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A map showing the twelve original arrondissements in 1795. The surrounding grey area shows the size of Paris after the expansion in 1860. 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.
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 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]
With a land area of 1.601 km 2 (0.618 sq mi; 396 acres), the 4th arrondissement is the third smallest arrondissement in the city.. It is bordered to the west by the 1st arrondissement, to the north by the 3rd, to the east by the 11th and 12th, and to the south by the Seine and the 5th.
The 1st arrondissement of Paris (I er arrondissement) is one of the 20 arrondissements of the capital city of France. In spoken French, this arrondissement is colloquially referred to as le premier (the first). It is governed locally together with the 2nd, 3rd and 4th arrondissement, with which it forms the 1st sector of Paris (Paris-Centre).
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The land area of the arrondissement is 2.892 km 2 (1.117 sq mi; 715 acres). The 10th arrondissement is often referred to as l'Entrepôt. Like all Parisian arrondissements, it is divided into four quartiers (districts): [3] Saint-Vincent-de-Paul, the 37th quartier, has 21,624 people in an area of 92.7 hectares
It only has 1 parameter which is aptly named "arrondissement". This parameter can be used to load the version of the Paris map which corresponds to that particular arrondissement. Example : Say you are working on an article dealing with the 1er arrondissement and would like to have a map demonstrating this.