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  2. 12th arrondissement of Paris - Wikipedia

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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.

  3. Parish and Civil Registers in Paris - Wikipedia

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    In the second edition of Critical Dictionary of Biography and History (1872), archivist Auguste Jal similarly lamented: "The Civil Archives of Paris were annihilated by fire, both at the Palais de Justice and the depot on Avenue Victoria, during those bloody days of furious hatred, criminal enterprises, and wild and savage acts that marked the ...

  4. Campagne des banquets - Wikipedia

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    The first session was in Paris on 9 July 1847, and progressively spread to all of the French provinces. The prohibition of one of these meetings by François Guizot 's cabinet, supposed to take place on 14 January 1848 in the 12th arrondissement of Paris , and then of another one set up for 22 February 1848, were the immediate cause of the ...

  5. Arrondissements of Paris - Wikipedia

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    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.

  6. Jacques Hillairet - Wikipedia

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    The Historical Dictionary of the Streets of Paris, [4] regularly republished and updated, describes in detail the history, monuments and events that have marked some 5,334 streets of the French capital. [1] Hillairet died in 1984 in the 12th arrondissement of Paris and was buried in the Père-Lachaise cemetery, in the 88th division.

  7. Category:12th arrondissement of Paris - Wikipedia

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    Streets in the 12th arrondissement of Paris (6 P) Pages in category "12th arrondissement of Paris" The following 17 pages are in this category, out of 17 total.

  8. Faubourg Saint-Antoine - Wikipedia

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    The suburb was the location of the Battle of the Faubourg St Antoine on 2 July 1652.. In the 17th century, according to Piganiol de La Force, "The Faubourg Saint-Antoine increased prodigiously from the large number of houses that were built there, both because of the good air and because of the king's letters patent of 1657, which exempted from the qualification of mastership all artisans and ...

  9. Administration of Paris - Wikipedia

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    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.