Arrondissements

Ier arrondissement IIe arrondissement IIIe arrondissement IVe arrondissement Ve arrondissement VIe arrondissement VIIe arrondissement VIIIe arrondissement IXe arrondissement Xe arrondissement XIe arrondissement XIIe arrondissement XIIIe arrondissement XIVe arrondissement XVe arrondissement XVIe arrondissement XVIIe arrondissement XVIIIe arrondissement XIXe arrondissement XXe arrondissement


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Paris is an unusually small city, barely a few miles wide, and it is split into twenty smaller quarters, called ‘Arrondissements’.

The arrondissements spiral out from the centre like rings on a snail’s shell - the first arrondissement sits right in the centre, while the twelfth to the twentieth ring the city’s outer border.

Each arrondissement contains distinct communities, and a very distinct atmosphere - follow the links below for an introduction to each of Paris’ twenty districts…

I - Louvre

II - Bourse

III - Temple

IV - Islands

V - Latin Quarter

VI - St Germain

VII - Eiffel Tower

VIII - Champs Elysees

IX - Opera

X - Gare du Nord

Suburbs - les Banlieues

XI - Bastille

XII - Bercy

XIII - Bibliotheque Nationale

XIV - Montparnasse

XV - Vaugirard

XVI - Trocadero

XVII - Batignolles

XVIII - Montmartre

XIX - Buttes-Chaumont

XX - Belleville

Suburbs - La Defense