| 19th arrondissement of Paris |
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| District of Villette in the 19th arrondissement. |
| Location |
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| Paris and its closest suburbs |
| Administration |
| Region |
Île-de-France |
| Department |
Paris |
| Mayor |
Roger Madec |
| Statistics |
| Land area¹ |
6.79 km² |
Population²
(July 1, 2005 estimate)
(March 8, 1999 census) |
187,200
172,730 |
| -Density (2005) |
27,586/km² |
| ¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq. mi. or 247 acres) and river estuaries. |
| ² Population sans doubles comptes: single count of residents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel). |
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The 19th arrondissement (XIXe arrondissement), located on the Right Bank, is one of the 20 arrondissements of Paris, France. It is crossed by two canals, the Canal Saint-Denis and the Canal de l'Ourcq, which meet at the level of the Parc de la Villette.
The 19th arrondissement hosts the public park of Parc des Buttes Chaumont located on a hill. It also hosts the Parc de la Villette, encompassing the Cité des Sciences et de l'Industrie, which is an exhibition center dedicated to sciences and industries, and the Cité de la Musique, harbouring the Conservatoire de Paris, one of the most-renowned music schools in Europe.
Geography
The land area of this arrondissement is 6.786 km² (2.62 sq. miles).
Demographics
The 19th arrondissement is still growing in population. At the last census, in 1999, the population was 172,730 inhabitants. As of the same census, 68,101 people worked in the arrondissement.
Historical population
Year
(of French censuses) |
Population |
Density
(inh. per km²) |
| 1872 |
93,174 |
13,730 |
| 1954 |
155,058 |
22,845 |
| 1962 |
159,568 |
23,514 |
| 1968 |
148,862 |
21,937 |
| 1975 |
144,357 |
21,273 |
| 1982 |
162,649 |
23,968 |
| 1990 |
165,062 |
24,324 |
| 1999 |
172,730 |
25,454 |
| 2005 estimate (peak of population) |
187,200 |
27,586 |
Immigration
Place of birth of residents of the 19th arrondissement in 1999
| Born in Metropolitan France |
Born outside Metropolitan France |
| 70.7% |
29.3% |
Born in
Overseas France |
Born in foreign countries with French citizenship at birth¹ |
EU-15 immigrants² |
Non-EU-15 immigrants |
| 2.1% |
4.5% |
2.8% |
19.9% |
¹This group is made up largely of pieds-noirs from Northwest Africa, followed by former colonial citizens who had French citizenship at birth (such as was often the case for the native elite in French colonies), and to a lesser extent foreign-born children of French expatriates. Note that a foreign country is understood as a country not part of France as of 1999, so a person born for example in 1950 in Algeria, when Algeria was an integral part of France, is nonetheless listed as a person born in a foreign country in French statistics.
² An immigrant is a person born in a foreign country not having French citizenship at birth. Note that an immigrant may have acquired French citizenship since moving to France, but is still considered an immigrant in French statistics. On the other hand, persons born in France with foreign citizenship (the children of immigrants) are not listed as immigrants. |
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Places of interest
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1,460 other communes
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Coordinates: 48°52′56.46″N, 2°22′54.56″E
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