17th arrondissement of Paris

17th arrondissement of Paris

The clock tower of the Church of Saint Michel des Batignolles
Location

Paris and its closest suburbs
Administration
Region	Île-de-France
Department	Paris
Mayor	Brigitte Kuster
Statistics
Land area¹	5.67 km²
Population² (July 1, 2005 estimate) (March 8, 1999 census)	160,300 160,860
-Density (2005)	28,277/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 17th 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, this arrondissement hosts three very active areas: in the extreme southeastern part of the arrondissement, the working-class area around the Place de Clichy is an extension of the Pigalle red-light district and Montmartre; in the southwestern part, the upper-class area around the avenue des Ternes, where the Marché Poncelet is located, is more Haussmannian in style. In between these two neighborhoods, occupying the majority of the arrondissement's land area, is the former village of Batignolles.

The Mairie (town hall) of the 17th arrondissement is on Rue des Batignolles. It is the only Mairie of Paris to be located in a modern building. The original building was torn down in 1971 to make room for the current edifice.^[1] The 17th arrondissement also hosts the Palais des Congrès of Paris, which is a large exhibition center with an associated high-rise hotel, the Concorde Lafayette, the largest in the city.

1 Geography
2 Demographics
- 2.1 Historical population
- 2.2 Immigration
3 Cityscape
- 3.1 Places of interest
- 3.2 Main streets and squares
4 References

Geography

The land area of this arrondissement is 5.669 km² (2.189 sq. miles, or 1,401 acres).

Demographics

The peak population of Paris's 17th arrondissement was reached in 1954, when it had 231,987 inhabitants. Today, the arrondissement remains very dense in population and business activity, with 160,860 inhabitants and 92,267 jobs as of the most recent census (1999).

Historical population

Year (of French censuses)	Population	Density (inh. per km²)
1872	101,804	17,955
1954 (peak of population)	231,987	40,922
1962	227,687	40,164
1968	210,299	37,096
1975	186,293	32,862
1982	169,513	29,902
1990	161,935	28,565
1999	160,860	28,375
2005 estimate	160,300	28,277

Immigration

Place of birth of residents of the 17th arrondissement in 1999
Born in Metropolitan France	Born outside Metropolitan France
77.7%	22.3%
	Born in Overseas France	Born in foreign countries with French citizenship at birth¹	EU-15 immigrants²	Non-EU-15 immigrants
	1.1%	4.6%	5.1%	11.5%

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.

Cityscape

Portrait of Jean Benner, 1836,
by Jean-Jacques Henner

Places of interest

Marché des Batignolles
Marché Poncelet
Musée national Jean-Jacques Henner
Palais des Congrès and Hôtel Concorde Lafayette
Square des Batignolles

Main streets and squares

Place de Clichy
Cité des Fleurs
Boulevard d'Aurelle-de-Paladines
Boulevard des Batignolles
Boulevard Berthier
Boulevard Bessières
Boulevard Périphérique de Paris
Boulevard de Courcelles
Boulevard Gouvion-Saint-Cyr
Boulevard Malesherbes
Boulevard Pereire
Boulevard de la Somme
Boulevard de l'Yser

The Palais des Congrès with the Hôtel Concorde Lafayette in the background

Avenue de Clichy
Avenue de la Grande-Armée
Avenue Mac-Mahon
Avenue Niel
Avenue de la Porte-de-Champerret
Avenue de la Porte-de-Villiers
Avenue de Saint-Ouen
Avenue des Ternes
Avenue de Villiers
Avenue de Wagram

The view from Sacré-Coeur in Montmartre: Looking west over the entire 17th arrondissement. The Hôtel Concorde Lafayette is on the left, in front of Mont Valérien.