The 6th arrondissement of Paris (''VI^e arrondissement'') is one of the 20

arrondissements An arrondissement (, , ) is any of various administrative divisions of France, Belgium, Haiti, certain other Francophone countries, as well as the Netherlands. Europe France The 101 French departments are divided into 342 ''arrondissements'', ...

of the capital city of France. In spoken French, it is referred to as ''le sixième''. The arrondissement, called Luxembourg in a reference to the

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of the

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and its garden, is situated on the Rive Gauche of the River Seine. It includes educational institutions such as the École nationale supérieure des Beaux-Arts, the

École des hautes études en sciences sociales The School for Advanced Studies in the Social Sciences (french: École des hautes études en sciences sociales; EHESS) is a graduate ''grande école'' and '' grand établissement'' in Paris focused on academic research in the social sciences. The ...

and the Institut de France, as well as Parisian monuments such as the

Odéon-Théâtre de l'Europe The Odéon-Théâtre de l'Europe ( en, European Music Hall) (formerly the Théâtre de l'Odéon ( en, Music Hall)) is one of France's six national theatres. It is located at 2 rue Corneille in the 6th arrondissement of Paris on the left bank ...

, the Pont des Arts, which links the 1st and 6th arrondissements over the Seine, Saint-Germain Abbey and

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. This central arrondissement, which includes the historic districts of Saint-Germain-des-Prés (surrounding the abbey founded in the 6th century) and Luxembourg (surrounding the

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and its Gardens), has played a major role throughout Parisian history and is well known for its café culture and the revolutionary

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( existentialism, authors such as Jean-Paul Sartre and

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) and literature (writers

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, Boris Vian, Albert Camus and Françoise Sagan) it has hosted. With its cityscape, intellectual tradition, history, architecture and central location, the arrondissement has long been home to French

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. It is a major locale for art galleries and fashion stores, as well as Paris's most expensive area. The arrondissement is one of France's richest districts in terms of average income; it is part of ''Paris Ouest'' alongside the

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and 16th arrondissements, as well as the

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 ...

inner suburb. The 6th arrondissement is the smallest in Paris in terms of area covered.

History

The current 6th arrondissement, dominated by the

Abbey of Saint-Germain-des-Prés An abbey is a type of monastery used by members of a religious order under the governance of an abbot or abbess. Abbeys provide a complex of buildings and land for religious activities, work, and housing of Christian monks and nuns. The conce ...

—founded in the 6th century—was the heart of the Catholic Church's power in Paris for centuries, hosting many religious institutions. Le Jardin du Luxembourg, Paris, France - panoramio (20)

Le Jardin du Luxembourg, Paris, France - panoramio (20)

In 1612, Queen Marie de Médicis bought an estate in the district and commissioned architect Salomon de Brosse to transform it into the outstanding Luxembourg Palace surrounded by extensive royal gardens. The new Luxembourg Palace turned the neighbourhood into a fashionable district for French nobility. In the aftermath of the French Revolution, architect Jean-François-Thérèse Chalgrin was commissioned to redesign the Luxembourg Palace in 1800 to make it the seat of the newly-established Sénat conservateur. Nowadays, the grounds around the Luxembourg Palace, known as the Senate Garden (''Jardin du Sénat''), are open to the public; they have become a prised Parisian garden across from the 5th arrondissement's Panthéon. Since the 1950s, the arrondissement, with its many higher education institutions, cafés ( Café de Flore,

Les Deux Magots Les Deux Magots () is a famous café and restaurant situated at 6, Place Saint-Germain-des-Prés in Paris's 6th arrondissement of Paris, 6th arrondissement, France. It once had a reputation as the rendezvous of the literary and intellectual eli ...

La Palette ''La Palette'' is a café and ''brasserie''-type restaurant in the 6th arrondissement of Paris, France. It is listed as a monument historique since 1984. History The café was bought by Jean Louis Hilbert between the two wars and took the name ...

, Café Procope) and publishing houses ( Gallimard, Julliard, Grasset) has been the home of much of the major post-war intellectual and literary movements and some of most influential in history such as

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, existentialism and modern feminism.

Geography

The land area of the arrondissement is 2.154 km² (0.832 sq. mile, or 532 acres).

