1st arrondissement (Paris)

1st Arrondissement (Louvre) ; Arrondissement municipal of Paris
Coordinates	48 ° 51 '34 " N , 2 ° 20' 26" E Coordinates: 48 ° 51 '34 " N , 2 ° 20' 26" E
height	32 m (29– 37 m )
surface	1.83 km²
Residents	16,266 (Jan. 1, 2017)
Population density	8889 inhabitants / km²
INSEE code	75101
Post Code	75001
Website	mairie1.paris.fr
structure
Quarters	Saint-Germain-l'Auxerrois; Halles; Palais-Royal; Place-Vendôme;

Map of the 1st arrondissement

The Louvre and the Tuileries Garden

The 1st arrondissement of Paris , the Arrondissement du Louvre , is one of the oldest districts of Paris . One of its four districts, the Quartier des Halles , has its origins in the early Middle Ages .

Geographical location

The 1st arrondissement borders the 7th and 6th in the south, the 8th in the west, the 2nd in the north and the 3rd and 4th arrondissement in the east . The first is mainly on the right bank of the Seine , but also includes the western part of the Île de la Cité . With an area of 183 hectares, it is the fourth smallest arrondissement in Paris.

Demographic data

According to the 1999 census, 16,888 inhabitants were registered in the 1st arrondissement. This corresponds to a population density of 9228 inhabitants per square kilometer.

year	population
1861	89,519
1962	36,543
1968	32,332
1975	22,793
1982	18,509
1990	18,360
1999	16,888
2011	17,443

District

The 1st arrondissement consists of the following four districts:

Saint-Germain-l'Auxerrois district
Quartier des Halles
Quartier du Palais-Royal
Place Vendôme district

According to the official census of the Parisian districts, these are quarters 1 to 4.

Politics and administration

town hall

Palace of Justice

town hall

The town hall of the 1st arrondissement is on the Place du Louvre.

mayor

Mayor has been Jean-François Legaret (born June 21, 1952), the first vice-president of the right-wing liberal party UMP , since April 2, 2001 . Legaret was first elected to the Paris City Council on March 12, 1989 and re-elected on June 11, 1995 and March 18, 2001.