13th arrondissement of Paris

13th arrondissement of Paris
French municipal arrondissement
Paris and its closest suburbs
Country	France
Region	Île-de-France
Department	Paris
Commune	Paris
Government
• Mayor	Jérôme Coumet
Area
• Total	7.15 km2 (2.76 sq mi)
Population (8 March 1999 census)
• Total	171,533
• Estimate (2005)	181,300
• Density	24,000/km2 (62,000/sq mi)
^[p] Population sans doubles comptes: single count of residents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel).

The 20 arrondissements of Paris
17th 18th 19th   8th 9th 10th 11th 20th 16th 2nd 3rd 1st 4th 12th River Seine   7th 6th 5th 13th 15th 14th

The 13th arrondissement of Paris (also known as "arrondissement des Gobelins") is one of the 20 arrondissements (administrative districts) of the capital city of France.

Situated on the Left Bank of the River Seine, it is home to Paris's principal Asian community, the Quartier Asiatique, located in the southeast of the arrondissement in an area that contains many high-rise apartment buildings. The neighborhood features a high concentration of ethnic Chinese and Vietnamese businesses. The current mayor is Jérôme Coumet (Socialist), who was re-elected by the arrondissement council on 29 March 2008 after the list which he headed gained 70% of the votes cast in the second round of the French municipal elections, 2008.

The 13th arrondissement also hosts the Bibliothèque François Mitterrand and the newly built business district of Paris Rive Gauche.

Demographics

The 13th arrondissement is still growing in population, mainly because of an influx of Asian immigrants. During the late 1970s and early 1980s, the first wave of Vietnamese refugees from the Vietnam War settled in the arrondissement, largely concentrated near Masséna Boulevard. Later waves of refugees and Asian immigrants transitioned from being exclusively ethnic Vietnamese to include ethnic Chinese from Vietnam, Laotians and Cambodians. These migrants largely settled in the southern area of the arrondissement, creating an Asian quarter and establishing a commercial district and community institutions. Teochew, Cantonese, Vietnamese, Lao and Khmer are spoken by many residents in the community.

At the last census in 1999, the population was 171,533. The 13th arrondissement is also rapidly growing in business activity, thanks to the new business district of Paris Rive Gauche. In 1999, the arrondissement contained 89,316 jobs, and it is believed to contain more today.

Historical population

Year (of French censuses)	Population	Density (inh. per km2)
1872	69,431	12,342
1954	165,620	23,164
1962	166,709	23,329
1968	158,280	22,149
1975	163,313	22,854
1982	170,818	23,904
1990	171,098	23,943
1999	171,533	24,004
2009 (peak of population)	182,032	25,459

Immigration

Place of birth of residents of the 13th arrondissement in 1999 Born in Metropolitan France Born outside Metropolitan France 76.2% 23.8% Born in Overseas France Born in foreign countries with French citizenship at birth¹ EU-15 immigrants² Non-EU-15 immigrants 1.8% 4.5% 2.9% 14.6% ¹This group is made up largely of former French settlers, such as pieds-noirs in 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 in 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. ²An 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.

Map

Map of the 13th arrondissement

Economy

The head office of Accor, including the company's executive management, is in the Immeuble Odyssey in the 13th arrondissement. This facility is the company's registered office.

Ubisoft has its business office in the arrondissement.

Education

Main campus in Paris (1912).

The 13th arrondissement is home to engineering graduate schools, Arts et Métiers ParisTech and Télécom ParisTech. The teaching and learning center is settled at the number 151.

Cityscape

Places of interest

• Paris's main Asian district, the Quartier Asiatique, also locally called la Triangle de Choisy or la petite Asie ("Little Asia"), is located in the southeast of the arrondissement. The following can be found in this area:
  • Les Olympiades, Super-Italie and various other towers among the tallest in Paris
  • Tang Frères and Paristore Asian supermarkets and grocery stores.
• Bibliothèque nationale de France
• Pitié-Salpêtrière Hospital
• Butte-aux-Cailles
• Gare d'Austerlitz
• Gobelins manufactory
• Art Ludique- Le Musée, first French Museum dedicated to the Art of Entertainment
• University of Chicago Center in Paris
• 6 Villa des Gobelins - residence of Hồ Chí Minh from July 1919 to July 1921

Streets and squares include

• Rue Zadkine
• Boulevard de la Zone
• Place d'Italie

A newly dedicated public square named after the artist Jean-Michel Basquiat is under construction.

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  City hall in the 13th arrondissement

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  Public housing built in the first half of the 20th century

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  Boulevard Vincent Auriol

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  A large section of the 13th arrondissement was rebuilt in modernist style in the 1970s

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  McDonald's in the 13th arrondissement's Chinatown

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  Chinese New Year celebrations in the 13th arrondissement

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  Library Glacière

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  National School of Architecture

A panoramic view of the towers in Paris's 13th arrondissement

See also

• Chinese community in Paris
• Vietnamese community in Paris

External links

• 13th arrondissement travel guide from Wikivoyage