The15th arrondissement of Paris (French:XVe arrondissement) is one of the 20arrondissements of the capital city of France. In spoken French, it is referred to asle quinzième ('the fifteenth').
The 15th arrondissement, calledVaugirard, is situated on theleft bank of theRiver Seine. Sharing theMontparnasse district with the6th and14th arrondissements, it is the city's most populous arrondissement, with a population of 229,472 as of 2020.Tour Montparnasse – thetallest skyscraper in Paris – and the neighbouringGare Montparnasse are both located in the 15th arrondissement, at its border with the 14th.
It is also home to thehigh-rise Beaugrenelle district and theFront de Seine riverside development, as well as theParis Expo Porte de Versailles convention centre, where the 180-metreTour Triangle is set to house a 120-room hotel and 70,000 square metres (750,000 sq ft) of office space in 2026.[2] Close is theHéliport de Paris, the city heliport, just nearby the border withIssy-les-Moulineaux.
As in all the Parisianarrondissements, the fifteenth is made up of four administrative quarters (quartiers).
The four administrative quarters of the 15th arrondissement.
To the south,quartier Saint-Lambert occupies the former site of the village of Vaugirard, built along an ancientRoman road. The geography of the area was particularly suited to wine-making, as well as quarrying. In fact, many Parisian monuments, such as theÉcole Militaire, were built from Vaugirard stone. The village, not yet being part of Paris, was considered by Parisians to be an agreeable suburb, pleasant for country walks or its cabarets and puppet shows. In 1860 Vaugirard was annexed to Paris, along with adjoining villages. Today, notable attractions in this area include theParc des Expositions (an exhibition centre which hosts theFoire de Paris, agricultural expositions, in addition to car shows) andParc Georges-Brassens, a park built on the former site of aslaughterhouse where every year wine by the name ofClos des Morillons is produced and auctioned at the civic centre.
To the east,quartier Necker was originally an uninhabited space between Paris and Vaugirard. The most well-known landmarks in the area are theGare Montparnasse train station and the loomingTour Montparnasse office tower. The area around the train station has been renovated and now contains a number of office and apartment blocks, a park (theJardin Atlantique, built directly over the train tracks), and a shopping centre. Finally, thequartier contains a number of public buildings: theLycée Buffon, theNecker Children's Hospital, as well as the private foundationPasteur Institute.
To the north,quartierGrenelle was originally a village of the same name. Grenelle plain extended from the currentHôtel des Invalides to the suburb ofIssy-les-Moulineaux on the other side of the Seine, but remained mostly uninhabited in centuries past due to difficulties farming the land. At the beginning of the 19th century, an entrepreneur by the name of Violet divided off a section of the plain: this became the village ofBeaugrenelle, known for its series of straight streets and blocks, which remain today. The whole area broke off from thecommune of Vaugirard in 1830, becoming the commune of Grenelle, which was in turn annexed to Paris in 1860. A century later, a number of apartment and office towers were built along the Seine, theFront de Seine along with theBeaugrenelle shopping mall.
To the west,quartierJavel lies to the south of Grenelle plain. In years past, it was the industrial area of thearrondissement: first with chemical companies (the famousEau de Javel bleach was invented and produced there), then electrical companies (Thomson), and finally car manufacturers (Citroën), whose factories occupied a large part of thequartier up until the early 1970s. The industrial areas have since been rehabilitated; the neighbourhood now containsParc André-Citroën,Georges Pompidou European Hospital, and a number of large office buildings and television studios (Sagem,Snecma, theDirection Générale de l'Aviation Civile,StudioCanal,France Télévisions, etc.). In addition, to the south of the circular highway (boulevard périphérique), an extension of the 15th, formerly an aerodrome at the beginning of the 20th century, is now a heliport, a gym and a recreation centre.
The early airfield here has been encroached upon by urban development and a sports centre, but the residual area, mainly laid to grass, continues to serve Paris as aheliport. TheSécurité Civile has a detachment there close to maintenance facilities. Customs facilities are available and especially busy during theSalon d'Aeronautiqueairshows held atLe Bourget on the other side of the city.
Mairie du XVe arrondissement near Vaugirard Métro station
The 15th arrondissement is located in the southwestern part of Paris, on the left bank of the Seine. It includes one of the three islands in Paris, theÎle aux Cygnes ('Isle of Swans'), on the border with the 16th arrondissement. It also borders the 6th, 7th and 14th arrondissements.
At 8.5 km2 (3.3 sq mi), it is the third-largest arrondissement in Paris; it would be the largest if the large parksBois de Boulogne andBois de Vincennes were not counted as part of the 16th and 12th arrondissements, respectively.
The former workshop (no longer standing) ofConstantin Brâncuși, where the sculptor worked from 1925 to 1957 has now been relocated in front of theCentre Georges Pompidou
Since November 2015 the FrenchMinistère des Armées ("Ministry of the Armed Forces") has been located in purpose-built building near theBalard Métro station.[11]
La Poste, the French mail service, has its head office in the arrondissement.[15][16]
The publisherHachette Livre also has its headquarters in the arrondissement.[17]
Prior to the completion of the currentAir France headquarters inTremblay-en-France in December 1995,[18][19] Air France was headquartered in a tower located next to theGare Montparnasse rail station inMontparnasse and in the 15th arrondissement; Air France had its headquarters in the tower for about 30 years.[20][21][22]
Jacques Monod andFrancois Jacob discovered the mechanism of genes' transcription regulation, a work honored by the 1965 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine.
Luc Montagnier,Françoise Barré-Sinoussi and colleagues discovered the two HIV viruses that cause AIDS, in 1983 and 1985, were honored by the 2008 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine.
^"Contact Us".La Poste. Archived fromthe original on 13 January 2014. Retrieved22 December 2010.La Poste laposte.com V603 44 bd de Vaugirard 75015 Paris – France.
^"Mentions légales".La Poste (in French). Archived fromthe original on 2 January 2011. Retrieved22 December 2010.Siège social ("Headquarters") : 44 boulevard de Vaugirard – 75757 PARIS CEDEX 15.
^"Home".Hachette Livre. Retrieved17 April 2011.Hachette Livre 43, quai de Grenelle 75905 Paris Cedex 15.
^"Address book".Accor. Archived fromthe original on 17 October 2006. Retrieved19 March 2012.Executive Management Tour Maine-Montparnasse 33, avenue du Maine 75755 Paris Cedex 15 France.
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