is a varied and engaging area. To the west lies the Place de la République, which is linked to the Place de la Bastille, in the east, by the sweeping, tree-lined Boulevard Richard-Lenoir, with its large markets and children's parks. The Place de la Bastille and the rue du Faubourg St Antoine are full of fashionable cafés, restaurants, and nightlife, and they also contain a range of boutiques and galleries. The Oberkampf district to the north is another popular area for nightlife. The east is more residential, with more wholesale commerce, while the areas around the Boulevard Voltaire and the Avenue Parmentier are livelier crossroads for the local community. In recent years this district has emerged as one of the trendiest regions of Paris.
Geography
The land area of this arrondissement is 3.666 km2 (1.415 sq. miles, or 906 acres).
Demography
The peak population of Paris's 11th arrondissement occurred in 1911, with 242,295 inhabitants. Today, the arrondissement remains the most densely populated in Paris, accompanied by a large volume of business activity: 149,102 inhabitants and 71,962 jobs in the last census, in 1999.
The population consists of a large number of single adults, though its eastern portions are more family-oriented. There is a strong community spirit in most areas of the eleventh, and it is interspersed with pleasant squares and parks.
Historical population
Year
(of French censuses) |
Population |
Density
(inh. per km²) |
| 1872 |
167,393 |
45,611 |
| 1911 (peak of population) |
242,295 |
66,092 |
| 1954 |
200,440 |
54,616 |
| 1962 |
193,349 |
52,741 |
| 1968 |
179,727 |
49,025 |
| 1975 |
159,317 |
43,458 |
| 1982 |
146,931 |
40,079 |
| 1990 |
154,165 |
42,053 |
| 1999 |
149,102 |
40,672 |
| 2005 estimate |
152,500 |
41,598 |
Immigration
Place of birth of residents of the 11th arrondissement in 1999
| Born in Metropolitan France |
Born outside Metropolitan France |
| 74.5% |
25.5% |
Born in
Overseas France |
Born in foreign countries with French citizenship at birth¹ |
EU-15 immigrants² |
Non-EU-15 immigrants |
| 1.3% |
4.1% |
4.4% |
15.7% |
¹This group is made up largely of pieds-noirs from Northwest Africa, followed by former colonial citizens who had French citizenship at birth (such as was often the case for the native elite in French colonies), and to a lesser extent foreign-born children of French expatriates. Note that a foreign country is understood as a country not part of France as of 1999, so a person born for example in 1950 in Algeria, when Algeria was an integral part of France, is nonetheless listed as a person born in a foreign country in French statistics.
²An immigrant is a person born in a foreign country not having French citizenship at birth. Note that an immigrant may have acquired French citizenship since moving to France, but is still considered an immigrant in French statistics. On the other hand, persons born in France with foreign citizenship (the children of immigrants) are not listed as immigrants. |
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Places of interest
Main streets and squares
Streets
- Rue Abel-Rabaud
- Rue Alexandre-Dumas
- Rue Amelot
- Rue Auguste-Laurent
- Rue Basfroi
- Boulevard Beaumarchais
- Boulevard de Belleville
- Cité Bertrand
- Passage Beslay
- Rue des Bluets
- Passage de la Bonne-Graine
- Rue des Boulets
- Avenue de Bouvines
- Rue de Candie
- Rue Chanzy
- Passage Charles-Dallery
- Rue Charles-Delescluze
- Boulevard de Charonne
- Rue de Charonne
- Rue du Chemin-Vert
- Rue du Chevet
- Rue Chevreul
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- Rue de Crussol
- Rue Darboy
- Rue Daval
- Rue Deguerry
- Passage Dudouy
- Rue Faidherbe
- Rue du Faubourg-du-Temple
- Rue du Faubourg-Saint-Antoine
- Boulevard des Filles-du-Calvaire
- Rue de la Folie-Méricourt
- Rue de la Folie-Regnault
- Rue de la Fontaine-au-Roi
- Rue Froment
- Rue Godefroy-Cavaignac
- Rue Guillaume-Bertrand
- Rue des Immeubles-Industriels
- Rue Jacquard
- Rue Jean-Pierre-Timbaud
- Passage Josset
- Boulevard Jules-Ferry
- Rue Keller
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- Rue de Lappe
- Rue La Vacquerie
- Avenue Ledru-Rollin
- Rue Léon-Frot
- Passage Lhomme
- Rue Louis-Bonnet
- Boulevard de Ménilmontant
- Rue Merlin
- Rue de Mont-Louis
- Rue de Montreuil
- Rue Morand
- Rue Moret
- Rue de Nemours
- Rue Neuve-Popincourt
- Rue Oberkampf
- Rue Omer-Talon
- Rue de l'Orillon
- Avenue Parmentier
- Rue du Pasteur-Wagner
- Rue Paul-Bert
- Avenue Philippe-Auguste
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- Rue de la Pierre-Levée
- Rue Popincourt
- Rue Rampon
- Avenue de la République
- Boulevard Richard-Lenoir
- Rue de la Roquette
- Rue Saint-Ambroise
- Passage Saint-Antoine
- Rue Saint-Bernard
- Rue Saint-Maur
- Rue Saint-Sabin
- Rue Saint-Sébastien
- Rue Sedaine
- Rue Servan
- Boulevard du Temple
- Rue Ternaux
- Rue des Trois-Bornes
- Rue des Trois-Couronnes
- Avenue du Trône
- Rue Trousseau
- Boulevard Voltaire
- Rue de Belfort
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Squares
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- Square Colbert
- Square de la Folie-Régnault
- Square de la place Pasdeloup
- Square de la Roquette
- Square Denis-Poulot
- Square du Bataclan
- Square du docteur Antoine-Béclère
- Square Francis-Lemarque
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- Square Godefroy-Cavaignac
- Square Jean-Aicard
- Square Jules-Ferry
- Square Louis-Majorelle
- Square Maurice-Gardette
- Square Mercœur
- Square Raoul-Nordling
- Square Saint-Ambroise
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