XIIIe 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

The 13^e arrondissement is one of the 20 arrondissements of Paris, France. It is located on the Left Bank. It is famous for hosting Paris's main Chinatown, which is located at the Southeast of the arrondissement in an area including numerous residential towers.

Area: 7.146 km² (2.759 sq. miles, or 1,766 acres)
Population:

Year (of French censuses)	Population	Density (inh. per km²)
1962	166,709	23,329
1968	158,280	22,149
1975	163,313	22,854
1982	170,818	23,904
1990	171,098	23,943
1999 (peak of population)	171,533	24,004

Landmarks

Map of XIII^e arrondissement

Paris's main Chinatown is located in the high rise buildings of this arrondissement. We can find in this area :
* Les Olympiades, Super-Italie and various other towers among the tallest in Paris
* Tang Frères and Paristore Asian supermarkets and grocery stores.
Bibliothèque nationale de France
Pitié-Salpêtrière Hospital
Butte-aux-Cailles
Gare d'Austerlitz
Manufacture des Gobelins
University of Chicago Center in Paris

Streets and squares include

Image:Paris13 city hall.jpg|The city hall of the 13th arrondissement, on a commemoration day. Image:Paris_13th_district_skyline_DSC06928.jpg|A large section of the 13^e arrondissement has been rebuilt in a modern style in the 1970s, with high-rise apartment buildings and shopping center. It now houses an important East Asian community. Image:Paris Bd Vincent Auriol DSC00879.JPG|Bd Vincent Auriol Image:HLM Paris13 dsc00988.jpg|Public housing built in the first half of the 20th century

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