The 5th arrondissement of Paris (Ve arrondissement) is one of the 20 arrondissements of Paris, the capital city of France. In spoken French, this arrondissement is referred to as le cinquième.
The arrondissement, also known as Panthéon, is situated on the Rive Gauche of the River Seine. It is one of the capital's central arrondissements. The arrondissement is notable for being the location of the Latin Quarter, a district dominated by universities, colleges, and prestigious high schools since the 12th century when the University of Paris was created.[2] It is also home to the National Museum of Natural History and Jardin des plantes in its eastern part.
The 5th arrondissement covers some 2.541km2 (0.981 sq. miles, or 628 acres) in central Paris.
Demography
The population of the arrondissement peaked in 1911 when the population density reached almost 50,000 inhabitants per km2. In 2009, the population was 61,531, while 48,909 worked in the arrondissement.
Historical population
Year (of French censuses)
Population
Density (inh. per km2)
1872
96,689
38,052
1911 (peak of population)
121,378
47,768
1954
106,443
41,890
1962
96,031
37,793
1968
83,721
32,948
1975
67,668
26,630
1982
62,173
24,468
1990
61,222
24,094
1999
58,849
23,160
2009
61,531
24,225
Immigration
Place of birth of residents of the 5th arrondissement in 1999
1 This group is made up largely of former French settlers, such as pieds-noirs in Northwest Africa, followed by former colonial citizens who had French citizenship at birth (such as was often the case for the native elite in French colonies), as well as to a lesser extent foreign-born children of French expatriates. A foreign country is understood as a country not part of France in 1999, so a person born for example in 1950 in Algeria, when Algeria was an integral part of France, is nonetheless listed as a person born in a foreign country in French statistics.
2 An immigrant is a person born in a foreign country not having French citizenship at birth. An immigrant may have acquired French citizenship since moving to France, but is still considered an immigrant in French statistics. On the other hand, persons born in France with foreign citizenship (the children of immigrants) are not listed as immigrants.
The Ve arrondissement is the oldest arrondissement in Paris, and was first built by the Romans.
The construction of the Roman town Lutetia dates back to the 1st century BC, which was built after the conquest of the Gaulish site, situated on the île de la Cité by the Romans.
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