XXE ARRONDISSEMENT

The '20^th arrondissement' (''XX^e arrondissement''), located on the Right Bank, is one of the 20 arrondissements of Paris, France. It contains the cosmopolitan districts of Ménilmontant and Belleville which have welcomed many successive waves of immigration since the middle of the 19th century. Today, Belleville holds the second largest Chinatown in Paris.
The 20th arrondissement is also internationally known for hosting the Père Lachaise Cemetery where one can find the burials of many famous composers (such as Chopin and Rossini), writers (including Oscar Wilde and Marcel Proust), painters (Pissarro, Jacques-Louis David and others) and even rock singers (Jim Morrison).

Contents

Geography

Demographics

Historical population

Immigration

Cityscape

Places of interest

Important districts

Geography

The land area of this arrondissement is 5.984 km² (2.31 sq. miles, or 1,479 acres).

Demographics

The population of Paris's 20th arrondissement peaked in 1936, when it had 208,115 inhabitants. Today it remains very dense in population and business activity with 182,952 inhabitants and 54,786 jobs as of the last census, in 1999.

Historical population

Year (of French censuses)	Population	Density (inh. per km²)
1872	92,772	15,503
1936 (peak of population)	208,115	34,779
1954	200,208	33,457
1962	199,310	33,307
1968	188,921	31,571
1975	175,795	29,378
1982	171,971	28,738
1990	184,478	30,829
1999	182,952	30,574
2005 estimate	188,600	31,517

Immigration

Cityscape

Places of interest

★ Parc de Belleville

★ Père Lachaise Cemetery

Important districts

★ District of Belleville

★ District of Ménilmontant