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4th arrondissement of Paris

Notre-Dame, on the Île de la Cité in the 4th arrondissement.
Location

Paris and its closest suburbs
Administration
Region	Île-de-France
Department	Paris
Mayor	Dominique Bertinotti
Statistics
Land area¹	1.60 km²
Population² (1999 census)	30,675
-Density (1999)	19,160/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 4th arrondissement (4^e arrondissement) is one of the 20 arrondissements of Paris, France. It is located on the Right Bank of the River Seine, bordered to the west by the 1st arrondissement; to the north by the 3rd, to the east by the 11th and 12th, and to the south by the Seine and the 5th.

The 4th arrondissement contains the Renaissance-era Paris City Hall. The eastern parts of the Île de la Cité (including Notre-Dame de Paris) as well as the Île Saint-Louis are also included within the arrondissement.

1 Geography
2 Demography
3 History
4 Map
5 Cityscape
- 5.1 Places of interest in the arrondissement
- 5.2 Main streets and squares
6 External Links

With a land area of 1.601 km² (0.618 sq.miles, or 396 acres), the 4th arrondissement is the third smallest arrondissement in the city.

The peak of population of the 4th 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 30,675, while the arrondissement hosted 41,424 jobs.

Historical population:

Year (of French censuses)	Population	Density (inh. per km²)
1861 (peak of population)	108,520	67,783
1872	95,003	59,377
1954	70,944	41,638
1962	61,670	38,520
1968	54,029	33,747
1975	40,466	25,275
1982	33,990	21,230
1990	32,226	20,129
1999	30,675	19,160

The Île de la Cité has been inhabited since the 1st century BC, when it was occupied by the Parisii tribe of the Gauls. The Right Bank was first settled in the early Middle Ages. Since the end of the 19th century, le Marais has been populated by a significant Jewish population, the Rue des Rosiers being at the heart of its community, with a handful of kosher restaurants. Since the 1990s, gay culture has made an impact on the arrondissement, opening a number of bars and cafés in the area by the town hall.