8th arrondissement of Paris

French municipal arrondissement
arrondissementnumber=8th
commune=Paris


caption=The Champs-Élysées in the 8th arrondissement, during the Christmas season.


mapcaption=Paris and its closest suburbs
lat_long=
région=Île-de-France
département=Paris
maire=François Lebel
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km²=3.88
sans=
38,700
39,314
date-sans=July 1, 2005 estimate)
(March 8, 1999 census|dens=9,972|date-dens=2005|

The 8th arrondissement of Paris is one of the 20 arrondissements (administrative districts) of the capital city of France.

Situated on the right bank of the River Seine and centred on the Opéra, the 8th is, together with the 2nd and 9th arrondissements, one of Paris's main business districts. According to the 1999 census, it was the place of employment of more people than any other single arrondissement of the capital. It is also the location of many places of interest, among them the Champs-Élysées, the Arc de Triomphe and the Place de la Concorde, as well as the Élysée Palace, official residence of the President of France.

Geography

The land area of the arrondissement is 3.881 km² (1.498 sq. miles, or 959 acres).

Demographics

The peak of population of the 8th arrondissement occurred in 1891, when it had 107,485 inhabitants. Since then, the arrondissement has widely attracted businesses, and has become less of a residential area. In 1999, the population was only 39,314, while the arrondissment contained 171,444 jobs.

Historical population

Year (of French censuses)	Population	Density (inh. per km²)
1872	75,796	19,535
1891 (peak of population)	107,485	27,695
1954	80,827	20,832
1962	74,577	19,216
1968	67,897	17,495
1975	52,999	13,656
1982	46,403	11,956
1990	40,814	10,516
1999	39,314	10,130
2005 estimate	38,700	9,972

Immigration

France immigration
collectivity_name=the 8th arrondissement
census_year=1999
metropolitan_France=75.4
outside_metropolitan_France=24.6
overseas_France=0.6
foreign_French=4.9
EU-15=8.5
non-EU-15=10.6

Map

Cityscape

Places of interest

* Arc de Triomphe
* Église de la Madeleine
* Église Saint-Augustin
* Chapelle Expiatoire
* Élysée Palace
* Gare Saint-Lazare
* Grand Palais
* Hôtel de Crillon
* Maxim's Art Nouveau "Collection 1900"
* Musée Bouilhet-Christofle
* Musée Jacquemart-André
* Musée Nissim de Camondo
* Musée Cernuschi
* Palais de la Découverte
* Parc Monceau
* Petit Palais
* Pont Alexandre III
* Théâtre des Champs-Élysées

Main streets and squares

* Champs-Élysées
* Place de l'Étoile with the Arc de Triomphe (partial)
* Place de la Concorde
* Rue du Faubourg Saint Honoré
* Boulevard Haussmann (also in the IXe arrondissement)
* Rue Pierre Charron

External links

* [http://wikitravel.org/en/Paris/8th_arrondissement WikiTravel Page]