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IIIe arrondissement
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| 3rd arrondissement of Paris | |
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| Arts et Métiers (medieval priory of Saint-Martin-des-Champs), in the 3rd arrondissement of Paris. | |
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| Paris and its closest suburbs | |
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| Region | Île-de-France |
| Department | Paris |
| Mayor | Pierre Aidenbaum |
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| Land area¹ | 1.17 km² |
| Population² (1999 census) |
34,248 |
| -Density (1999) | 29,247/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 3rd arrondissement (IIIe 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 contains the northern more quiet part of the medieval district of Le Marais (while the 4th arrondissement contains the more lively southern part of Le Marais with notably the gay district of Paris). The oldest surviving private house of Paris, built in 1407, is located in the 3rd arrondissement, on rue de Montmorency.
Le Marais (pronounced /maʁɛ/ and meaning “the marsh” in French) is a district in Paris, traditionally a bourgeois area, but also well-known historically.
A small but rapidly expanding Chinatown inhabited by immigrants from Wenzhou, Mainland China, centers on rue au Maire, near the Conservatoire National des Arts et Métiers housed in the medieval priory of Saint-Martin-des-Champs.
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With a land area of 1.171 km² (0.452 sq.miles, or 289 acres), the 3rd arrondissement is the second smallest arrondissement in the city.
The peak of population of the 3rd arrondissement actually occurred before 1861, though the arrondissement has existed in its current shape only since the re-organization of Paris in 1860. In 1999, the population was 34,248 while the arrondissement also hosted 29,723 jobs.
| Year (of French censuses) |
Population | Density (inh. per km²) |
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| 1861 (peak of population) | 99,116 | 84,642 |
| 1872 | 89,687 | 76,656 |
| 1954 | 65,312 | 55,822 |
| 1962 | 62,680 | 53,527 |
| 1968 | 56,252 | 48,038 |
| 1975 | 41,706 | 35,616 |
| 1982 | 36,094 | 30,823 |
| 1990 | 35,102 | 29,976 |
| 1999 | 34,248 | 29,247 |
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- Le Marais (shared with the 4th arrondissement)
- Conservatoire National des Arts et Métiers - main campus
- Musée des Arts et Métiers
- Hôtel de Soubise
- Former Temple fortress
- Carnavalet Museum
