XXe 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 20^e arrondissement is one of the 20 arrondissements of Paris, France. It is located on the Right Bank. It is bordered on the north by the XIXe arrondissement, to the east by the communes of Lilas, Bagnolet, Montreuil, and Saint-Mandé, to the south by the XIIe arrondissement, and to the west by the XIe arrondissement.

The XXe arrondissement was created in 1860, under the Second Empire, when the villages of Belleville, Ménilmontant, and Charonne were annexed by Paris.

Area: 5.984 km² (2.31 sq. miles, or 1,479 acres)

Population:

Year (of French censuses)	Population	Density (inh. per km²)
1936 (peak of population)	208,115	34,779
1962	199,310	33,307
1968	188,921	31,571
1975	175,795	29,378
1982	171,971	28,738
1990	184,478	30,829
1999	182,952	30,574

XXe arrondissement

See also