IIIe arrondissement

3rd arrondissement of Paris

Arts et Métiers (medieval priory of Saint-Martin-des-Champs), in the 3rd arrondissement of Paris.

Location

Paris and its closest suburbs

Administration

Statistics

Land area¹

1.17 km²

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

35,100
34,248

-Density (2005)

29,974/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).

Demography

The area now occupied by the first arrondissement attained its peak population in the period preceding the re-organization of Paris in 1860. In 1999, the population was 34,248, while the arrondissement hosted a total of 29,723 jobs.

Historical population

Year
(of French censuses)

Population

Density
(inh. per km²)

1861 (peak of population)¹

99,116

84,642

1872

89,687

76,656

1954

65,312

55,822

1962

62,680

53,527

1968

56,252

48,038

1975

41,706

35,616

1982

36,094

30,823

1990

35,102

29,976

1999

34,248

29,247

2005

35,100

29,974

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 3rd arrondissement in 1999
Born in Metropolitan France	Born outside Metropolitan France
73.4%	26.6%
	Born in Overseas France	Born in foreign countries with French citizenship at birth¹	EU-15 immigrants²	Non-EU-15 immigrants
	0.8%	4.4%	5.8%	15.6%

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.