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Paris Arrondissements:
Population & Density: Pre-1860 Definitions

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Paris Population Analysis and Data Product
Dated 24 March 2001 as Revised.
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This data is from national censuses of France. Paris arrondissements (wards) were redefined in 1860, when the city annexed considerable new territory. Central city population loss was already evident. Central area population losses started much earlier. Before the present boundaries of Paris were established in 1860, the former inner 4th and 9th Arrondissements lost population starting in the 1817-1831 census period. The 7th Arrondissement had a population density of 233,035 per square mile in 1856, down from 258,820 in 1846 (89,905 and 99,853 per square kilometer respectively). The 1846 figure was the highest density ever recorded in a Paris arrondissement. Inside the former boundaries of the city, the population density reached 88,539 per square mile in 1856 (35,684 per square kilometer). The former three inner arrondissements (4e, 7e and 9e) reached their population peak in 1836.

Arrondissement 1807 1817 1831 1836 1841 1846 1851 1856
I 43,215 52,421 66,793 85,374 92,246 111,245 112,740 123,915
II 48,645 65,523 74,773 90,474 93,383 117,768 114,616 127,080
III 37,084 44,932 49,833 58,476 59,796 64,675 65,359 71,651
IV 43,614 46,624 44,734 50,039 46,430 48,233 45,896 35,490
V 47,986 56,871 67,756 82,568 85,338 96,628 97,208 109,099
VI 59,224 72,682 80,811 94,476 98,315 104,481 104,540 115,135
VII 45,469 56,245 59,415 68,460 66,544 72,893 69,735 65,631
VIII 48,074 62,758 72,800 84,141 95,532 112,170 114,271 144,748
IX 34,632 42,932 42,561 49,051 47,080 52,604 50,198 59,248
X 63,425 81,133 83,127 92,831 98,137 106,878 113,875 122,537
XI 43,181 51,766 50,227 59,471 60,580 66,119 69,581 76,997
XII 66,060 80,079 77,456 83,952 91,880 100,203 95,243 122,815
Total 580,609 713,966 770,286 899,313 935,261 1,053,897 1,053,262 1,174,346

Population per Square Mile 1807 1817 1831 1836 1841 1846 1851 1856 Area
I 20,183 24,482 31,194 39,872 43,081 51,954 52,653 57,872 2.14
II 54,348 73,205 83,539 101,081 104,331 131,575 128,054 141,979 0.90
III 76,897 93,171 103,334 121,256 123,993 134,110 135,528 148,576 0.48
IV 201,871 215,803 207,055 231,609 214,905 223,250 212,433 164,268 0.22
V 52,928 62,728 74,733 91,071 94,126 106,579 107,218 120,334 0.91
VI 91,921 112,809 125,426 146,636 152,594 162,165 162,256 178,701 0.64
VII 161,446 199,708 210,964 243,080 236,277 258,820 247,607 233,035 0.28
VIII 20,394 26,623 30,883 35,695 40,527 47,585 48,476 61,405 2.36
IX 106,864 132,476 131,331 151,357 145,275 162,321 154,897 182,822 0.32
X 31,018 39,679 40,654 45,400 47,995 52,269 55,691 59,928 2.04
XI 53,553 64,200 62,291 73,755 75,131 82,000 86,294 95,491 0.81
XII 41,359 50,136 48,494 52,561 57,525 62,736 59,630 76,893 1.60
Total 43,775 53,829 58,076 67,803 70,514 79,458 79,410 88,539 12.70

Population per Square Kilometer 1807 1817 1831 1836 1841 1846 1851 1856 Area
I 7,786 9,445 12,035 15,383 16,621 20,044 20,314 22,327 5.55
II 20,968 28,243 32,230 38,997 40,251 50,762 49,403 54,776 2.32
III 29,667 35,946 39,866 46,781 47,837 51,740 52,287 57,321 1.25
IV 77,882 83,257 79,882 89,355 82,911 86,130 81,957 63,375 0.56
V 20,420 24,200 28,832 35,135 36,314 41,118 41,365 46,425 2.35
VI 35,463 43,522 48,390 56,572 58,871 62,563 62,599 68,943 1.67
VII 62,286 77,048 81,390 93,781 91,156 99,853 95,527 89,905 0.73
VIII 7,868 10,271 11,915 13,771 15,635 18,358 18,702 23,690 6.11
IX 41,229 51,110 50,668 58,394 56,048 62,624 59,760 70,533 0.84
X 11,967 15,308 15,684 17,515 18,516 20,166 21,486 23,120 5.30
XI 20,661 24,768 24,032 28,455 28,986 31,636 33,292 36,841 2.09
XII 15,957 19,343 18,709 20,278 22,193 24,204 23,006 29,665 4.14
Total 17,642 21,695 23,406 27,326 28,419 32,024 32,004 35,684 32.91

The assistance of M. Gerard Jigaudon of le Conservatoire national des arts et metiers (CNAM) is gratefully acknowledged.
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