18th arrondissement of Paris

18th arrondissement of Paris
French municipal arrondissement
View over Montmartre district in the 18th arrondissement.
Paris and its closest suburbs
Country	France
Region	Île-de-France
Department	Paris
Commune	Paris
Government
• Mayor	Daniel Vaillant
Area
• Total	6.01 km2 (2.32 sq mi)
Population (8 March 1999 census)
• Total	184,586
• Estimate (2005)	188,700
• Density	31,000/km2 (80,000/sq mi)
^[p] Population sans doubles comptes: single count of residents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel).

The 18th arrondissement (XVIII^e arrondissement), located on the Rive Droite (Right Bank), is one of the 20 arrondissements of Paris, France. It is mostly known for hosting the district of Montmartre, which contains a hill dominated by the Sacré Cœur basilica, along with the well known Moulin Rouge cabaret.

The 18th arrondissement also contains the African and North African district of Goutte d'Or which is famous for its market, the marché Barbès, where one can find various products from that continent.

Geography

The land area of this arrondissement is exactly 6.005 km² (2.319 sq. miles, or 1,484 acres).

Demographics

The population of Paris's 18th arrondissement peaked in 1931 with 288,810 inhabitants. Today, the arrondissement remains very dense in population and business activity with 184,586 inhabitants and 70,285 jobs as of the most recent census (1999).

Historical population

Year (of French censuses)	Population	Density (inh. per km2)
1872	138,109	22,980
1931 (peak of population)	288,810	48,095
1954	266,825	44,397
1962	254,974	42,460
1968	236,776	39,430
1975	208,970	34,799
1982	186,866	31,118
1990	187,657	31,250
1999	184,586	30,739
2009	200,631	33,383

Immigration

In 2012 John Henley of The Guardian said the 18th arrondissement was "an area comparable in many ways to London's Tower Hamlets."

Place of birth of residents of the 18th arrondissement in 1999 Born in Metropolitan France Born outside Metropolitan France 72.5% 27.5% Born in Overseas France Born in foreign countries with French citizenship at birth¹ EU-15 immigrants² Non-EU-15 immigrants 1.9% 3.6% 3.9% 18.1% 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.

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

Cityscape

Places of interest

• Basilique du Sacré-Cœur, Paris
• Basilica of Sainte-Jeanne-d'Arc (Paris)
• Église Saint-Jean-de-Montmartre
• Église Saint-Bernard de la Chapelle
• Moulin Rouge
• Musée d'Art Naïf - Max Fourny

The Serbian Orthodox Diocese of France and Western Europe has its headquarters in the arrondissement.

Districts within the 18th arrondissement

• Montmartre
• Pigalle
• Goutte d'Or, a working-class neighborhood in the arrondissement
• Quartier de La Chapelle

Economy

Dailymotion formerly had its headquarters in the arrondissement. In addition, Dargaud also has its headquarters there.

External links

• 18th arrondissement travel guide from Wikivoyage