VIIe arrondissement

7th arrondissement of Paris

View over the 7th arrondissement, dominated by the Eiffel Tower, and the Invalides.

Location

Paris and its closest suburbs

Administration

Statistics

Land area¹

4.09 km²

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

55,400
56,985

-Density (2005)

13,552/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 7th arrondissement attained its peak population in 1926 when it had 110,684 inhabitants. Because it is the location of so many French government bodies, this arrondissement has never been as densely populated as some of the others.^{citation needed} In 1999, the population was 56,985, while the arrondissement provided 76,212 jobs.

Historical population

Year
(of French censuses)

Population

Density
(inh. per km²)

1872

78,553

19,206

1926 (peak year)

110,684

27,075

1954

104,412

25,529

1962

99,584

24,360

1968

87,811

21,480

1975

74,250

18,163

1982

67,461

16,502

1990

62,939

15,396

1999

56,985

13,940

2005 estimate

55,400

13,552

Immigration

Place of birth of residents of the 7th arrondissement in 1999
Born in Metropolitan France	Born outside Metropolitan France
78.3%	21.7%
	Born in Overseas France	Born in foreign countries with French citizenship at birth¹	EU-15 immigrants²	Non-EU-15 immigrants
	0.5%	4.9%	7.4%	8.9%

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.