6th arrondissement of Paris | |
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 Terrace of caféLes Deux Magots, opened in 1885 onBoulevard Saint-Germain | |
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 Location within Paris | |
| Coordinates:48°51′2″N2°19′56″E / 48.85056°N 2.33222°E /48.85056; 2.33222 | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Île-de-France |
| Department | Paris |
| Commune | Paris |
| Government | |
| • Mayor(2020–2026) | Jean-Pierre Lecoq (LR) |
Area | 2.154 km2 (0.832 sq mi) |
| Population (2022)[1] | 40,432 |
| • Density | 18,770/km2 (48,620/sq mi) |
| INSEE code | 75106 |
 20arrondissements ofParis |
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The6th arrondissement of Paris (VIe arrondissement) is one of the 20arrondissements of the capital city ofFrance. In spoken French, it is referred to asle sixième.
The arrondissement, called Luxembourg in a reference to theseat of theSenate and itsgarden, is situated on theRive Gauche of theRiver Seine. It includes educational institutions such as theÉcole nationale supérieure des Beaux-Arts, theÉcole des hautes études en sciences sociales and theInstitut de France, as well as Parisian monuments such as theOdéon-Théâtre de l'Europe, thePont des Arts, which links the 1st and 6th arrondissements over the Seine,Saint-Germain Abbey andSaint-Sulpice Church.
This central arrondissement, which includes the historic districts ofSaint-Germain-des-Prés (surrounding theabbey founded in the 6th century) and Luxembourg (surrounding thePalace and itsGardens), has played a major role throughout Parisian history. It is well known for itscafé culture and the revolutionaryexistentialismintellectualism of the authors that lived there, includingJean-Paul Sartre,Simone de Beauvoir,Gertrude Stein,Paul Éluard,Boris Vian,Albert Camus andFrançoise Sagan.
With its cityscape, intellectual tradition, history, architecture and central location, the arrondissement has long been home to Frenchintelligentsia. It is a major locale for art galleries and fashion stores[2] and is one of Paris's most expensive areas and one of France's richest districts in terms of average income. It is part of what is calledParis Ouest (Paris West) alongside the7th,8th and16th arrondissements, as well as theNeuilly-sur-Seine inner suburb.
The current 6th arrondissement, dominated by theAbbey of Saint-Germain-des-Prés—founded in the 6th century—was the heart of theCatholic Church's power in Paris for centuries, hosting many religious institutions.
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In 1612,Queen Marie de Médicis bought an estate in the district and commissioned architectSalomon de Brosse to transform it into the outstandingLuxembourg Palace surrounded by extensiveroyal gardens. The new Luxembourg Palace turned the neighbourhood into a fashionable district for French nobility.
In the aftermath of theFrench Revolution, architectJean-François Chalgrin was commissioned to redesign the Luxembourg Palace in 1800 to make it the seat of the newly establishedSénat conservateur. Nowadays, the grounds around the Luxembourg Palace, known as the Senate Garden (Jardin du Sénat), are open to the public; they have become a prized Parisian garden across from the5th arrondissement'sPanthéon.
Since the 1950s, the arrondissement, with its many higher education institutions, cafés (Café de Flore,Les Deux Magots,La Palette,Café Procope) and publishing houses (Gallimard,Julliard,Grasset) has been the home of much of the major post-warintellectual and literary movements and some of most influential in history such assurrealism,existentialism and modernfeminism.
The land area of the arrondissement is 2.154 km2 (0.832 sq mi), or 532 acres).
The arrondissement attained its peak population in 1911 when the population density reached nearly 50,000 inhabitants per km2. In 2009, the population was 43,143 inhabitants while the arrondissement provided 43,691 jobs.
Toei Animation Europe has its head office in the arrondissement. The company, which opened in 2004, serves France, Germany, Italy, Spain, and the United Kingdom.[3]
The 6th and 7th arrondissements are the most expensive districts of Paris, the most expensive parts of the 6th arrondissement beingSaint-Germain-des-Prés quarter, the riverside districts and the areas nearby theLuxembourg Garden.
| Year (of French censuses) | Population | Density (inh. per km2) |
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| 1872 | 90,288 | 41,994 |
| 1911(peak of population) | 102,993 | 47,815 |
| 1954 | 88,200 | 41,023 |
| 1962 | 80,262 | 37,262 |
| 1968 | 70,891 | 32,911 |
| 1975 | 56,331 | 26,152 |
| 1982 | 48,905 | 22,704 |
| 1990 | 47,891 | 22,234 |
| 1999 | 44,919 | 20,854 |
| 2009 | 43,143 | 20,067 |
| Born inmetropolitan France | Born outside metropolitan France | |||
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| 79.6% | 20.4% | |||
| Born in overseas France | Born in foreign countries with French citizenship at birth1 | EU-15 immigrants2 | Non-EU-15 immigrants | |
| 0.6% | 5.0% | 6.1% | 8.7% | |
| 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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