| 8th arrondissement of Paris |
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| The Champs-Élysées in the 8th arrondissement, during the Christmas season. |
| Location |
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| Paris and its closest suburbs |
| Administration |
| Region |
Île-de-France |
| Department |
Paris |
| Mayor |
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). |
The 8th arrondissement of Paris is one of the 20 arrondissements (administrative districts) of the capital city of France.
Situated on the right bank of the River Seine and centred on the Opéra, the 8th is, together with the 2nd and 9th arrondissements, one of Paris's main business districts. According to the 1999 census, it was the place of employment of more people than any other single arrondissement of the capital. It is also the location of many places of interest, among them the Champs-Élysées, the Arc de Triomphe and the Place de la Concorde, as well as the Élysée Palace, official residence of the President of France.
Geography
The land area of the arrondissement is 3.881 km2 (1.498 sq. miles, or 959 acres).
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. |
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Map
Map of the 8th arrondissement
Cityscape
Places of interest
Districts or neighborhoods
- Quartier des Champs-Élysées
- Quartier du Faubourg-du-Roule
- Quartier de la Madeleine
- Quartier de l'Europe
Streets and squares
Streets
Squares
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- Place du Général-Brocard
- Place Georges-Guillaumin
- Place du Guatémala
- Place du Havre
- Place Henri-Bergson
- Place Henry-Dunant
- Place du Havre
- Place Jean-Pierre-Lévy
- Place de la Madeleine
- Place de Narvik
- Place du Pérou
- Place Prosper-Goubaux
- Place de la Reine-Astrid
- Place de la République-de-l'Équateur
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- Place de la République-Dominicaine
- Place de Rio-de-Janeiro
- Place Saint-Augustin
- Place des Saussaies
- Place des Ternes
- Rond-point des Champs-Élysées-Marcel-Dassault
- Square Beaujon
- Square de Berlin
- Square de la Fondation Rothschild
- Square Jean-Perrin
- Square Louis XVI
- Square Marcel-Pagnol
- Square du Roule
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Coordinates: 48°52′27″N 2°18′40″E / 48.87417°N 2.31111°E / 48.87417; 2.31111
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