Ier arrondissement

1st arrondissement of Paris

The Louvre and Tuileries, seen from the north

Location

Paris and its closest suburbs

Administration

Jean-François Legaret

Statistics

Land area¹

1.83 km²

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

17,700
16,888

-Density (2005)

9,693/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 16,888, while the arrondissement hosted 63,056 jobs, making it one of the most active for business after the 2nd, 8th, and 9th.

Historical population

Year
(of French censuses)

Population

Density
(inh. per km²)

1861 (peak of population)¹

89,519

49,025

1872

74,286

40,593

1954

38,926

21,271

1962

36,543

20,013

1968

32,332

17,706

1975

22,793

12,482

1982

18,509

10,136

1990

18,360

10,055

1999

16,888

9,249

2005

17,700

9,693

¹The peak of population actually occurred before 1861, but the
arrondissement was created in 1860, so there are no figures before 1861.

Immigration

Place of birth of residents of the 1st arrondissement in 1999
Born in Metropolitan France	Born outside Metropolitan France
77.8%	22.2%
	Born in Overseas France	Born in foreign countries with French citizenship at birth¹	EU-15 immigrants²	Non-EU-15 immigrants
	0.8%	4.6%	7.1%	9.7%

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.

Quarters

Each of the 20 Paris arrondissements is divided into four quarters (quartiers). The table below lists the four quarters of the 1st arrondissement:

figures from 1999 French census

Quarter

Population

Land area
(in km²)

Density
(inh. per km²)

Quartier Saint-Germain-l'Auxerrois

1,670

0.871

1,917

Quartier Les Halles