IIIe arrondissement

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3rd arrondissement of Paris

Place des Vosges in Paris 3rd arrondissement.
Location
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Paris and its closest suburbs
Administration
Région	Île-de-France
Département	Paris
Mayor	Pierre Aidenbaum
Statistics
Land area¹	1.17 km²
Population² (1999 census)	34,248
-Density (1999)	29,272/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).
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The 20
arrondissements
of Paris

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17^th			18^th		19^th
	8^th		9^th	10^th	11^th	20^th
16^th			2^nd	3^rd
			1^st	4^th	12^th
	Seine river
		7^th	6^th	5^th	13^th
		15^th	14^th

The 3^e arrondissement, located on the Right Bank, is one of the 20 arrondissements of Paris. It is the second smallest in area after the 2nd arrondissement.

The 3rd arrondissement hosts the Renaissance square of Place des Vosges and also the Northern part of the medieval district of Le Marais, today known as being the gay district in Paris.

[edit] Demography

The peak of population of Paris 3rd arrondissement actually occurred before 1861, though the arrondissement exists in its current shape only since the re-organization of Paris in 1860. In 1999, the population was of 34,248 inhabitants while the arrondissement also hosted 29,723 jobs. With a land area of 1,172 km² (0.452 sq.miles), it is the second smallest arrondissement in the city.

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</tr> <tr><td>1861 (peak of population)<td>99,116<td>84,642 <tr><td>1872<td>89,687<td>76,656 <tr><td>1954<td>65,312<td>55,822 <tr><td>1962<td>62,680<td>53,527 <tr><td>1968<td>56,252<td>48,038 <tr><td>1975<td>41,706<td>35,616 <tr><td>1982<td>36,094<td>30,823 <tr><td>1990<td>35,102<td>29,976 <tr><td>1999<td>34,248<td>29,247 </table>