The 13th arrondissement of Paris (''XIII^e arrondissement'') is one of the 20

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of the capital city of

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. In spoken French, this arrondissement is referred to as ''treizième''. The arrondissement, called Gobelins, is situated on the

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of the

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. It is home to Paris's principal Asian community, the

Quartier Asiatique The Quartier asiatique (Asian Quarter), also called Triangle de Choisy or Petite Asie (Chinese: 巴黎唐人街, Vietnamese: ''Phố Tàu Paris'') is the largest commercial and cultural center for the Asian community of Paris. It is located in t ...

, located in the southeast of the arrondissement in an area that contains many high-rise

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s. The neighborhood features a high concentration of Chinese and Vietnamese businesses. The current mayor is (

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), who was re-elected by the arrondissement council on 29 March 2008 after the list which he headed gained 70% of the votes cast in the second round of the 2008 French municipal elections, and was again re-elected on 13 April 2014 and in 2020. The 13th arrondissement is also home to the Bibliothèque François Mitterrand and the newly built business district of

Paris Rive Gauche Paris Rive Gauche is a new neighbourhood in the 13th arrondissement of Paris, on the left bank of the Seine. The district is bordered by the Seine, the railway tracks of Gare d'Austerlitz and the Boulevard Périphérique. This 130 ha plot of lan ...

Demographics

The 13th arrondissement is still growing in population, mainly because of an influx of Asian immigrants. During the late 1970s and early 1980s, the first wave of Vietnamese refugees from the

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settled in the arrondissement, largely concentrated near Masséna Boulevard. Later waves of refugees and Asian immigrants transitioned from being exclusively ethnic Vietnamese to include ethnic Chinese from Vietnam,

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and

Cambodians The Khmer people ( km, ជនជាតិខ្មែរ, ) are a Southeast Asian ethnic group native to Cambodia. They comprise over 90% of Cambodia's population of 17 million.

. These migrants largely settled in the southern area of the arrondissement, creating an Asian quarter and establishing a commercial district and community institutions. Teochew,

Cantonese Cantonese ( zh, t=廣東話, s=广东话, first=t, cy=Gwóngdūng wá) is a language within the Chinese (Sinitic) branch of the Sino-Tibetan languages originating from the city of Guangzhou (historically known as Canton) and its surrounding ar ...

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, Lao and Khmer are spoken by many residents in the community. At the last census in 1999, the population was 171,533. The 13th arrondissement is also rapidly growing in business activity, thanks to the new business district of

. In 1999, the arrondissement contained 89,316 jobs, and it is believed to contain more today.

Historical population

Immigration

Map

Economy

The head office of

Accor Accor S.A. is a French multinational hospitality company that owns, manages and franchises hotels, resorts and vacation properties. It is the largest hospitality company in Europe, and the sixth largest hospitality company worldwide. Accor ope ...

, including the company's executive management, is in the ''Immeuble Odyssey'' in the 13th arrondissement.Address book
." Accor. Retrieved on 19 March 2012. "Executive Management Immeuble Odyssey 110 avenue de France 75210 Paris cedex 13 France" and "Accor 2, rue de la Mare-Neuve 91021 Evry Cedex France" This facility is the company's

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has its business office in the arrondissement.

Education

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Senior high schools: *

Lycée Rodin The Lycée Rodin is a French secondary and higher school located at 19, rue Corvisart in Paris, in the 13th arrondissement of Paris. The school is named after Auguste Rodin, who was born and raised in the area. History Originally, the '' ...

Lycée Claude-Monet The lycée Claude-Monet is a French public educational institution established in 1955. It consists of college, high school, and preparatory classes. It is located at 1, rue du Docteur-Magnan, in the 13th arrondissement of Paris close to the Quart ...

Lycée professionnel Corvisart-Tolbiac In France, secondary education is in two stages: * ''Collèges'' () cater for the first four years of secondary education from the ages of 11 to 15. * ''Lycées'' () provide a three-year course of further secondary education for children between ...

* École nationale de chimie physique et biologie de Paris * École Yabné * Groupe scolaire Notre Dame de France * Groupe scolaire Saint Vincent de Paul *

Lycée Le Rebours In France, secondary education is in two stages: * ''Collèges'' () cater for the first four years of secondary education from the ages of 11 to 15. * ''Lycées'' () provide a three-year course of further secondary education for children between ...

Lycée Technique Privé de l'École Technique Supérieure du Laboratoire In France, secondary education is in two stages: * ''Collèges'' () cater for the first four years of secondary education from the ages of 11 to 15. * ''Lycées'' () provide a three-year course of further secondary education for children between ...

The 13th arrondissement is home to engineering graduate schools,

Arts et Métiers ParisTech Arts et Métiers ParisTech is a French engineering and research institute of higher education. It is a '' grande école'', recognized for leading in the fields of mechanics and industrialization. Founded in 1780, it is among the oldest French in ...

and Télécom ParisTech. The teaching and learning center is settled at the number 151.

