5th arrondissement (Paris)

5th Arrondissement (Panthéon) Arrondissement municipal of Paris
Coordinates	48 ° 50 '42 "  N , 2 ° 20' 46"  E Coordinates: 48 ° 50 '42 "  N , 2 ° 20' 46"  E
height	59  m (27- 61  m )
surface	2.54 km²
Residents	58,850 (Jan. 1, 2017)
Population density	23,169 inhabitants / km²
INSEE code	75105
Post Code	75005
Website	mairie5.paris.fr
structure
Quarters	Saint-Victor Jardin-des-Plantes Val-de-Grâce Sorbonne

The 5th arrondissement with the Panthéon

Map of the 5th arrondissement

The 5th arrondissement of Paris , the Arrondissement du Panthéon , is the oldest of the 20 arrondissements of Paris . It goes to in the Roman antiquity built Lutetia back and covered most of the Latin Quarter , the traditional university area.

Geographical location

The 5th arrondissement is on the left bank of the Seine . It borders on the 4th arrondissement in the north by the Seine , in the west on the 6th , in the south on the 14th and in the east on the 13th arrondissement ,

Quarter in the 5th arrondissement

The 5th arrondissement consists of the following four districts:

• Saint-Victor district
• Quartier du Jardin des Plantes
• Quartier du Val-de-Grâce
• Quartier de la Sorbonne

According to the official census of the Parisian neighborhoods, these are quarters 17 to 20.

Demographic data

According to the 1999 census, 58,849 inhabitants were registered in the 254 hectare 5th arrondissement. This corresponds to a population density of 23,169 inhabitants per km². This means that 2.7% of the Parisian population have their main residence in the Arrondissement de Panthéon.

town hall

The town hall of the 5th arrondissement is located at Place du Panthéon 21, 75005 Paris. Phone: [phone].

politics

The 5th arrondissement is intellectual and bourgeois-conservative (many university members, journalists and writers live in the quarter). It was the arrondissement of choice for Jacques Chirac and Jean Tiberi , who was mayor of the arrondissement from 2001 to 2014. Since then, Florence Berthout (UMP or Les Républicains ) has held this position

Attractions

See also: List of the monuments historiques in the 5th arrondissement (Paris)

The Panthéon

Town hall of the 5th arrondissement

• secular buildings
  • Arena of Lutetia (French Arènes de Lutèce)
  • Collège de France
  • École Normale Supérieure (ENS)
  • École polytechnique (historical building, partly occupied by the Ministère de la Recherche, the campus has moved to Palaiseau )
  • Hôtel de Cluny with Musée national du Moyen Âge (National Museum of the Middle Ages)
  • Institut du monde arabe (IMA; Institute of the Arab World)
  • Institut national agronomique Paris-Grignon (INA PG), Paris branch
  • Lycée Henri IV
  • Lycée Louis-le-Grand
  • Pantheon
  • Sorbonne
  • Théâtre de la Huchette
  • Université Paris-III (Sorbonne nouvelle)
  • Campus de Jussieu (Universities Paris VI and Paris VII and IPGP)
• Sacred buildings
  • Saint-Julien-le-Pauvre , oldest church in Paris
  • Saint-Nicolas-du-Chardonnet
  • Panthéon , former monastery church, now a mausoleum
  • Saint Jacques-du-Haut-Pas
  • Saint Severin (Paris)
  • Val-de-Grâce , former monastery church, now part of the military hospital
  • Grande Mosquée de Paris , the largest mosque in France
  • (no longer existing) Saint-Victor Abbey
  • Paris mosque
• Parks and gardens
  • Jardin des Plantes (Botanical Garden)

Important streets and places

• Place de la Contrescarpe
• Rue des Anglais
• Rue des Arènes
• Square des Arènes de Lutèce
• Rue du Cardinal-Lemoine
• Rue des Carmes
• Rue Censier
• Rue Claude-Bernard
• Rue de la Clef
• Rue Clovis
• Place de la Contrescarpe
• Rue Galande
• Avenue des Gobelins
• Rue Gay-Lussac
• Rue Geoffroy-Saint-Hilaire
• Rue de la Harpe
• Rue de la Huchette
• Rue Jussieu
• Rue Lacépède
• Rue Lagrange
• Rue Monge
• Rue de la Montagne-Sainte-Geneviève
• Rue Mouffetard
• Place du Panthéon
• Rue Pierre and Marie Curie
• Rue Poliveau
• Rue des Prêtres-Saint-Séverin
• Rue du Puits de l'Ermite
• Boulevard Saint-Germain
• Rue Saint-Jacques
• Boulevard Saint-Michel
• Rue Saint-Séverin
• Rue de la Sorbonne
• Rue d'Ulm

Web links

Commons : Paris 5e arrondissement  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Wikivoyage: Paris 5th Arrondissement  - Travel Guide

• www.mairie5.paris.fr Official website of the arrondissement
• www.parisbalades.com Detailed description of the architecture
• www.paris.culture.fr Paris, ancient city (French)
• www.upmc.fr Université Pierre et Marie Curie (Paris 6) (French)
• www.univ-paris7.fr Université D. Diderot (Paris 7) (French)
• IPGP Institut de physique du globe de Paris (French)