16th arrondissement of Paris

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16th arrondissement of Paris
Municipal arrondissement
The Château de la Muette, the OECD's headquarters in Paris
The Château de la Muette, the OECD's headquarters in Paris
Coat of arms of 16th arrondissement of Paris
Coat of arms
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Location within Paris
Location within Paris
Coordinates: 48°51′49″N 2°16′35″E / 48.86361°N 2.27639°E / 48.86361; 2.27639
CountryFrance
RegionÎle-de-France
DepartmentParis
CommuneParis
Government
 • Mayor (2023–2026) Jérémy Redler (LR)
Area
7.85 km2 (3.03 sq mi)
Population
 (2021)[1]
162,061
 • Density20,645/km2 (53,470/sq mi)
INSEE code75116
Paris Coat of Arms
Paris Coat of Arms
The
20 arrondissements
of Paris
17th 18th 19th
  8th 9th 10th 11th 20th
16th 2nd 3rd
1st 4th 12th
River Seine
  7th 6th 5th 13th
15th 14th

The 16th arrondissement of Paris (le XVIe arrondissement; French pronunciation: [lə sɛzjɛm aʁɔ̃dismɑ̃]) is the westernmost of the 20 arrondissements of Paris, the capital city of France. Located on its Right Bank, it is adjacent to the 17th and 8th arrondissements to the northeast, as well as to the suburb of Boulogne-Billancourt, Hauts-de-Seine to the southwest. Opposite the Seine are the 7th and 15th arrondissements.

Notable sights of the 16th arrondissement include the Arc de Triomphe (at the junction with the 8th and 17th arrondissements) and the Place du Trocadéro, where the Palais de Chaillot stands, itself concentrating three museums and one theatre. Other museums and cultural venues are located in this arrondissement, including the Louis Vuitton Foundation opened in 2014.[2]

With its ornate 19th-century buildings, large avenues, prestigious schools, museums, and various parks, the 16th arrondissement has long been known as one of French high society's favourite places of residence (comparable to London's Kensington and Chelsea or Berlin's Charlottenburg)[3] to such an extent that the phrase le 16e has been associated with great wealth in French popular culture. Indeed, the 16th arrondissement of Paris is France's third-richest district for average household income, behind only its 7th arrondissement and the suburb of Neuilly-sur-Seine, both of which are adjacent.[4]

The 16th arrondissement hosts several large sporting venues, including: the Parc des Princes, which is the stadium where Paris Saint-Germain football club plays its home matches; Roland Garros Stadium, where the French Open tennis championships are held; and Stade Jean-Bouin, home to the Stade Français rugby union club. The Bois de Boulogne, the second-largest public park in Paris (behind only the Bois de Vincennes), is also located in this arrondissement.

History

The 16th arrondissement was created by the Law of 16 June 1859 which incorporated the villages (now neighborhoods) of Auteuil, Passy and Chaillot into Paris; these villages had become communes after the French Revolution and had been in the Seine department ever since. When the law of 1859 was drafted, it was planned that these villages would form a new arrondissement that would be numbered the 13th arrondissement, but "The rich and powerful moving in did not like the number. They pulled strings and became the 16th, the unlucky association and postmark being transferred to the blameless but less influential folks around Porte d'Italie."[5]

Geography

The land area of this arrondissement is 16.305 km2 (6.295 sq mi or 4,029 acres), slightly more than half of which consists of the Bois de Boulogne park. Excluding the Bois de Boulogne, its land area is 7.846 km2 (3.029 sq mi or 1,939 acres). It is the largest arrondissement in Paris in terms of land area.

Demographics and politics

View of the Place du Trocadéro
The Place de l'Étoile
Lac supérieur in the Bois de Boulogne

The population of the 16th arrondissement peaked in 1962, when it had 227,418 inhabitants. At the last census (2009), the population was 169,372. The 16th arrondissement contains a great deal of business activity; in 1999 it hosted 106,971 jobs.

The 16th arrondissement is commonly thought to be one of the richest parts of Paris (as the saying Auteuil-Neuilly-Passy popularised); it features some of the most expensive real estate in France including the famous Auteuil "villas";[note 1] heirs to 19th century high-society country houses, they are exclusive gated communities with huge houses surrounded by gardens, which is extremely rare in Paris. It is also the only arrondissement in Paris to be divided into two separate postal codes. The southern part of the arrondissement carries a postal code of 75016, while the northern part has the code of 75116.

