10th arrondissement of Paris

The 10th arrondissement of Paris (Xe arrondissement) is one of the 20 arrondissements of the capital city of France. In spoken French, this arrondissement is referred to as dixième ("10th arrondissement of Paris" = "dixième arrondissement de Paris").

10th arrondissement of Paris

Xe arrondissement
French municipal arrondissement
The town hall: Rue du Faubourg Saint-Martin
Paris and its closest suburbs
CountryFrance
RegionÎle-de-France
DepartmentParis
CommuneParis
Government
 • MayorAlexandra Cordebard
Area
 • Total2.89 km2 (1.12 sq mi)
Population
 (2017-01-01)[1]
 • Total90,372
 • Estimate 
(2005)
88,800
 • Density31,000/km2 (81,000/sq mi)
1 Population sans doubles comptes: single count of residents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel).
Paris Coat of Arms
The
20 arrondissements
of Paris
17th 18th 19th
  8th 9th 10th 11th 20th
16th 2nd 3rd
1st 4th 12th
River Seine
  7th 6th 5th 13th
15th 14th

The arrondissement, called Entrepôt (warehouse), is situated on the right bank of the River Seine. The arrondissement contains two of Paris's six main railway stations: the Gare du Nord and the Gare de l'Est. Built during the 19th century, these two termini are among the busiest in Europe.

The 10th arrondissement also contains a large portion of the Canal Saint-Martin, linking the northeastern parts of Paris with the River Seine.

Geography

The land area of the arrondissement is 2.892 km2 (1.117 sq. miles, or 715 acres), and it had a 1999 population of 89,695.

The 10th arrondissement is often referred to as l'Entrepôt. Like all Parisian arrondissements, it is divided into four quartiers (districts):[2]

  • Saint-Vincent-de-Paul, the 37th quartier, has 21,624 people in an area of 92.7 hectares
  • Porte-Saint-Denis, the 38th quartier, has 15,066 people in an area of 47.2 hectares
  • Porte-Saint-Martin, the 39th quartier, has 23,125 people in an area of 60.9 hectares
  • Hôpital-Saint-Louis, the 40th quartier, has 29,870 people in an area of 88.4 hectares

Demography

The peak population of the 10th arrondissement occurred in 1881, when it had 159,809 inhabitants. Today, the arrondissement remains very dense in both population and business activity, with 89,612 inhabitants and 71,962 jobs at last census in 1999. Due to its large Turkish minority, the 10th arrondissement is often called "La Petite Turquie" (Little Turkey).[3]

Historical population
Year
(of French censuses)		 Population Density
(inh. per km²)
1872 135,392 46,848
1881 (peak of population) 159,809 55,259
1954 129,179 44,699
1962 124,497 43,049
1968 113,372 39,202
1975 94,046 32,519
1982 86,970 30,073
1990 90,083 31,149
1999 89,612 30,986
2009 95,911 33,187

Immigration
Place of birth of residents of the 10th arrondissement in 1999
Born in Metropolitan France Born outside Metropolitan France
70.4% 29.6%
Born in
Overseas France		 Born in foreign countries with French citizenship at birth1 EU-15 immigrants2 Non-EU-15 immigrants
1.3% 4.1% 4.4% 19.8%
1 This group is made up largely of former French settlers, such as pieds-noirs in 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 in 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.

Map
Map of the 10th arrondissement

Cityscape
Gare de l'Est

Places of interest

Streets

Squares

References
  1. "Populations légales 2017". INSEE. Retrieved 6 January 2020.
  2. All demographic figures are from the Mairie de Paris, 1999.
  3. Le Petit Journal. ""LA PETITE TURQUIE" - Balade dans le quartier turc de Paris". Archived from the original on 2014-05-30. Retrieved 2014-12-14.

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