The 17th arrondissement of Paris (''XVII^e arrondissement'') is one of the 20

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of the capital city of

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. In spoken French, it is referred to as ''le dix-septième'' (; "the seventeenth"). The arrondissement, known as Batignolles-Monceau, is situated on the

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of the

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. In 2019, it had a population of 166,543. It borders the inner suburbs of

Neuilly-sur-Seine Neuilly-sur-Seine (; literally 'Neuilly on Seine'), also known simply as Neuilly, is a commune in the department of Hauts-de-Seine in France, just west of Paris. Immediately adjacent to the city, the area is composed of mostly select residentia ...

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and Clichy in

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to the northwest, as well as

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to the northeast.

Geography

The land area of the 17th arrondissement is 5.669 km² (2.189 sq. miles, or 1,401 acres). Situated on the right bank (Rive Droite) of the

, it is divided into four administrative districts: Ternes and Monceau in the southwestern part, two upper-class districts which are more Haussmannian in style; in the middle of the arrondissement, the

Batignolles Batignolles () is a neighbourhood of Paris, part of its 17th arrondissement. The neighbourhood is bounded on the south by the Boulevard des Batignolles, on the east by the Avenue de Clichy, on the north by Rue Cardinet and on the west by the Ru ...

district, an area mostly occupied by young families or couples, with a marked gentrification process; in the northeastern part, the

Épinettes Épinettes () is a neighborhood of Paris, a part of the 17th arrondissement of the city. The neighborhood is bounded by the Avenue de Clichy, the Avenue de Saint-Ouen and the boundaries of Paris in the North. History Epinettes were part of B ...

district, a former industrial district gone residential, which is mainly middle class and also experiencing a less advanced gentrification process. The town hall of the 17th arrondissement is on the Rue des Batignolles. It is the only town hall of Paris to be located in a modern building. The original building was torn down in 1971 to make room for the current edifice. The 17th arrondissement also hosts the Palais des Congrès of Paris, a large exhibition centre with an associated high-rise hotel, the

Hyatt Regency Paris Étoile Formerly known as the Hôtel Concorde La Fayette, the Hyatt Regency Paris Étoile is a skyscraper hotel located near the Porte Maillot in the 17th arrondissement of Paris, France. The 995-room hotel is the second largest in Paris after the Le M� ...

, the largest in the city.

Demographics

The peak population of Paris's 17th arrondissement was reached in 1954, when it had 231,987 inhabitants. Today, the arrondissement remains dense in population and business activity, with 160,860 inhabitants and 92,267 jobs as of the 1999 census.

Historical population

Immigration

Economy

The southwestern part of the arrondissement is very dense in offices, mostly for services. Several large companies have their headquarters there. The head office of

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is located in the Immeuble Horizons 17.Giusti, Nathalie.
Inauguration du 140 boulevard Malesherbes

. ''

Le Nouvel Observateur (), previously known as (1964–2014), is a weekly French news magazine. Based in the 2nd arrondissement of Paris, it is the most prominent French general information magazine in terms of audience and circulation. Its current editor is Cécil ...

''. 27 July 2012. Retrieved 24 May 2014. When it existed,

Gaz de France Gaz de France (GDF) was a French company which produced, transported and sold natural gas around the world, especially in France, its main market. The company was also particularly active in Belgium, the United Kingdom, Germany, and other Europea ...

had its head office in the 17th arrondissement.

and

, two former industrial areas, are now mostly residential. The area around the Avenue de Clichy, shared with the

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and 18th arrondissements, is occupied by a great variety of shops, making it the third-largest avenue of Paris in terms of sales.

Places of interest

Arc de Triomphe The Arc de Triomphe de l'Étoile (, , ; ) is one of the most famous monuments in Paris, France, standing at the western end of the Champs-Élysées at the centre of Place Charles de Gaulle, formerly named Place de l'Étoile—the ''étoile'' ...

(partial) * Marché des Batignolles * Marché Poncelet *

Rue de Levis ''Ruta graveolens'', commonly known as rue, common rue or herb-of-grace, is a species of '' Ruta'' grown as an ornamental plant and herb. It is native to the Balkan Peninsula. It is grown throughout the world in gardens, especially for its bl ...

Musée national Jean-Jacques Henner The Musée national Jean-Jacques Henner is a French art museum dedicated to the works of painter Jean-Jacques Henner (1829–1905). It is located in the 17th arrondissement of Paris at 43, Avenue de Villiers. The museum in housed within an 1878 ...

* Palais des Congrès and Hôtel Concorde Lafayette *

Square des Batignolles The Square des Batignolles, which covers 16,615 square metres of land (approximately four acres), is the largest green space in the 17th arrondissement of Paris. Designed in the naturalistic English-garden style, it lies in the district (''quarti ...

Cité des Fleurs The ''Cité des Fleurs'' is a pedestrian street in the épinettes district in the 17th arrondissement of Paris. This small village in the city remained very picturesque with small size buildings and gardens, with each building and plot following st ...

Place de Clichy The Place de Clichy, also known as "Place Clichy", is situated in the northwestern quadrant of Paris. It is formed by the intersection of the Boulevard de Clichy, the Avenue Clichy, the Rue Clichy, the Boulevard des Batignolles, and the Rue d ...

* Parc Clichy-Batignolles *

Square des Épinettes The Square des Épinettes is a green space in the Épinettes district of Paris (17th arrondissement). It was created in 1893 by Jean-Camille Formigé. Two sculptures in the garden represent famous personalities of the area : Maria Deraismes Ma ...

* Notre-Dame-de-la-Compassion, Paris (former royal chapel with stained glass designed by

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) * Sainte-Odile, Paris, an

Art Deco Art Deco, short for the French ''Arts Décoratifs'', and sometimes just called Deco, is a style of visual arts, architecture, and product design, that first appeared in France in the 1910s (just before World War I), and flourished in the Unite ...

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Parc Clichy-Batignolles – Martin-Luther-King The Parc Clichy-Batignolles or Parc Clichy-Batignolles - Martin Luther King is a green space in Paris' 17th arrondissement (district). It is part of the urban development project, which started in 2001, transforming of land formerly occupied by f ...

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Education

The Swedish school Svenska Skolan Paris is located in the arrondissement.French home page
Svenska Skolan Paris. Retrieved 20 October 2015. "9 rue Médéric 75017 Paris France"

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:17th Arrondissement of Paris