Politics

The 16th arrondissement is one of the strongest areas in the country for the French political right. At the 2017 French presidential election, it gave over 58% of its votes in the first round to right-wing candidate François Fillon, compared to his national result of 20%. It then went on to vote for Emmanuel Macron by a landslide in the runoff.

Election Winning candidate Party %
2022 Emmanuel Macron EM 81,90
2017 Emmanuel Macron EM 87.37
2012 Nicolas Sarkozy UMP 78.01
2007 Nicolas Sarkozy UMP 80.81
2002 Jacques Chirac RPR 87.99
1981 Valéry Giscard d'Estaing UDF 76.58

Historical population

Year
(of French censuses) 		Population Density[note 2]
(inh. per km2)
1872 43,332 5,523
1954 214,042 27,280
1962 (peak of population) 227,418 28,985
1968 214,120 27,290
1975 193,590 24,674
1982 179,446 22,871
1990 169,863 21,650
1999 161,773 20,619
2009 169,372 21,347

Immigration

Place of birth of residents of the 16th arrondissement in 1999
Born in metropolitan France Born outside metropolitan France
74.5% 25.5%
Born in
overseas France 		Born in foreign countries with French citizenship at birth1 EU-15 immigrants2 Non-EU-15 immigrants
0.6% 5.7% 6.7% 12.5%
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.

Economy

Notable companies that have their head offices in the arrondissement include Lacoste, PSA Peugeot Citroën and Lagardère.[6][7]

At one time Aérospatiale, Technip, Veolia and Lafarge also had their head offices in the arrondissement.[8][9][10][11]

Movies filmed in the 16th arrondissement

In one of the opening scenes of the 1965 James Bond film Thunderball, character Emilio Largo is seen arriving at the headquarters of The International Brotherhood for the Assistance of Stateless Persons. This scene was shot on Avenue d'Eylau in the 16th arrondissement.[12]

The 1972 film Last Tango in Paris was filmed at various locations in the 16th arrondissement, with the apartment the characters stayed in being located in Passy.[13]

A scene of the 2018 action film Mission: Impossible – Fallout was filmed under the elevated Métro station Passy in the arrondissement.[14] Other scenes of the film included ones shot at the Grand Palais (8th arrondissement) and under the Cité de la mode et du design on the Seine (13th arrondissement).

Education

Primary and secondary schools

Lycée Janson-de-Sailly

Here is a list of domestic French sixth-form colleges/high schools in the arrondissement

International schools:

situated near to the 16th arrondissement is the place diana, the pont de l'alma tunnel is known for being the location of the fatal car accident that killed Diana, princess of Wales.

Undergraduate and postgraduate studies

The Paris Dauphine University is in the arrondissement, as well as Paris Institute of Technology, part of Paris Descartes University, one of Paris biggest public universities.

The renowned "classes préparatoires" establishment Intégrale : Institut d'enseignement supérieur privé have one of their campuses in the arrondissement.[21]

Supplementary schools

The École de langue japonaise de Paris (パリ日本語補習校 Pari Nihongo Hoshūkō), a supplementary Japanese education programme, is held at the École Maternelle et Primaire Saint Francois d'Eylau in the 16th arrondissement.[22][23][24] The school has its offices at the Association Amicale des Ressortissants Japonais en France (AARJF) in the 8th arrondissement.[25]

Cityscape

Neighbourhoods

Places of interest

View of the Palais de Tokyo, Museum of Contemporary Art (left) and Paris Museum of Modern Art (right)
The Pont de Bir-Hakeim between the 15th and 16th arrondissements

Main streets and squares

See also

Notes

  1. ^ The foremost Auteuil villas are: Villa Montmorency, Hameau Boileau, Villa de la Réunion and Villa Victorien Sardou; all of which are inhabited by some of France's wealthiest and most famous citizens including First Lady Carla Bruni (and President Nicolas Sarkozy) or multibillionaires Vincent Bolloré, Arnaud Lagardère, Dominique Desseigne and Alain Afflelou and famous singers Mylène Farmer and Sylvie Vartan
  2. ^ Excluding the Bois de Boulogne

