VIIIe arrondissement

8th arrondissement of Paris

The Champs-Élysées in the 8th arrondissement, during the Christmas season.

Location

Paris and its closest suburbs

Administration

François Lebel (CNIP)

Statistics

Land area¹

3.88 km²

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

38,700
39,314

-Density (2005)

9,972/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 8th arrondissement occurred in 1891, when it had 107,485 inhabitants. Since then, the arrondissement has widely attracted businesses, and has become less of a residential area. In 1999, the population was only 39,314, while the arrondissment contained 171,444 jobs.

Historical population

Year
(of French censuses)

Population

Density
(inh. per km²)

1872

75,796

19,535

1891 (peak of population)

107,485

27,695

1954

80,827

20,832

1962

74,577

19,216

1968

67,897

17,495

1975

52,999

13,656

1982

46,403

11,956

1990

40,814

10,516

1999

39,314

10,130

2005 estimate

38,700

9,972

Immigration

Place of birth of residents of the 8th arrondissement in 1999
Born in Metropolitan France	Born outside Metropolitan France
75.4%	24.6%
	Born in Overseas France	Born in foreign countries with French citizenship at birth¹	EU-15 immigrants²	Non-EU-15 immigrants
	0.6%	4.9%	8.5%	10.6%

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.