14th arrondissement (Paris)

14th Arrondissement (Observatoire) Arrondissement municipal of Paris
Coordinates	48 ° 50 '0 "  N , 2 ° 19' 32"  E Coordinates: 48 ° 50 '0 "  N , 2 ° 19' 32"  E
height	63  m (45- 81  m )
surface	5.64 km²
Residents	135,964 (Jan. 1, 2017)
Population density	24,107 inhabitants / km²
INSEE code	75114
Post Code	75014
Website	mairie14.paris.fr
structure
Quarters	Montparnasse Parc de Montsouris Petit-Montrouge Plaisance

14th arrondissement.

town hall

The 564 hectare 14th arrondissement ( Arrondissement de l'Observatoire ) is one of 20 arrondissements in the French capital, Paris .

location

The arrondissement is located on the left bank of the Seine and borders the 13th to the east, the 15th to the west and the 5th and 6th arrondissement to the north .

District

The 14th arrondissement consists of the following four districts:

• Quartier du Montparnasse
• Quartier du Parc de Montsouris
• Quartier du Petit-Montrouge
• Quartier de Plaisance

According to the official census of the Parisian neighborhoods, these are Quartiers 53 to 56.

Demographics

According to the 2006 census, there were 134,370 registered residents in the 564 hectare 14th Arrondissement. This corresponds to a population density of 23,824 inhabitants per km². This means that 6.2% of the Paris population have their main residence in this arrondissement.

Population development

1954	1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2006
181.414	178.149	167.093	149.137	138,596	136,574	132,844	134,370

town hall

The town hall is located at 2 Place Ferdinand Brunot, 75675 Paris Cedex 14 Tel: [phone].

mayor

Carine Petit, member of the French socialist party PS , has occupied the mayor's office since the elections in March 2014 . She succeeded her party colleagues Pascal Cherki and Pierre Castagnou.

Observatory, south facade

Ledoux Customs House, Place Denfert Rochereau, entrance to the catacombs

Cité Universitaire

Parc Montsouris

Attractions

See also: List of the monuments historiques in the 14th arrondissement (Paris)

• The former Abbaye de Port-Royal de Paris
• The Cité Internationale Universitaire de Paris
• The Cartier Foundation (Art Foundation)
• The Henri-Cartier Bresson Foundation (Art Foundation)
• The " La Santé " prison
• The former Hospice de La Rochefoucauld
• The Hôtel de Massa
• The catacombs (ossuary)
• The metro entrance "Denfert-Rochereau" by Hector Guimard
• The Montparnasse Tower
• The Montparnasse district
• The observatory
• The Ledoux Customs Houses ( Place Denfert-Rochereau )

Churches

• Notre-Dame-du-Travail (1899–1901), rue Guilleminot
• Notre Dame du Rosaire de Plaisance (1911), rue Raymond Losserand
• St-Pierre de Montrouge (1863–1872), Avenue du Général Leclerc
• St. Dominique de la Tombe-Issoire (1913-1921), rue de la Tombe Issoire
• Eglise Evangélique Baptiste
• Eglise Evangélique Libre Paris-Alesia
• Eglise Réformée de Paris Plaisance
• Chapel of St. Yves de la Cité du Souvenir
• Chapel of the Couvent Saint-François (1936), rue Marie-Rose

Important places and streets

• Place Denfert-Rochereau
• Place Edgar Quinet
• Avenue du Général Leclerc
• Avenue du maine
• Boulevard du Montparnasse
• Boulevard Raspail
• Rue de l'Arrivée
• Rue Delambre
• Rue Daguerre
• Rue du Départ

Green spaces

• Montparnasse Cemetery
• Parc Atlantique
• Parc Montsouris

railway station

• Gare Montparnasse

Others

The well-known chansonnier Georges Brassens lived for a long time in the impasse Florimont in the 14th arrondissement.

The Nestor Burma novel Les rats de Montsouris (Eng. The rats in the mouse mountain ) by Léo Malet takes place in the 14th arrondissement.

Web links

Commons : Paris 14e arrondissement  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Official website of the mayor's office (French)
• The 14th arrondissement on www.paris14.info (French)
• News and city talks (French)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ mairie14.paris.fr: Le Maire du 14e et Les adjoints au maire du 14e ( Memento from January 21, 2012 in the Internet Archive )