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4th arrondissement of Paris

Notre-Dame, on the Île de la Cité in the 4th arrondissement.

Location

Paris and its closest suburbs

Administration

Statistics

Land area¹

1.60 km²

Population²
(July 1, 2005 estimate)
(March 8, 1999 census)

28,600
30,675

-Density (2005)

17,864/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).

Demographics

The peak of population of the 4th arrondissement actually occurred before 1861, though the arrondissement has existed in its current shape only since the re-organization of Paris in 1860. In 1999, the population was 30,675, while the arrondissement hosted 41,424 jobs.

Historical population

Year
(of French censuses)

Population

Density
(inh. per km²)

1861 (peak of population)¹

108,520

67,783

1872

95,003

59,377

1954

70,944

41,638

1962

61,670

38,520

1968

54,029

33,747

1975

40,466

25,275

1982

33,990

21,230

1990

32,226

20,129

1999

30,675

19,160

2005

28,600

17,864

¹The peak of population actually occurred before 1861, but the
arrondissement was created in 1860, so we do not have figures before 1861.

Immigration

Place of birth of residents of the 4th arrondissement in 1999
Born in Metropolitan France	Born outside Metropolitan France
78.1%	21.9%
	Born in Overseas France	Born in foreign countries with French citizenship at birth¹	EU-15 immigrants²	Non-EU-15 immigrants
	0.7%	4.8%	5.6%	10.8%

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.

History

The Île de la Cité has been inhabited since the 1st century BC, when it was occupied by the Parisii tribe of the Gauls. The Right Bank was first settled in the early Middle Ages(exactly: In the 5th century). Since the end of the 19th century, le Marais has been populated by a significant Jewish population, the Rue des Rosiers being at the heart of its community, with a handful of kosher restaurants. Since the 1990s, gay culture has made an impact on the arrondissement, opening a number of bars and cafés in the area by the town hall.