Cityscape

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Places of interest

Académie Française An academy (Attic Greek: Ἀκαδήμεια; Koine Greek Ἀκαδημία) is an institution of secondary education, secondary or tertiary education, tertiary higher education, higher learning (and generally also research or honorary membershi ...

* Café de Flore * Café Procope *

Hôtel de Chimay The Hôtel de Chimay, originally the Hôtel de La Bazinière, is a hôtel particulier, a type of large townhouse of France, built in 1635 on a site that is now at 17 quai Malaquais in the 6th arrondissement of Paris. Since 1883, it has been an ex ...

* Hôtel Lutetia * Institut de France * Jardin du Luxembourg * Latin Quarter (partial) *

* Medici Fountain *

Notre-Dame-des-Champs, Paris Notre-Dame-des-Champs is a Roman Catholic church located in the 6th arrondissement of Paris. The church is named after the Blessed Virgin Mary under the title of Our Lady of the Fields. History Originally located on the site of the church wa ...

* Polidor * Pont des Arts * Pont Neuf *

Pont Saint-Michel Pont Saint-Michel is a bridge linking the Place Saint-Michel on the Rive Gauche, left bank of the river Seine River, Seine to the Île de la Cité. It was named after the nearby chapel of Saint-Michel. It is near Sainte Chapelle and the Palais ...

* Saint-Germain-des-Prés (church) * Saint-Germain-des-Prés quarter *

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( Luxembourg Palace) * Théâtre du Vieux-Colombier

Museums

Fondation Jean Dubuffet The Fondation Jean Dubuffet is a foundation established by artist Jean Dubuffet (1901–1985) in 1973. Its registered office is on the Rue de Moulin Neuf, Sente des Vaux-Ruelle aux Chevaux, Périgny-sur-Yerres, Val-de-Marne, with the secretariat l ...

* Maison d'Auguste Comte * Monnaie de Paris *

Musée – Librairie du Compagnonnage The Musée – Librairie du Compagnonnage is a museum devoted to French trade guilds. It is located in the 6th arrondissement of Paris, 6th arrondissement at 10, rue Mabillon, Paris, France, and open weekday afternoons; entry is free. The museum ...

Musée d'Anatomie Delmas-Orfila-Rouvière The Musée d'Anatomie Delmas-Orfila-Rouvière was a museum of anatomy formerly located on the eighth floor of the Faculty of Medicine, Paris V René Descartes University, 45, rue des Saints-Pères, 6th arrondissement of Paris, France. It was the la ...

Musée de Minéralogie The Musée de Minéralogie is a museum of mineralogy operated by the École nationale supérieure des mines de Paris (Mines ParisTech). It is located in the 6th arrondissement at 60, boulevard Saint Michel, Paris, France, and open daily except Su ...

* Musée Edouard Branly *

Musée Hébert The Musée Hébert is a museum located in the Hôtel de Montmorency-Bours at 85, rue du Cherche-Midi, in the 6th arrondissement of Paris, France. It has been closed since 2004 for renovations. The museum is housed within the Petit-Montmorency, ...

Musée Zadkine The Musée Zadkine is a museum dedicated to the work of Russian sculptor Ossip Zadkine (1890–1967). It is located near the Jardin du Luxembourg in the 6th arrondissement of Paris, 6th arrondissement at 100 bis, rue d'Assas, Paris, France, and op ...

Colleges and universities

Université Paris Cité Paris Cité University (french: links=no, Université Paris Cité) is a public research university located in Paris, France. It was created by decree on 20 March 2019, resulting from the merger of Paris Descartes (Paris V) and Paris Diderot ...

(''Saints-Pères'' campus) * Pantheon-Assas University (main campus) *

Catholic University of Paris The Institut Catholique de Paris (ICP), known in English as the Catholic University of Paris (and in Latin as ''Universitas catholica Parisiensis''), is a private university located in Paris, France. History: 1875–present The Institut Catholiq ...

(main campus) *

Lycée Stanislas In France, secondary education is in two stages: * ''Collèges'' () cater for the first four years of secondary education from the ages of 11 to 15. * ''Lycées'' () provide a three-year course of further secondary education for children between ...

* École nationale des ponts et chaussées * École nationale supérieure des Beaux-Arts ( PSL University) * École nationale supérieure des mines de Paris ( PSL University) * Lycée Fénelon * Lycée Montaigne * Lycée Saint-Louis

Former places

Arcade du Pont-Neuf Arcade most often refers to: * Arcade game, a coin-operated game machine ** Arcade cabinet, housing which holds an arcade game's hardware ** Arcade system board, a standardized printed circuit board * Amusement arcade, a place with arcade games ...

