Paris Rive Gauche

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Paris Rive Gauche is a neighbourhood on the left bank of the thirteenth arrondissement of Paris. The district is bordered by the Seine, the railway tracks of Gare d'Austerlitz and the Périphérique.[1] This plot of land is 130 hectares in area, consisting of ten hectares of green spaces and 2,000 trees.[2]

The neighbourhood has approximately 15,000 residents, 30,000 students and professors and 50,000 employees.[3]

The neighbourhood is served by the Métro and RER stations Bibliothèque François Mitterrand and Quai de la Gare.[4]

Paris Rive Gauche is divided into three districts along the Seine: Austerlitz, Tolbiac and Massena (from North to South).[5]

  1. ↑ http://geoloco.inovagora.net/planview.php?PlanID=NjQ%3D
  2. ↑ http://www.parisrivegauche.com/semapa/paris_rive_gauche__english/main_menu/the_urban_project/paris_rive_gauche
  3. ↑ http://www.parisrivegauche.com/semapa/paris_rive_gauche__english/main_menu/the_urban_project/paris_rive_gauche
  4. ↑ http://maps.google.ca/maps?hl=en&sugexp=gsih&pq=pairs&xhr=t&q=paris&cp=3&bav=on.2,or.r_gc.r_pw.&biw=1024&bih=475&um=1&ie=UTF-8&hq=&hnear=0x47e66e1f06e2b70f:0x40b82c3688c9460,Paris,+France&gl=ca&ei=w2j6TdOVI8io8QOzpPSpCQ&sa=X&oi=geocode_result&ct=image&resnum=1&sqi=2&ved=0CCwQ8gEwAA
  5. ↑ http://geoloco.inovagora.net/planview.php?PlanID=NjQ%3D
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Coordinates: 48°50′00″N 2°22′34″E / 48.83333°N 2.37611°E / 48.83333; 2.37611

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