References

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  2. ^ "Fondation Louis Vuitton in Paris". Paris Digest. 2018. Archived from the original on November 3, 2018. Retrieved November 28, 2018.
  3. ^ "Deciphering the 16th Arrondissement". WhyGo Paris. November 6, 2007. Archived from the original on October 24, 2013. Retrieved September 6, 2020.
  4. ^ Drouin, Olivier (August 27, 2013). "Les 80 communes où se concentrent les plus haut revenus". Capital (in French). Archived from the original on June 6, 2017. Retrieved January 28, 2018.
  5. ^ "For Parisians, It's Sweet in the Sixteenth". New York Times.
  6. ^ "Contact". PSA Peugeot Citroën. Archived from the original on March 28, 2012. Retrieved July 7, 2010. Head office PSA Peugeot Citroën Paris Grande Armée 75, avenue de la Grande Armée 75116 PARIS
  7. ^ "Legal notices". Lagardère. Archived from the original on February 9, 2014. Retrieved April 17, 2011. Address : Lagardère Ressources Human Relations and Communication Department 121, av de Malakoff 75216 Paris Cedex 16
  8. ^ "Legal Notice". Veolia Environment. Archived from the original on July 17, 2011. Retrieved February 9, 2011. It is published by Veolia Environnement, a corporation with capital of €2,495,631,835 ; Paris Corporate & Trade Register No. 403 210 032, headquartered at 36/38 avenue Kléber, 75016 Paris, France[...]
  9. ^ Who Owns Whom: Continental Europe. Vol. 1. Dun & Bradstreet. 1990. p. 555. SA NATIONALE INDUSTRIELLE AÉROSPATIALE 372 1 . 3724 SA, 37 Boulevard de Montmorency, F-75016 Paris
  10. ^ "Offices and facilities". Aérospatiale. Archived from the original on February 5, 1998. Retrieved August 31, 2011. HEADQUARTERS PARIS Aerospatiale 37, boulevard de Montmorency – 75781 Paris cedex 16
  11. ^ "Plan d'accès" [Access Map] (PDF). Technip (in French). Archived from the original (PDF) on October 29, 2012. Retrieved December 26, 2012. 89 avenue de la Grande Armée Paris 16
  12. ^ "Thunderball (1965)". Retrieved 17 March 2018 – via www.imdb.com.
  13. ^ Reeves, Tony. "Filming Locations for Last Tango in Paris (1972)". movie-locations.com. Archived from the original on 18 March 2018. Retrieved 17 March 2018.
  14. ^ (in French) "Paris : alerte « Mission Impossible 6 » dans le quartier Passy", Le Parisien, 12 May 2017.
  15. ^ "Nous contacter". Russian Embassy School in Paris. Archived from the original on April 10, 2016. Retrieved March 24, 2016. 40–50, bd. Lannes, 75116 – Paris Ambassade de la Fédération de la Russie en France, Ecole secondaire avec l'enseignement approfondi des langues étrangères, Ecole associée de l'UNESCO RER: Av. Henri Martin Metro: Rue de la Pompe Bus: PC1, Dufrenoy
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  17. ^ "Inicio". Colegio Español Federico García Lorca (in Spanish). Archived from the original on February 3, 2015. Retrieved May 2, 2015. 53, rue de la Pompe 75116 Paris
  18. ^ "Contacto" [Contact]. Colegio Español Federico García Lorca (in Spanish). Archived from the original on June 17, 2020. Retrieved September 7, 2020. 53, rue de la Pompe. 75116 París
  19. ^ "Map and Directions". International School of Paris. Archived from the original on October 30, 2013. Retrieved January 3, 2014. Rue du Ranelagh: Primary School" "96 Bis Rue du Ranelagh 75016 Paris, France" et "Rue Beethoven/Chardin: Secondary School/Administration & Admissions" et "ISP's Secondary School is located in three buildings at 6 and 13 rue Beethoven and 7 rue Chardin.
  20. ^ "Contact". Kingsworth International School. Archived from the original on January 28, 2016. Retrieved September 7, 2020. 56 rue de Passy 75016 Paris France
  21. ^ Prépa Intégrale. "Intégrale Prepa- Prepa HEC" (in French). Archived from the original on April 20, 2014. Retrieved September 7, 2020.
  22. ^ "欧州の補習授業校一覧（平成25年4月15日現在）". Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT) (in Japanese and French). Archived from the original on March 30, 2014. Retrieved May 10, 2014. パリ ECOLE DE LANGUE JAPONAISE DE PARIS Ecole Maternelle et Primaire Saint Francois d'Eylau 20 av. Bugeaud 75116 Paris, France
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