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Alamy While France boasts an extremely low violent crime rate, with less than 3 murders per 100,000 inhabitants per year (less than half that of the United States), several areas still present a ...
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.
The 14th arrondissement of Paris (French: XIV e arrondissement [katɔʁzjɛm aʁɔ̃dismɑ̃]), officially named arrondissement de l'Observatoire (IPA: [aʁɔ̃dismɑ̃ də lɔpsɛʁvatwaʁ]; meaning "arrondissement of the Observatory"; named after the Paris Observatory), [2] is one of the 20 arrondissements of Paris, the capital city of France.
The 6th arrondissement of Paris (VI e arrondissement) is one of the 20 arrondissements of the capital city of France.In spoken French, it is referred to as le sixième.. The arrondissement, called Luxembourg in a reference to the seat of the Senate and its garden, is situated on the Rive Gauche of the River Seine.
The arrondissement of Paris (French: Arrondissement de Paris, [aʁɔ̃dismɑ̃ d(ə) paʁi]) is an arrondissement of France in the Île-de-France region. It covers exactly the commune and department of Paris. Its population is 2,133,111 (2021), and its area is 105.4 km 2 (40.7 sq mi). [2]
Map of the 80 administrative quarters of Paris. Each of the 20 arrondissements of Paris is officially divided into 4 quartiers. [1] Outside administrative use (census statistics and the localisation of post offices and other government services), they are very rarely referenced by Parisians themselves, and have no specific administration or political representation attached to them.
The 5th arrondissement of Paris (V e arrondissement) is one of the 20 arrondissements of the capital city of France. In spoken French, this arrondissement is referred to as le cinquième. The arrondissement, also known as Panthéon, is situated on the Rive Gauche of the River Seine. It is one of the capital's central arrondissements.
A map of the arrondissements of Paris. Paris has been a commune (municipality) since 1834, and briefly between 1790 and 1795. At the 1790 division, during the French Revolution, of France into communes, and again in 1834, Paris was a city only half its modern size, composed of 12 arrondissements.