3rd arrondissement of Paris | |
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 TheMusée des Arts et Métiers in the medieval priory ofSaint-Martin-des-Champs | |
 Coat of arms | |
 Location within Paris | |
| Coordinates:48°51′49.75″N2°21′41.97″E / 48.8638194°N 2.3616583°E /48.8638194; 2.3616583 | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Île-de-France |
| Department | Paris |
| Commune | Paris |
| Government | |
| • Mayor(2020–2026) | Ariel Weil (PS) |
Area | 1.17 km2 (0.45 sq mi) |
| Population (2022)[1] | 32,772 |
| • Density | 28,000/km2 (72,500/sq mi) |
| INSEE code | 75103 |
The3rd arrondissement of Paris (IIIe arrondissement,French pronunciation:[tʁwɑzjɛmaʁɔ̃dismɑ̃]) is one of the 20arrondissements (districts) of the capital city ofFrance. In spoken French, this arrondissement is colloquially referred to as "le troisième" (French pronunciation:[lətʁwɑzjɛm]) meaning "the third". Its postal code is 75003. It is governed locally together with the1st,2nd and4th arrondissements, with which it forms the 1st sector of Paris,Paris Centre.
The arrondissement, sometimes known asTemple and situated on theright bank of theRiver Seine, is the smallest in area after the 2nd. It contains the quieter northern part of the medieval district ofLe Marais, while the more lively southern part, notably including thegay district of Paris, is located within the 4th arrondissement.
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The oldest surviving private house in Paris, built in 1407, is to be found in the 3rd arrondissement at 51rue de Montmorency.[2]
The ancient Jewish quarter, thePletzl (פלעצל, 'little place' inYiddish), which dates from the 13th century, begins in the eastern part of the 3rd arrondissement and extends into the 4th. It is home to theMusée d'Art et d'Histoire du Judaïsme ('Museum of Jewish Art and History') and theAgoudas Hakehilos synagogue designed by the architectHector Guimard. Although fashionable boutiques now take up many of the storefronts, there are still landmark stores selling traditional Jewish foods.
A small but slowly expandingChinatown, inhabited by immigrants fromWenzhou, centers on the rue au Maire, near theConservatoire national des arts et métiers and theMusée des Arts et Métiers, partly housed in themedieval priory ofSaint-Martin-des-Champs.
With a land area of 1.2 km2[3] (0.452 square miles, or 289 acres), the 3rd arrondissement ranks second smallest in the city.
It is situated in what is considered Central Paris on the right bank (rive droite) of the city. Its interior is mostly devoid of the largeHaussmannian boulevards included in many other arrondissements throughout the city.
The arrondissement includes a range of neighborhoods orquartiers most of which date back to the Middle Ages. Most residents and locals refer to this area asTemple,Arts et Métiers or more generally,le Marais; however most of theMarais district is included in the 4th arrondissement, which it neighbors on its southern border.
The administrative quarters are:
The area now occupied by the third arrondissement attained its peak population in the period preceding the re-organization of Paris in 1860. In 1999, the population was 34,248, while the arrondissement hosted a total of 29,723 jobs.
| Year (of French censuses) | Population | Density (inh. per km²) |
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| 1861(peak of population)[a] | 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 |
| 2009 | 35,655 | 30,474 |
| 2017 | 34,115 | 29,158 |
| Born inmetropolitan France | Born outside metropolitan France | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 73.4% | 26.6% | |||
| Born in overseas France | Born in foreign countries with French citizenship at birth1 | EU-15 immigrants2 | Non-EU-15 immigrants | |
| 0.8% | 4.4% | 5.8% | 15.6% | |
| 1 This group is made up largely of former French settlers, such aspieds-noirs inNorthwest 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. | ||||
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There are six public high-schools in the 3rd arrondissement, and no private high-schools.[4]
TheConservatoire national des arts et métiers (CNAM) has its main Paris campus in the area aroundthe métro station to which it gives its name. Agrande école, CNAM provides university-level technical and professional qualifications to a student body of over 25,000.
There are 9 museums alone in the 3rd arrondissement as listed by the Paris office of tourism, however there are also many other smaller museums, as listed below.[5]
There are 6 smaller gardens throughout the 3rd arrondissement.[clarification needed][6]
3rd arrondissement travel guide from Wikivoyage
