Xe arrondissement

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10th arrondissement of Paris

The Gare du Nord in the 10th arrondissement.
Location

Paris and its closest suburbs
Administration
Region	Île-de-France
Department	Paris
Mayor	Tony Dreyfus
Statistics
Land area¹	2.89 km²
Population² (Jan. 1, 2005 estimate) (March 8, 1999 census)	89,600 89,612
-Density (2005)	30,982/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 20
arrondissements
of Paris

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 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.

1 Geography
2 Demography
3 Map
4 Cityscape
- 4.1 Places of interest
- 4.2 Mains streets and squares

[edit] Geography

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

[edit] Demography

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