IVe arrondissement
The
4e arrondissement is one of the 20
arrondissements of
Paris,
France. It is located on the
Right Bank of the
River Seine, bordered to the west by the
Ier arrondissement; to the north by the
IIIe arrondissement, to the east by the
XIe and
XIIe arrondissement, and to the south by the Seine and the
Ve arrondissement. The eastern parts of
île de la Cité as well as
île Saint-Louis are included within the arrondissement.
*Area: 1.601 km² (0.618 sq. miles, or 396 acres)
*Population:
Year
(of French censuses) | Population | Density
(inh. per km²) | | 1861 (peak of population) | 108,520 | 67,783 |
| 1962 | 61,670 | 38,520 |
| 1968 | 54,029 | 33,747 |
| 1975 | 40,466 | 25,275 |
| 1982 | 33,990 | 21,230 |
| 1990 | 32,226 | 20,129 |
| 1999 | 30,675 | 19,160 |
Note: the peak of population actually occurred before 1861, but the
arrondissement was created in 1860, so we do not have figures before 1861. |
Map of IVe arrondissement |
The first residents of the île de la Cité date from the
Gaul era, but the
Right Bank was first populated at the start of the
Middle Ages. Since the end of the 19th century,
le Marais has been populated by a significantly Jewish population, the Rue des Rosiers being their main base, with a handful of
kosher restaurants. Since the 1990s,
gay culture has made an impact on the arrondissement, opening a number of bars and cafés in the area by the town hall.
*
Bazar de l'Hôtel de Ville department store
*
Berthillon*
Bibliothèque de l'Arsenal*
Centre Georges Pompidou*
Hôtel-Dieu hospital
*
Hôtel de Sens*
Hôtel de Sully, on the site of a former
orangery*
Hôtel de Ville*
Le Marais*
Rue des Rosiers*
Lycée Charlemagne*
Notre-Dame de Paris*
Prefecture of Police*
Saint-Jacques Tower*
St-Gervais-et-St-Protais Church* Former
Temple, fortress and later prison
*
Temple du Marais*
Place de la Bastille (shared with the
11th and
12th arrondissements), including the
July Column (
Colonne de juillet)
*
Place de l'Hôtel de Ville, formerly
Place de Grève*
Rue de Rivoli (shared with the
1st arrondissement)
*
Place des Vosges (shared with the
3rd arrondissement)
