| 16th arrondissement of Paris |
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| View over the north of the 16th arrondissement (foreground), with La Défense business district in the background. |
| Location |
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| Paris and its closest suburbs |
| Administration |
| Region |
Île-de-France |
| Department |
Paris |
| Mayor |
Pierre-Christian Taittinger |
| Statistics |
| Land area¹ |
7.85[1] km²
16.31 km² |
Population²
(July 1, 2005 estimate)
(March 8, 1999 census) |
149,500
161,773 |
| -Density (2005) |
19,054/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 16th arrondissement of Paris is one of the 20 arrondissements (administrative districts) of the capital city of France.
Situated on the right bank of the River Seine, this arrondissement – which includes the mainly residential districts of Auteuil and Passy – is home to a large number of diplomatic embassies and is also the location of the famous Avenue Foch, the widest street in Paris.
The 16th arrondissement hosts the sport venues of the Parc des Princes, which is the stadium of Paris SG football club; the tennis French Open site of Roland-Garros; and Stade Jean-Bouin, home to the Stade Français rugby union club. The Bois de Boulogne is also located in this arrondissement.
Geography
The land area of this arrondissement is 16.305 km² (6.295 sq. miles, or 4,029 acres), slightly more than half of which consists of the Bois de Boulogne park. Excluding the Bois de Boulogne, its land area is 7.846 km² (3.029 sq. miles, or 1,939 acres). It is the largest arrondissement in Paris in terms of land area.
Demographics
The 16th arrondissement population peaked in 1962, when it had 227,418 inhabitants. At the last census (1999), the population was 161,773. The 16th arrondissement contains a great deal of business activity; in 1999 it hosted 106,971 jobs.
The 16th arrondissement is commonly thought to be the richest part of Paris (see Auteuil-Neuilly-Passy), and features some of the most expensive real estate in France. It is also the only arrondissement in Paris to be divided into two separate postal codes. The southern part of the arrondissement carries a postal code of 75016, while the northern part has the code of 75116.
Historical population
Year
(of French censuses) |
Population |
Density[1]
(inh. per km²) |
| 1872 |
43,332 |
5,523 |
| 1954 |
214,042 |
27,280 |
| 1962 (peak of population) |
227,418 |
28,985 |
| 1968 |
214,120 |
27,290 |
| 1975 |
193,590 |
24,674 |
| 1982 |
179,446 |
22,871 |
| 1990 |
169,863 |
21,650 |
| 1999 |
161,773 |
20,619 |
| 2005 estimate |
149,500 |
19,054 |
Immigration
Place of birth of residents of the 16th arrondissement in 1999
| Born in Metropolitan France |
Born outside Metropolitan France |
| 74.5% |
25.5% |
Born in
Overseas France |
Born in foreign countries with French citizenship at birth¹ |
EU-15 immigrants² |
Non-EU-15 immigrants |
| 0.6% |
5.7% |
6.7% |
12.5% |
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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Movie Scenes Filmed in the 16th Arrondissement
In one of the opening scenes of the 1965 James Bond film Thunderball (film), character Emilio Largo is seen arriving at 'Centre International D'Assistance Aux Personnes Déplacées' ('The International Brotherhood for the Assistance of Stateless Persons'). This scene was shot on Avenue D'Eylau in the 16th arrondissement of Paris.
Cityscape
Places of interest
Main streets and squares
References
Coordinates: 48°51′49.00″N 2°16′35.36″E / 48.8636111, 2.2764889
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