The 3rd arrondissement of Paris (, ) is one of the 20 (districts) of the capital city of

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. In spoken French, this arrondissement is colloquially referred to as "" () meaning "the third". Its postal code is 75003. It is governed locally together with the

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and

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arrondissements, with which it forms the 1st sector of Paris, . The arrondissement, sometimes known as and situated on the

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of the

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, is the smallest in area after the 2nd. It contains the quieter northern part of the medieval district of , while the more lively southern part, notably including the gay district of Paris, is located within the 4th arrondissement.

History

The oldest surviving private house in Paris, built in 1407, is to be found in the 3rd arrondissement at 51

rue de Montmorency The Rue de Montmorency is a street in the historic Le Marais quarter of Paris, part of the city's 3rd arrondissement. It runs from the Rue du Temple to the Rue Saint-Martin. History The street was named in 1768 after the Montmorency family, ...

. The ancient Jewish quarter, the '' Pletzl'' (פלעצל, 'little place' in

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), which dates from the 13th century, begins in the eastern part of the 3rd arrondissement and extends into the 4th. It is home to the ('Museum of Jewish Art and History') and the Agoudas Hakehilos synagogue designed by the architect

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. Although fashionable boutiques now take up many of the storefronts, there are still landmark stores selling traditional Jewish foods. A small but slowly expanding

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, inhabited by immigrants from

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, centers on the rue au Maire, near the and the , partly housed in the

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of Saint-Martin-des-Champs.

Geography

Size

With a land area of 1.2 km² (0.452 square miles, or 289 acres), the 3rd arrondissement ranks second smallest in the city.

Location

It is situated in what is considered Central Paris on the right bank () of the city. Its interior is mostly devoid of the large

Haussmannian Haussmann's renovation of Paris was a vast public works programme commissioned by French Emperor Napoleon III and directed by his prefect of the Seine, Georges-Eugène Haussmann, between 1853 and 1870. It included the demolition of medieval ...

boulevards included in many other arrondissements throughout the city.

Neighborhoods

The arrondissement includes a range of neighborhoods or most of which date back to the Middle Ages. Most residents and locals refer to this area as , Arts et Métiers or more generally, ; however most of the district is included in the 4th arrondissement, which it neighbors on its southern border.

Demographics

The area now occupied by the third arrondissement attained its peak population in the period preceding the re-organization of Paris in 1860. In 1999, the population was 34,248, while the arrondissement hosted a total of 29,723 jobs.

Historical population

Immigration

Education

There are six public high-schools in the 3rd arrondissement, and no private high-schools. * '' Lycée Victor Hugo, 27 rue de Sevigné'' * Lycée Turgot, 69 rue de Turbigo * Lycée Simone Veil, 7 rue de Poitou * Lycée Professionel François Truffaut, 28 rue Debelleyeme * Lycée professionnel de la bijouterie Nicolas Flamel (an annex of the

École Boulle The École Boulle is a college of fine Arts and Crafts, arts and crafts and applied arts in Paris, France. It is located at 9-21, rue Pierre-Bourdan in the 12th arrondissement of Paris, 12th arrondissement of Paris (France). It accepts students a ...

), 8 rue de Montmorency * Lycée professionnel Abbé Grégoire, 70 bis, rue de Turbigo The (CNAM) has its main Paris campus in the area around the métro station to which it gives its name. A , CNAM provides university-level technical and professional qualifications to a student body of over 25,000.

Map

Places of interest

Museums

There are 9 museums alone in the 3rd arrondissement as listed by the Paris office of tourism, however there are also many other smaller museums, as listed below. *

Musée des Arts et Métiers The Musée des Arts et Métiers (; English: Museum of Arts and Crafts) is an industrial design museum in Paris that houses the collection of the Conservatoire national des arts et métiers, which was founded in 1794 as a repository for the preser ...

* Musée de la Chasse et de la Nature *

Musée Cognacq-Jay The Musée Cognacq-Jay () is a museum located in the Hôtel Donon in the 3rd arrondissement of Paris. The museum's collection was formed between 1900 and 1925 by Théodore-Ernest Cognacq and his wife Marie-Louise Jaÿ, founders of La Samarit ...

Musée Picasso Musée Picasso () is an art gallery located in the Hôtel Salé () in rue de Thorigny, in the Marais district of Paris, France, dedicated to the work of the Spanish artist Pablo Picasso (1881–1973). The museum collection includes more than ...

* Musée de la Poupée * Musée de la Serrure * Musée des Archives Nationales -

Hôtel de Soubise The Hôtel de Soubise () is a city mansion '' entre cour et jardin''. It is located at 60 Rue des Francs-Bourgeois in the 3rd arrondissement of Paris, France. History The Hôtel de Soubise was built as an ''hôtel particulier'' for the Prin ...

* Musée d'Art et d'Histoire du Judaïsme *

Musée Carnavalet The Musée Carnavalet () in Paris is dedicated to the History of Paris, history of the city. The museum occupies two neighboring mansions: the Hôtel Carnavalet and the former Hôtel Le Peletier de Saint Fargeau. On the advice of Baron Haussmann, ...

- Histoire de Paris * Henri Cartier-Bresson Foundation * La Gaîté Lyrique

Gardens

There are 6 smaller gardens throughout the 3rd arrondissement. * * Square Saint-Gilles Grand Veneur - Pauline-Roland *Jardin de Rohan *Square Georges Cain *Square Léopold-Achille *Jardin Anne Frank *Jardin de l'Hotel Salé - Léonor Fini *Jardin des Archives Nationale

Churches

* Saint-Denys-du-Saint-Sacrement * Saint-Nicolas-des-Champs, Paris

Other

Le Marais The Marais (Le Marais ; "the marsh") is a historic district in Paris, France. It spreads across parts of the 3rd arrondissement of Paris, 3rd and 4th arrondissement of Paris, 4th Arrondissements of Paris, arrondissements on the Rive Droit ...

(shared with the 4th arrondissement) * - main campus * Le Défenseur du Temps *

Institut Tessin The Institut Tessin, also known as the Centre culturel suédois, is a museum in Paris dedicated to the history of Franco-Swedish artistic exchanges. It is located in the Hôtel de Marle at 11, rue Payenne in the city's 3rd arrondissement of Paris, ...

* Former

Temple A temple (from the Latin ) is a place of worship, a building used for spiritual rituals and activities such as prayer and sacrifice. By convention, the specially built places of worship of some religions are commonly called "temples" in Engli ...

fortress *

Carreau du Temple The Carreau du Temple is a covered market in the 3rd arrondissement of Paris, built in 1863. As part of a public consultation exercise undertaken in 2004 the local population voted that the Carreau should be redeveloped as polyvalent public spac ...

Théâtre Déjazet The Théâtre Déjazet () is a theatre on the boulevard du Temple (popularly known as the 'Boulevard du Crime, boulevard du crime') in the 3rd arrondissement of Paris, 3rd arrondissement of Paris, France. It was founded in 1770 by Charles X of Fr ...

Notes

References

External links

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The official guide, partner of the Paris Tourist Office
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