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13th arrondissement of Paris
13th arrondissement of Paris
Municipal arrondissement
	Gobelins Manufactory
	Coat of arms
	Location within Paris
	Coordinates: 48°49′56″N 2°21′20″E / 48.83222°N 2.35556°E
Country	France
Region	Île-de-France
Department	Paris
Commune	Paris
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Jérôme Coumet (DVG)
Area	7.15 km2 (2.76 sq mi)
Population (2021)	178,350
• Density	24,944/km2 (64,600/sq mi)
INSEE code	75113

The 13th arrondissement of Paris (XIII^e arrondissement) is one of the 20 arrondissements of Paris. In spoken French, the arrondissement is referred to as le treizième ("the thirteenth").

The arrondissement is situated on the left bank of the River Seine. It is home to Paris's principal Asian community, the Quartier Asiatique, located in the southeast of the arrondissement in an area that contains many high-rise apartment buildings. The neighbourhood features a high concentration of Chinese and Vietnamese businesses.^[2]

The current mayor has been Jérôme Coumet (originally elected as a Socialist, now miscellaneous left) since 2007. He was reelected by the arrondissement council on 29 March 2008 after the list which he headed gained 70% of the votes cast in the second round of the 2008 municipal election. He was again reelected on 13 April 2014 and on 11 July 2020.^[3]

The 13th arrondissement is also home to the Bibliothèque nationale de France's François Mitterrand site and the newly built business district of Paris Rive Gauche.

Demographics

The 13th arrondissement is still growing in population, mainly because of an influx of Asian immigrants. During the late 1970s and early 1980s, the first wave of Vietnamese refugees from the Vietnam War settled in the arrondissement, largely concentrated near Masséna Boulevard. Later waves of refugees and Asian immigrants transitioned from being exclusively ethnic Vietnamese to include ethnic Chinese from Vietnam, Laotians and Cambodians. These migrants largely settled in the southern area of the arrondissement, creating an Asian quarter and establishing a commercial district and community institutions.^[4] Teochew, Cantonese, Vietnamese, Lao and Khmer are spoken by many residents in the community.

At the last census in 1999, the population was 171,533. The 13th arrondissement is also rapidly growing in business activity, thanks to the new business district of Paris Rive Gauche. In 1999, the arrondissement contained 89,316 jobs, a number that has since grown.

Historical population

Year (of French censuses)	Population	Density (inh. per km²)
1872	69,431	12,342
1954	165,620	23,164
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	171,533	24,004
2009 (peak of population)	182,032	25,459

Immigration

Place of birth of residents of the 13th arrondissement in 1999
Born in metropolitan France	Born outside metropolitan France
76.2%	23.8%
	Born in overseas France	Born in foreign countries with French citizenship at birth¹	EU-15 immigrants²	Non-EU-15 immigrants
	1.8%	4.5%	2.9%	14.6%
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.

Map

Economy

The head office of Accor, including the company's executive management, is in the Immeuble Odyssey in the 13th arrondissement.^[5] This facility is the company's registered office.^[6]

Ubisoft has its business office in the arrondissement.^[7]

Education

Senior high schools:

The 13th arrondissement is home to engineering graduate schools Arts et Métiers ParisTech and Télécom ParisTech. The teaching and learning center is settled at the number 151.

Cityscape

Places of interest

Paris's main Asian district, the Quartier Asiatique, also locally called la Triangle de Choisy or la petite Asie ("Little Asia"), is located in the southeast of the arrondissement. The following can be found 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 (François Mitterrand site)
Pitié-Salpêtrière Hospital^[8]
Butte-aux-Cailles
Gare d'Austerlitz
Gobelins Manufactory
Art Ludique - Le Musée, first French museum dedicated to the art of entertainment
University of Chicago Center in Paris
6 Villa des Gobelins - residence of Hồ Chí Minh from July 1919 to July 1921
Notre-Dame de la Gare, Historic church from the 19th century
Stade Sébastien Charléty, home of football clubs Paris FC and Paris Saint-Germain Féminines
Cité de la mode et du design, a creative schedule of events built around innovation, culture, and style.
Street Art 13 frescoes^[9]
Teddy bears of the Gobelins, photographed around the neighborhood
Parc Kellermann, a public park

Streets and squares

City hall in the 13th arrondissement
Public housing built in the first half of the 20th century
Boulevard Vincent Auriol
A large section of the 13th arrondissement was rebuilt in modernist style in the 1970s
McDonald's in the 13th arrondissement's Chinatown
Chinese New Year celebrations in the 13th arrondissement
Library Glacière
National School of Architecture

A panoramic view of the towers in Paris's 13th arrondissement

References

^ "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
^ Smith, Craig S. Face behind Paris 'bistro' counter becomes Asian Archived 2005-05-14 at the Wayback Machine. International Herald Tribune, 10 May 2005.
^ (in French) Jérôme COUMET, Ville de Paris.
^ La Diaspora Vietnamienne en France Archived 2013-12-03 at the Wayback Machine (in French)
^ "Address book Archived 2012-04-14 at the Wayback Machine." Accor. Retrieved on 19 March 2012. "Executive Management Immeuble Odyssey 110 avenue de France 75210 Paris cedex 13 France" and "Accor 2, rue de la Mare-Neuve 91021 Evry Cedex France"
^ "Legal information." Accor. Retrieved on 19 March 2012. "[...]having its registered office at 110 Avenue de France - 75013 PARIS" and "with its Group Corporate Communications & External Relations is located at: Immeuble Odyssey, 110 avenue de France, 75013 Paris, France."
^ "World Presence France." Ubisoft. Retrieved on 20 August 2011. "Business office Austerlitz 2000 173-179 rue du Chevaleret 75646 Paris Cedex 13 "
^ "Pitié-Salpêtrière Archived 2015-02-27 at the Wayback Machine." Assistance publique - Hôpitaux de Paris. Retrieved on 26 February 2015. "47-83 boulevard de l'Hôpital 75013 Paris"
^ "Street Art in 13 Arrondissement". Paris Digest. 2018. Retrieved 2018-11-09.