11th arrondissement of Paris

The 11th arrondissement of Paris (XIe arrondissement) is one of the 20 arrondissements of the capital city of France. In spoken French, the arrondissement is referred to as le onzième ("the eleventh").

The arrondissement, called Popincourt, is situated on the right bank of the River Seine. It is one of the most densely populated urban districts of any European city. In 2020, it had a population of 144,292. It is the best-served Parisian arrondissement in terms of number of Métro stations, at 25.

Its borders are marked by three large squares: the Place de la République to the northwest, the Place de la Bastille to the southwest, as well as the Place de la Nation to the southeast.

Description
The 11th arrondissement is a varied and engaging area. To the west lies the Place de la République, which is linked to the Place de la Bastille, in the east, by the sweeping, tree-lined Boulevard Richard-Lenoir, with its large markets and children's parks. The Place de la Bastille and the Rue du Faubourg Saint-Antoine are full of fashionable cafés, restaurants, as well as nightlife; they also contain a range of boutiques and galleries. The Oberkampf district to the north is another popular area for nightlife. The east is more residential, with more wholesale commerce, while the areas around Boulevard Voltaire and Avenue Parmentier are livelier crossroads for the local community. In recent years this area has emerged as one of the trendiest parts of Paris.

On 13 November 2015, the arrondissement was the site (among others) of coordinated Islamic shootings and bombings, particularly at the Bataclan theatre, which left 130 dead. About 20 years earlier, another attack had taken place.

Geography
The land area of this arrondissement is 3.666 km2.

Demographics
The peak population of Paris's 11th arrondissement occurred in 1911, with 242,295 inhabitants. Today, the arrondissement remains the most densely populated in Paris, accompanied by a large volume of business activity: 149,102 inhabitants and 71,962 jobs in the last census, in 1999.

The population consists of a large number of single adults, though its eastern portions are more family-oriented. There is a strong community spirit in most areas of the eleventh, and it is interspersed with pleasant squares and parks.

Places of interest

 * Cirque d'hiver
 * Sainte-Marguerite, Paris
 * Église Saint-Ambroise
 * ESCP-EAP
 * Musée Édith Piaf
 * Musée du Fumeur

Streets

 * Rue Abel-Rabaud
 * Rue Alexandre-Dumas
 * Rue Amelot
 * Rue Auguste-Laurent
 * Rue Basfroi
 * Boulevard Beaumarchais
 * Boulevard de Belleville
 * Cité Bertrand
 * Passage Beslay
 * Rue des Bluets
 * Passage de la Bonne-Graine
 * Rue des Boulets
 * Avenue de Bouvines
 * Rue de Candie
 * Rue Chanzy
 * Passage Charles-Dallery
 * Rue Charles-Delescluze
 * Boulevard de Charonne
 * Rue de Charonne
 * Rue du Chemin-Vert
 * Rue du Chevet
 * Rue Chevreul


 * Rue de Crussol
 * Rue Darboy
 * Rue Daval
 * Rue Deguerry
 * Passage Dudouy
 * Rue Faidherbe
 * Rue du Faubourg-du-Temple
 * Rue du Faubourg-Saint-Antoine
 * Boulevard des Filles-du-Calvaire
 * Rue de la Folie-Méricourt
 * Rue de la Folie-Regnault
 * Rue de la Fontaine-au-Roi
 * Rue Froment
 * Rue Godefroy-Cavaignac
 * Rue Guillaume-Bertrand
 * Rue des Immeubles-Industriels
 * Rue Jacquard
 * Rue Jean-Pierre-Timbaud
 * Passage Josset
 * Boulevard Jules-Ferry
 * Rue Keller


 * Rue de Lappe
 * Rue La Vacquerie
 * Avenue Ledru-Rollin
 * Rue Léon-Frot
 * Passage Lhomme
 * Rue Louis-Bonnet
 * Boulevard de Ménilmontant
 * Rue Merlin
 * Rue de Mont-Louis
 * Rue de Montreuil
 * Rue Morand
 * Rue Moret
 * Rue de Nemours
 * Rue Neuve-Popincourt
 * Rue Oberkampf
 * Rue Omer-Talon
 * Rue de l'Orillon
 * Avenue Parmentier
 * Rue du Pasteur-Wagner
 * Rue Paul-Bert
 * Avenue Philippe-Auguste


 * Rue de la Pierre-Levée
 * Rue Popincourt
 * Rue Rampon
 * Avenue de la République
 * Boulevard Richard-Lenoir
 * Rue de la Roquette
 * Rue Saint-Ambroise
 * Passage Saint-Antoine
 * Rue Saint-Bernard
 * Rue Saint-Maur
 * Rue Saint-Sabin
 * Rue Saint-Sébastien
 * Rue Sedaine
 * Rue Servan
 * Boulevard du Temple
 * Rue Ternaux
 * Rue des Trois-Bornes
 * Rue des Trois-Couronnes
 * Avenue du Trône
 * Rue Trousseau
 * Boulevard Voltaire
 * Rue de Belfort

Squares

 * Place du 8 Février 1962
 * Place des Antilles
 * Place de la Bastille
 * Place Léon-Blum
 * Place de la Nation
 * Place Pasdeloup
 * Place de la République
 * Square Bréguet-Sabin


 * Square Colbert
 * Square de la Folie-Régnault
 * Square de la place Pasdeloup
 * Square de la Roquette
 * Square Denis-Poulot
 * Square du Bataclan
 * Square du docteur Antoine-Béclère
 * Square Francis-Lemarque


 * Square Godefroy-Cavaignac
 * Square Jean-Aicard
 * Square Jules-Ferry
 * Square Louis-Majorelle
 * Square Maurice-Gardette
 * Square Mercœur
 * Square Raoul-Nordling
 * Square Saint-Ambroise