The 16th arrondissement of Paris (; ) is the westernmost of the 20 arrondissements of

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, the capital city of

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. Located on the city's Right Bank, it is adjacent to the 17th and

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arrondissements to the northeast, as well as to the suburb of

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to the southwest. Across the

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are the 7th and 15th arrondissements. Notable sights of the 16th arrondissement include the (at the junction with the 8th and 17th arrondissements) and the , where the stands. This complex is used for three museums and one theatre. Other museums and cultural venues are also located in this arrondissement, including the Louis Vuitton Foundation opened in 2014. 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

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) to such an extent that the phrase 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

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, both of which are adjacent. The 16th arrondissement hosts several large sporting venues, including: the , which is the stadium where football club plays its home matches; Stadium, where the

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tennis championships are held; and , home to the rugby union club. The , the second-largest public park in Paris (behind only the ), 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

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."

Geography

The land area of this arrondissement is 16.305 km² ( or 4,029 acres), slightly more than half of which consists of the

Bois de Boulogne The Bois de Boulogne (, "Boulogne woodland") is a large public park that is the western half of the 16th arrondissement of Paris, near the suburb of Boulogne-Billancourt and Neuilly-sur-Seine. The land was ceded to the city of Paris by the Em ...

park. Excluding the Bois de Boulogne, its land area is 7.846 km² ( or 1,939 acres). It is the largest arrondissement in Paris in terms of land area. File:90 boulevard Flandrin, Paris 16e.jpg, Apartment buildings on Boulevard Flandrin File:Parc des Princes.jpg,

Stade Français Stade Français Paris (known commonly as Stade Français, ) is a French professional rugby union club based in the 16th arrondissement of Paris. The club plays in the Top 14 domestic league in France and is one of the most successful French ...

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fans at the

Parc des Princes The Parc des Princes (, ) is an all-seater stadium, all-seater football stadium in Paris, France. It is located in the south-west of the French capital, inside the 16th arrondissement of Paris, 16th arrondissement, near the Stade Jean-Bouin (P ...

Demographics and politics

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";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

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) or multibillionaires Vincent Bolloré, Arnaud Lagardère,

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and Alain Afflelou and famous singers

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and

Sylvie Vartan Sylvie Vartan (; born Sylvie Georges Vartanian on 15 August 1944) is a Bulgarians in France, Bulgarian-French singer and actress. She is known as one of the most productive and tough-sounding yé-yé artists. Her performances often featured ela ...

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

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. 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

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. 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

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by a landslide in the runoff.

Historical population

Immigration

Economy

Notable companies that have their head offices in the arrondissement include Lacoste,

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and Lagardère. At one time

Aérospatiale Aérospatiale () was a major French state-owned aerospace manufacturer, aerospace and arms industry, defence corporation. It was founded in 1970 as () through the merger of three established state-owned companies: Sud Aviation, Nord Aviation ...

Technip Technip S.A. was a company that carried out project management, engineering and construction for the energy industry; in 2017 it completed a merger with FMC Technologies to form TechnipFMC. Its headquarters were in the 16th arrondissement of Par ...

, Veolia and Lafarge also had their head offices in the arrondissement.

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. 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. A scene of the 2018 action film '' Mission: Impossible – Fallout'' was filmed under the elevated Métro station Passy in the arrondissement. Other scenes of the film included ones shot at the

Grand Palais The (; ), commonly known as the , is a historic site, exhibition hall and museum complex located in the 8th arrondissement of Paris between the Champs-Élysées and the Seine, France. Construction of the began in 1897 following the demolitio ...

(8th arrondissement) and under the Cité de la mode et du design on the Seine (13th arrondissement).

