12th arrondissement (Paris)

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12th Arrondissement (Reuilly)
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Coordinates 48 ° 50 '29 "  N , 2 ° 23' 13"  E Coordinates: 48 ° 50 '29 "  N , 2 ° 23' 13"  E
height 38  m (27- 72  m )
surface 16.32 km²
Residents 140,296 (Jan. 1, 2017)
Population density 8597 inhabitants / km²
INSEE code 75112
Post Code 75012
Website mairie12.paris.fr
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Quarters
  • Bel-Air
  • Picpus
  • Bercy
  • Quinze-Vingts

The 12th arrondissement of Paris , the Arrondissement de Reuilly , is one of 20 Parisian arrondissements .

Geographical location

The 12th arrondissement is on the right bank of the Seine . It is bordered by the 4th arrondissement in the west, the 11th and 20th in the north and the 13th arrondissement in the south, separated by the Seine . The Bois de Vincennes in the southeast also belongs to the 12th arrondissement .

Quarter in the 12th arrondissement

The arrondissement consists of the following four districts:

According to the official census of the Parisian neighborhoods, these are Quartiers 33 to 36.

Demographic data

According to the census of 1999 637 were in the (not including the Bois de Vincennes) ha large 12th district reported 136,591 inhabitants. This corresponds to a population density of 21,443 inhabitants per km². This means that 6.2% of the Parisian population have their main residence in the arrondissement.

town hall

The town hall of the 12th arrondissement is at 130 avenue Daumesnil , 75012 Paris, phone: 01 44 68 12 12

mayor

Mayor since the last election in March 2014 is Catherine Baratti-Elbaz, a member of the French Socialist Party (PS) . Her predecessors were Michèle Blumenthal (PS) from 2001 to 2014 and Jean-François Pernin from the UDF from 1995 to 2001 and Paul Pernin from 1977 to 1995 .

history

In this arrondissement one can find the oldest traces of human settlement on the Parisian territory. The excavations in the Bercy district on the left side of an old tributary of the Seine show the remains of a village from the period between the 4th and 3rd millennium BC. Extraordinary archaeological material was found here : dugout canoes made of wood, clay vessels, bows and arrows and tools made of bones and stones.

In administrative terms, the 12th arrondissement was created in 1860 , at the time of the expansion of Paris through the annexation of the neighboring communities:

Attractions

The 12th arrondissement , a residential area for most of its history and partly outside of Paris until 1860, has relatively few attractions. Most are more recent.

See also: List of Monuments historiques in the 12th arrondissement (Paris)

Streets

Plan of the 12th arrondissement

Starting in the northwest, following a clockwise direction, the arrondissement is bounded by the following streets:

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Local public transport

Lines 1 , 2 , 5 , 6 , 8 , 9 and 14 of the Paris Metro run through the 12th arrondissement . The various quarters of the arrondissement are served by the following 17 stations:

  • Bastille (lines 1, 5 and 8)
  • Bel-Air (line 6)
  • Bercy (lines 6 and 14)
  • Cour Saint-Émilion (line 14), from here it goes to Bercy Village
  • Daumesnil (lines 6 and 8)
  • Dugommier (line 6)
  • Faidherbe - Chaligny (line 8)
  • Gare de Lyon (lines 1 and 14)
  • Ledru-Rollin (Line 8)
  • Michel Bizot (Line 8)
  • Montgallet (line 8)
  • Nation (main eastern transport hub; lines 1, 2, 6 and 9)
  • Reuilly - Diderot (lines 1 and 8)
  • Picpus (line 6)
  • Porte de Charenton (line 8)
  • Porte de Vincennes (Line 1)
  • Porte Dorée (line 8)

The arrondissement also has two RER stations , the Gare de Lyon and the Nation station . The bus routes (20, 63 and 65) end at Gare de Lyon. The other lines 24, 29, 46 or 87 cross the arrondissement. In the east, line PC1 ends at Porte de Charenton , while line PC2 runs completely through the area of ​​the part of the Boulevards des Maréchaux in the arrondissement . Other lines in the arrondissement are 20, 56, 57, 61, 62, 91, 109 and 111 or in their extension 26, 76, 86 and 351.

Green spaces

graveyards

  • Cimetière de Bercy
  • Cimetière de Picpus

Literary meaning

The Nestor Burma novel Casse-pipe à la Nation (Eng. No ticket for death ) by Léo Malet is set in the 12th arrondissement.

Web links

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