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| The former Paris Bourse, located in the 2nd arrondissement. The municipal arrondissement (arrondissement municipal pronounced /aʀɔ̃dismɑ̃ mynisipal/ is a subdivision of the commune, used in the three largest cities Paris Paris (ˈpærɨs in English; in French) is the Capital of France and the country's largest city The Paris Bourse (or "Bourse de Paris" in French) is the historical Paris Stock exchange, known as Euronext Paris from 2000 | |
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| Paris and its closest suburbs | |
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| Region | Île-de-France |
| Department | Paris |
| Mayor | Jacques Boutault |
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| Land area¹ | 0. Paris (ˈpærɨs in English; in French) is the Capital of France and the country's largest city France is divided into 26 regions or régions (in French of which 21 are in continental Metropolitan France, one is the island of Corsica, Île-de-France ( pronounced /il d̪ə fʁɑ̃s/ literally "Island of France" is one of the twenty-six administrative regions of France. In the context of the political and geographic organization of France and many of its former colonies a department (département depaʁtǝmɑ̃ is an Administrative division Paris (ˈpærɨs in English; in French) is the Capital of France and the country's largest city A mayor (from the Latin māior, meaning "greater" is a modern title used in many countries for the highest ranking officer in a municipal government 99 km² |
| Population² (July 1, 2005 estimate) (March 8, 1999 census) |
20,700 19,585 |
| -Density (2005) | 20,867/km² |
| ¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0. As of January 1, 2008, 64473140 people live in the French Republic. 386 sq. mi. or 247 acres) and river estuaries. An estuary is a semi-enclosed Coastal body of Water with one or more Rivers or Streams flowing into it and with a free connection to the open | |
| ² Population sans doubles comptes: single count of residents of multiple communes (e. g. students and military personnel). | |
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The 2nd arrondissement (2e arrondissement) is one of the 20 arrondissements of Paris, the capital city of France. The city of Paris is divided into twenty arrondissements municipaux, more simply referred to as arrondissements (əˈɹɒndɨsmənt in Paris (ˈpærɨs in English; in French) is the Capital of France and the country's largest city The 17th arrondissement of Paris is one of the 20 arrondissements (administrative districts of the capital city of France. The 8th arrondissement of Paris is one of the 20 arrondissements (administrative districts of the capital city of France. The 4th arrondissement of Paris is one of the 20 arrondissements (administrative districts of the capital city of France. The Seine (sɛn in French) is a slow flowing major River and commercial waterway within the regions of Île-de-France and Haute-Normandie The 7th arrondissement of Paris is one of the 20 arrondissements (administrative districts of the capital city of France. The 6th arrondissement of Paris is one of the 20 arrondissements (administrative districts of the capital city of France. The 5th arrondissement of Paris is one of the 20 arrondissements (administrative districts of the capital city of France. The city of Paris is divided into twenty arrondissements municipaux, more simply referred to as arrondissements (əˈɹɒndɨsmənt in Paris (ˈpærɨs in English; in French) is the Capital of France and the country's largest city This article is about the country For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic France topics. Located on the right bank of the River Seine, the 2nd arrondissement, together with the adjacent 8th and 9th arrondissements, hosts an important business district, centred on the Paris Opéra, which houses the city's densest concentration of business activities. La Rive Droite (the Right bank) is most associated with the Seine in central Paris. The Seine (sɛn in French) is a slow flowing major River and commercial waterway within the regions of Île-de-France and Haute-Normandie The 8th arrondissement of Paris is one of the 20 arrondissements (administrative districts of the capital city of France. The Palais Garnier, also known as the Opéra de Paris or Opéra Garnier, but more commonly as the Paris Opéra, is a 2200-seat The arondissement contains the former Paris Bourse (stock exchange) and a large number of banking headquarters, as well as a textile district, known as the Sentier, and the Opéra-Comique concert hall. The Paris Bourse (or "Bourse de Paris" in French) is the historical Paris Stock exchange, known as Euronext Paris from 2000 A stock exchange, share market or bourse is a Corporation or Mutual organization which provides "trading" facilities for Stock The théâtre national de l’Opéra-Comique ( National Opéra Comic Theatre) is an opera company and Opera house in Paris.
The 2nd arrondissment is also the home of all of Paris's surviving 19th-century glazed commercial arcades. At the beginning of the 19th century most of the streets of Paris were dark and muddy and lacked sidewalks. A sidewalk (chiefly North American English) pavement ( British English and Philadelphia dialect) footpath ( Australian English A few entrepreneurs copied the success of the Passage des Panoramas and its well-lit, dry and paved pedestrian passageways. The Passage des Panoramas is a roofed commercial passageway located in the IIe arrondissement, of Paris between the Montmartre boulevard to the North and Saint-Marc By the middle of the 19th century there were about two dozen of these commercial malls, but most of them disappeared as the Paris authorities paved the main streets, added sidewalks and gas street lighting. A street light, lamppost, street lamp, light standard or lamp standard, is a raised source of Light on the edge of a Road The commercial survivors are – in addition to the Passage des Panoramas – the Galerie Vivienne, the Passage Choiseul, the Galerie Colbert, the Passage des Princes, the Passage du Grand Cerf, the Passage du Caire, the Passage Lemoine, the Passage Jouffroy, the passage Basfour, the passage du Bourg-L'abbé, and the Passage du Ponceau.