Education

Primary and secondary schools

Here is a list of domestic French sixth-form colleges/high schools in the arrondissement * Lycée Saint-Jean de Passy * Lycée Saint-Louis-de-Gonzague * Lycée Janson-de-Sailly * Lycée Claude-Bernard * Lycée Jean-Baptiste-Say * Lycée Gerson * Lycée Molière * Lycée La Fontaine (Lycée Jean-de-la-Fontaine) * Lycée Octave-Feuillet * Lycée Notre-Dame des Oiseaux * * * Institut de La Tour * Lycée René-Cassin * École normale israélite orientale (Paris) ( fr * * Cours privé Beauséjour * École d'esthétique Yves Rocher * Ipécom Paris * Lycée Moria-Diane Benvenuti * Lycée Passy-Saint-Honoré * Lycée Sainte-Thérèse International schools: * Russian Embassy School of Paris, on the grounds of the . *Colegio Español Federico García Lorca, a Spanish international primary school owned by the Spanish government The Spanish secondary school, Liceo Español Luis Buñuel, is located in Neuilly sur Seine. *The two campuses of the International School of Paris *Kingsworth International School

Undergraduate and postgraduate studies

The Paris Dauphine University is in the arrondissement, as well as Paris Institute of Technology, part of

Paris Descartes University Paris Descartes University (), also known as Paris V, was a French public university located in Paris. It was one of the inheritors of the historic University of Paris, which was split into 13 universities in 1970. Paris Descartes completely merg ...

, 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.

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. The school has its offices at the ''Association Amicale des Ressortissants Japonais en France'' (AARJF) in the 8th arrondissement.

Cityscape

Neighbourhoods

* Auteuil * Chaillot * Passy

Places of interest

* Louis Vuitton Foundation ** Cimetière de Passy *

* Palais de Tokyo *

Pavillon de l'eau The Pavillon de l'eau () is a museum devoted to water belonging to the Paris, City of Paris and managed by Eau de Paris, the municipal agency in charge of production and distribution of water in Paris. The Pavillon de l’eau offers a permanent e ...

* Lycée Janson-de-Sailly * Maison de

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* Maison de Balzac * Fondation Le Corbusier *

Guimet Museum The Guimet Museum (full name in ; ''MNAAG''; ) is a Parisian art museum with one of the largest collections of Asian art outside of Asia that includes items from Cambodia, Thailand, Viet Nam, Tibet, India, and Nepal, among other countries. Found ...

* Saint Honore d'Eylau church * Jardin d'Acclimatation * Jardin des Serres d'Auteuil * Mona Bismarck American Center * Musée Arménien de France * Musée d'Art Dentaire Pierre Fauchard * Musée Baccarat * Musée Clemenceau * Musée de la Contrefaçon * Musée d'Ennery * Musée Galliera * Musée Marmottan Monet *

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's distinguished Paris campus *

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* Ohel Abraham Synagogue **

Château de la Muette The Château de la Muette () is a château located on the edge of the Bois de Boulogne in Paris, France, near the Porte de la Muette. It is the OECD's headquarters. Three châteaux have been located on the site since a hunting lodge was transfo ...

* International School of Paris * Tenniseum

Main streets and squares

* Trocadéro ** Musée national de la Marine ** Musée de l'Homme **

Musée national des Monuments Français The Musée national des Monuments Français (; ) is today a museum of plaster casts of French monuments located in the Palais de Chaillot, 1, place du Trocadéro et du 11 Novembre, Paris, France. It now forms part of the Cité de l'Architectur ...

** Musée du Cinéma Henri Langlois ** Théâtre national de Chaillot * Avenue Foch ** 84 Avenue Foch * Place de l'Étoile and

Arc de Triomphe The Arc de Triomphe de l'Étoile, often called simply the Arc de Triomphe, is one of the most famous monuments in Paris, France, standing at the western end of the Champs-Élysées at the centre of Place Charles de Gaulle, formerly named Plac ...

(partial) * Rue Nungesser et Coli, named after the disappeared aviators of the 1927 biplane '' L'Oiseau Blanc'' (''The White Bird'').
avenue Bugeaud
* Place de la Porte-de-Saint-Cloud

Notes

References

External links

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