Cityscape

Places of interest

* Paris's main Asian district, the

, also locally called ''la Triangle de Choisy'' or ''la petite Asie'' ("Little Asia"), is located in the southeast of the ''arrondissement''. The following can be found in this area: **

Les Olympiades Les Olympiades is a district of residential towers located in the 13th arrondissement of Paris, France. Built from 1969 to 1974, the district consists of a dozen towers built along a huge esplanade, elevated eight metres from the ground, that is ...

, Super-Italie and various other towers among the tallest in Paris **

Tang Frères ''Tang Frères'' ("Tang Brothers") is an Asian supermarket chain based in the 13th arrondissement of Paris, one of the ''quartier chinois'' (Chinatown) of the capital city of France. Tang Frères is known as the biggest Asian supermarket chai ...

and

Paristore Paris Store or Paristore is an Asian supermarket situated in France in the region of Paris, Lyon, Marseille, Roubaix, Strasbourg, Toulouse, and Tours. It has more than 20 branches, including one in the 13ème arrondissement, Paris, 13th arrondi ...

Asian supermarket In the West or non-Asian countries, an Asian supermarket largely describes a category of grocery stores that focuses and stocks items and products imported from countries located in the Far East (e.g. East, Southeast and South Asia). These st ...

s and grocery stores. * Bibliothèque nationale de France *

Pitié-Salpêtrière Hospital Pitié-Salpêtrière University Hospital (french: Hôpital universitaire la Pitié-Salpêtrière, ) is a teaching hospital in the 13th arrondissement of Paris. Part of the and a teaching hospital of Sorbonne University. History The Salpêtri� ...

Pitié-Salpêtrière
" Assistance publique - Hôpitaux de Paris. Retrieved on 26 February 2015. "47-83 boulevard de l'Hôpital 75013 Paris" *

Butte-aux-Cailles The Butte-aux-Cailles (; a name that could be translated into "quail hill", although it originates from its former landowner Pierre Caille, who bought a vineyard here in 1543) is a hilltop neighbourhood of Paris, France France (), offi ...

* Gare d'Austerlitz * Gobelins manufactory * Art Ludique- Le Musée, first French Museum dedicated to the Art of Entertainment * University of Chicago Center in Paris * 6 Villa des Gobelins - residence of

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from July 1919 to July 1921 *

Stade Sébastien Charléty Stade Sébastien-Charléty (; ), also known as Stade Charléty or Charléty, is a multi-purpose stadium located in the 13th arrondissement of Paris, France. Comprising a running track and a football field, the stadium is a 20,000-seat sta ...

, home of football clubs

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and

Paris Saint-Germain Féminines Paris () is the Capital city, capital and List of communes in France with over 20,000 inhabitants, most populous city of France, with an estimated population of 2,165,423 residents in 2019 in an area of more than 105 km² (41 sq mi), ma ...

Cité de la Mode et du Design The City of Fashion and Design, is a building located at the site of the old general storehouses on the quai d'Austerlitz in Paris Paris () is the Capital city, capital and List of communes in France with over 20,000 inhabitants, most pop ...

, a creative schedule of events built around innovation, culture, and style. * Street Art 13 frescoes. * Teddy bears of the Gobelins, photographed around the neighborhood *

Parc Kellermann Parc Kellermann is a public park located in the 13th arrondissement of Paris which was created between 1939 and 1950 on the former bed of the Bièvre river. The park is located between boulevard Kellermann, the rue de la Poterne-des-Peupliers, and ...

, a public park

Streets and squares

* Rue Zadkine *Rue Paul-Klee *Rue Marcel-Duchamp *

Boulevard de la Zone Boulevard Hippolyte-Marquès (formerly known as: Boulevard de la Zone) is a street in the 13th arrondissement of Paris named from the historical military zone. It has been planted with trees for much of its length of 515m and has an average wid ...

* Place d'Italie *

Place Jean-Michel Basquiat Place Jean-Michel Basquiat is a public square located in the 13th arrondissement of Paris, 13th arrondissement of Paris. It is named after American artist Jean-Michel Basquiat, who emerged from the Graffiti in New York City, New York graffiti scen ...

File:Paris13 city hall.jpg, City hall in the 13th arrondissement File:HLM Paris13 dsc00988.jpg, Public housing built in the first half of the 20th century File:Paris Bd Vincent Auriol DSC00879.JPG, Boulevard Vincent Auriol File:Paris_13th_district_skyline_DSC06928.jpg, A large section of the 13th arrondissement was rebuilt in modernist style in the 1970s File:Paris-macdo.jpg,

McDonald's McDonald's Corporation is an American multinational fast food chain, founded in 1940 as a restaurant operated by Richard and Maurice McDonald, in San Bernardino, California, United States. They rechristened their business as a hambur ...

in the 13th arrondissement's Chinatown File:Chinese-new-year-clown-dragon.jpg, Chinese New Year celebrations in the 13th arrondissement File:GlacièreLibraryParis.JPG, Library Glacière File:ENSA Ecole Nationale Superieure d'Architecture Paris Val de Seine.png, National School of Architecture

References

External links

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