IVe arrondissement

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The 20
arrondissements
of Paris

XVIII^e XIX^e XX^e
XVII^e IX^e X^e XI^e
VIII^e II^e III^e XII^e
I^er IV^e
XVI^e
VII^e VI^e V^e XIII^e
XV^e XIV^e

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The 4^e 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.

History

Map of IV^e 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.

Highlights include

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

Streets and squares include

Place de la Bastille (shared with the 11^th and 12^th arrondissements), including the July Column (Colonne de juillet)
Place de l'Hôtel de Ville, formerly Place de Grève
Rue de Rivoli (shared with the 1^st arrondissement)
Place des Vosges (shared with the 3^rd arrondissement)

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