XE ARRONDISSEMENT

The '10^th arrondissement' (''X^e arrondissement''), located on the Right Bank, is one of the 20 arrondissements of Paris, France. The arrondissement contains two of the six main rail stations in Paris: Gare du Nord and Gare de l'Est. Built during the 19th century, they are among the busiest in Europe.
The 10th arrondissement also contains a large portion of the Canal Saint-Martin, which links the Seine River to the northeast of the Paris area.

Contents

Geography

Demographics

Historical population

Immigration

Map

Cityscape

Places of interest

Mains streets and squares

Geography

The land area of this arrondissement is 2.892 km² (1.117 sq. miles, or 715 acres).

Demographics

The peak population of the 10th arrondissement occurred in 1881, when it had 159,809 inhabitants. Today, the arrondissement remains very dense in both population and business activity, with 89,612 inhabitants and 71,962 jobs at last census in 1999.

Historical population

Year (of French censuses)	Population	Density (inh. per km²)
1872	135,392	46,848
1881 (peak of population)	159,809	55,259
1954	129,179	44,699
1962	124,497	43,049
1968	113,372	39,202
1975	94,046	32,519
1982	86,970	30,073
1990	90,083	31,149
1999	89,612	30,986
2005 estimate	89,600	30,982

Immigration

Map

Cityscape

Places of interest

★ canal Saint-Martin

★ gare de l'Est

★ gare du Nord

★ passage Brady

★ passage du Prado

★ porte Saint-Denis

★ porte Saint-Martin

★ Saint-Vincent-de-Paul church

★ Saint-Laurent church

Mains streets and squares

★ Place de la République

★ Boulevard de Magenta

★ Boulevard de la Chapelle

★ Rue du Faubourg-Poissonnière

★ Place du Colonel-Fabien

★ Boulevard de Strasbourg

★ Rue du Faubourg-du-Temple

★ Rue Claude-Vellefaux

★ Rue des Petites Ecuries