7th arrondissement of Paris

The 7th arrondissement of Paris is one of the 20 arrondissements (administrative districts) of the capital city of France.

Situated on the left bank of the River Seine, it contains a number of French national institutions, among them the French National Assembly and numerous government ministries. The 7th arrondissement is also a major tourist destination, being home to the Eiffel Tower and the Hôtel des Invalides, which is Napoléon's resting place.

Geography

The land area of the arrondissement is 4.088 km² (1.578 sq. miles, or 1,010 acres).

Demography

The 7th arrondissement attained its peak population in 1926 when it had 110,684 inhabitants. Because it is the location of so many French government bodies, this arrondissement has never been as densely populated as some of the others. In 1999, the population was 56,985, while the arrondissement provided 76,212 jobs.

Historical population

Year (of French censuses)	Population	Density (inh. per km²)
1872	78,553	19,206
1926 (peak year)	110,684	27,075
1954	104,412	25,529
1962	99,584	24,360
1968	87,811	21,480
1975	74,250	18,163
1982	67,461	16,502
1990	62,939	15,396
1999	56,985	13,940
2005 estimate	55,400	13,552

The Eiffel Tower as seen from Rue de Monttessuy in the 7th 7th arrondissement

Immigration

Place of birth of residents of the 7th arrondissement in 1999

Born in metropolitan France	Born outside metropolitan France
78.3%	21.7%
	Born in overseas France	Born in foreign countries with French citizenship at birth1	EU-15 immigrants2	Non-EU-15 immigrants
	0.5%	4.9%	7.4%	8.9%
1 This 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), as well as to a lesser extent foreign-born children of French expatriates. 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. 2 An immigrant is a person born in a foreign country not having French citizenship at birth. 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.

Map

Map of the 7th arrondissement

Typical Parisian architecture in the 7th arrondissement.

Places of interest

Important places include:

• French National Assembly
• Eiffel Tower
• Hôtel Matignon
• Champ de Mars
• Musée d'Orsay
• École Militaire
• Hôtel des Invalides
• Musée national Eugène Delacroix
• Musée national de la Légion d'Honneur et des Ordres de Chevalerie
• Musée Maillol
• Musée de l'Ordre de la Libération
• Musée Rodin
• Musée Valentin Haüy
• Institut d'Etudes Politiques de Paris (Sciences Po)

See also

• Upper class district