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The 12th arrondissement of Paris (XII e arrondissement) is one of the 20 arrondissements of the capital city of France. Situated on the right bank of the River Seine, it is the easternmost arrondissement of Paris, as well as the largest by area. In 2019, it had a population of 139,297.
On 12 July 1939, it was renamed after the nearby Rue Dugommier to avoid confusion: a station at Porte de Charenton had been added to the system in 1931, and another at Charenton-le-Pont would open in 1942. The street was named after Jacques François Dugommier (1738–1794), a general in the American and French Revolutionary wars.
On 11 October 1795, Paris was divided into twelve arrondissements. They were numbered from west to east. The numbers 1–9 were on the Right Bank of the Seine. The numbers were 10–12 on the Left Bank. Each arrondissement was subdivided into four quartiers, which corresponded to the 48 original districts created in 1790.
In the eighteenth century, a large site located along the Seine, contiguous to the Paris city limits of the time, began to be used as a warehousing area, particularly for wine. For two hundred years, the area was the thriving centre of the Paris wine trade and a place with a unique life and culture. [1] Bercy was formerly a commune. In 1860 ...
The territory of the Bois de Vincennes, with the exception of the military bases, was ceded to the City of Paris on 24 July 1860, and became part of the 12th arrondissement of Paris. [12] On March 20, 1871, two days after the Paris Commune seized power in the city, Commune soldiers came to the château and fraternised with the regular army ...
9 Place Lachameaudie, 12th arrondissement of Paris Neo-Romanesque (1824 and 1873) The first church on the site was a convent chapel, built 1677. a new church was built in 1824, was burned by the Paris Commune in 1871, and was reconstructed on the same site in 1873.
History; Opened: 1 March 1909 () ... Daumesnil (French pronunciation:) is a station on Line 6 and Line 8 of the Paris Métro in the 12th arrondissement.
Rue Crémieux in 2012. The Rue Crémieux is a one-block pedestrian street in the 12th arrondissement of Paris, originally built as workers' housing.The street has been widely recommended to tourists for its quaint painted housefronts, and has become a popular destination for filming and for social media photos.