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Geography
The 2nd arrondissement is Paris's smallest arrondissement, with a land area of just 0. 992 km² (0. 383 sq. miles, or 245 acres)
Demographics
The 2nd arrondissement reached its peak of settlement in the years before 1861, although it has only existed in its current shape since the re-organization of Paris in 1860. As of the last census (in 1999), the population was 19,585, while the number of jobs provided there was 61,672 – this despite a land area of only 0. 992 km², making it the arrondissement with the densest concentration of commercial activity in the capital, with an average of 62,695 jobs per km².
Historical population
| Year (of French censuses) |
Population | Density (inh. per km²) |
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| 1861 (peak of population)¹ | 81,609 | 82,267 |
| 1872 | 73,578 | 74,321 |
| 1954 | 41,780 | 44,300 |
| 1962 | 40,864 | 41,194 |
| 1968 | 35,357 | 35,642 |
| 1975 | 26,328 | 26,540 |
| 1982 | 21,203 | 21,374 |
| 1990 | 20,738 | 20,905 |
| 1999 | 19,585 | 19,743 |
| 2005 | 20,700 | 20,867 |
¹The peak of population actually occurred before 1861, but the
arrondissement was created in 1860, so we do not have figures before 1861. Year 1861 ( MDCCCLXI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1872 ( MDCCCLXXII) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap year Year 1954 ( MCMLIV) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1954 Gregorian calendar) Year 1962 ( MCMLXII) was a Common year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1962 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1968 ( MCMLXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1975 ( MCMLXXV) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1982 ( MCMLXXXII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link displays the 1982 Gregorian calendar) Year 1990 ( MCMXC) was a Common year starting on Monday (link displays the 1990 Gregorian calendar) Year 1999 ( MCMXCIX) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1999 Gregorian calendar) Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar.
Immigration
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Cityscape
Places of interest in the arrondissement
- Paris stock exchange (Palais Brongniart, former headquarters)
- Bibliothèque nationale de France historical building (site Richelieu) (Monument historique)
- Passage des Panoramas
- Opéra-Comique
- Théâtre des Bouffes Parisiens
- Théâtre des Variétés
- Café de la Paix
Main streets and squares
- Boulevard de Bonne-Nouvelle
- Place de la Bourse
- Boulevard des Capucines
- Rue des Capucines
- Rue de Cléry
- Rue Étienne-Marcel
- Rue du Faubourg-Montmartre
- Boulevard des Italiens
- Rue du Louvre
- Rue Monsigny
- Boulevard Montmartre
- Rue Montmartre
- Rue Montorgueil
- Rue Notre-Dame des Victoires
- Avenue de l'Opéra (partial)
- Rue de la Paix
- Rue des Petits-Champs
- Boulevard Poissonnière
- Rue du Quatre-Septembre
- Rue Réaumur
- Rue de Richelieu (partial)
- Boulevard Saint-Denis
- Rue Saint-Denis
- Rue Saint-Sauveur
- Boulevard Sébastopol
- Rue de Turbigo
- Place des Victoires (partial)
References
- Le Guide du routard 2006: Paris. The Paris Bourse (or "Bourse de Paris" in French) is the historical Paris Stock exchange, known as Euronext Paris from 2000 The Paris Bourse (or "Bourse de Paris" in French) is the historical Paris Stock exchange, known as Euronext Paris from 2000 The Passage des Panoramas is a roofed commercial passageway located in the IIe arrondissement, of Paris between the Montmartre boulevard to the North and Saint-Marc The théâtre national de l’Opéra-Comique ( National Opéra Comic Theatre) is an opera company and Opera house in Paris. The Théâtre des Bouffes-Parisiens is a venue in Paris, France, famous for its productions of Operetta and Opéra comique, especially those The théâtre des Variétés is a theatre and "salle de spectacles" at 7 Boulevard Montmartre, IIe arrondissement, in Paris. Café de la Paix is a famous Café in the 9th arrondissement of Paris, France. Montmartre is a hill (the butte Montmartre) which is 130 metres high giving its name to the surrounding district in the north of Paris in the 18th Rue Montorgueil is a trendy street in the 2nd arrondissement (in the Châtelet-Les Halles district of Paris, France. The Avenue de l'Opéra is a haussmanian avenue in the centre of Paris France. The Rue de la Paix, in the IIe arrondissement of Paris, though depending somewhat on historic prestige remains one of the world's most fashionable shopping streets Rue de Richelieu is a long street of Paris, starting in the south of the Ier arrondissement, ending in the IIe arrondissement. Rue Saint-Denis is one of the oldest streets in Paris - its route was first laid out in the 1st century by the Romans, and then extended to the north in The Place des Victoires is a circular place in Paris, located a short distance northeast from the Palais Royal and straddling the border between the city's
- 54 Promenades en Famille. A Paris et en Ile-de-France.
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