Cherche-Midi prison The Cherche-Midi prison was a French military prison located in Paris, France. It housed military prisoners between 1851 and 1947. Construction on the prison began in 1847, when the former convent of the Daughters of the Good Shepherd was demolish ...

* Couvent des Cordeliers * Comédie-Française *

Hôtel de Bourbon-Condé The Hôtel de Bourbon-Condé is an ''hôtel particulier'', a kind of large townhouse in France, at 12 Rue Monsieur, in the 7th arrondissement of Paris. It was built for Louise Adélaïde de Bourbon by architect Alexandre-Théodore Brongniart. Hi ...

* Hôtel de Condé

Main streets and squares

Place du 18-Juin-1940 The Boulevard du Montparnasse is a two-way boulevard in Montparnasse, in the 6th arrondissement of Paris, 6th, 14th arrondissement of Paris, 14th and 15th arrondissement of Paris, 15th arrondissements in Paris. Situation The boulevard joins the ...

Rue de l'Abbaye Rue de l'Abbaye is a commercial street in the 6th arrondissement of Paris, named after the Abbey of Saint-Germain-des-Prés. It has a length of some 170m and runs from the Rue Guillaume Apollinaire to the Rue de l'Echaudé. The street itself dat ...

* Rue de l'Ancienne Comédie * Rue André-Mazet *

Rue d'Assas Rue d'Assas is a street in the 6th ''arrondissement'' of Paris, named after Nicolas-Louis d'Assas. Features * Musée Edouard Branly (at #21) * Musée "Bible et Terre Sainte" (at #21) * Main campus of Panthéon-Assas University (at #92) * Zadki ...

* Rue Auguste Comte * Rue de Beaux Arts * Rue Bonaparte ** named after

Napoleon Napoleon Bonaparte ; it, Napoleone Bonaparte, ; co, Napulione Buonaparte. (born Napoleone Buonaparte; 15 August 1769 – 5 May 1821), later known by his regnal name Napoleon I, was a French military commander and political leader who ...

* Rue Bréa ** named after General Jean Baptiste Fidèle Bréa (1790–1848) * Rue de Buci ** named after Simon de Buci, President of the ''

Parlement A ''parlement'' (), under the French Ancien Régime, was a provincial appellate court of the Kingdom of France. In 1789, France had 13 parlements, the oldest and most important of which was the Parlement of Paris. While both the modern Fre ...

'' of Paris, who had purchased the Gate Saint-Germain (now demolished) in 1350 * Rue des Canettes * Rue Cassette * Rue du Cherche-Midi * Rue Christine ** named after Christine of France, Duchess of Savoy (1606–1663) * Rue de Condé ** named after the former Hôtel de Condé, of which forecourt faced the street * Quai de Conti * Rue Danton * Passage Dauphine *

Rue Dauphine Rue Dauphine is a street in Saint-Germain-des-Prés in the 6th arrondissement of Paris, France. It is one of the most fashionable and expensive districts of Paris. It was named after the Dauphin, son of Henry IV of France. The Pont Neuf crosses ...

** named after King Louis XIII (1601-1643),

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from 1601 to 1610 * Rue du Dragon * Rue Duguay-Trouin * Rue Dupin * Rue de l'École de Médecine * Rue de Fleurus * Rue du Four * Place de Furstemberg * Rue de Furstemberg * Rue Garancière * Quai des Grands-Augustins * Rue des Grands Augustins * Rue Grégoire de Tours ** named after Saint

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, Bishop of Tours (538–594) * Rue Guisarde * Rue Guynemer * Rue Hautefeuille * Place Henri Mondor * Rue Jacques Callot ** named after Jacques Callot (1592–1635), engraver * Rue du Jardinet * Rue Jacob * Rue Lobineau * Rue Mabillon * Rue Madame ** named after

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(1753–1810), styled '' Madame'' * Quai Malaquais * Rue Mayet * Rue Mazarine * Rue de Médicis * Rue de Mézières * Rue Mignon * Rue Monsieur-le-Prince * Boulevard du Montparnasse *

Rue de Nesle Rue de Nesle is a street in Saint-Germain-des-Prés in the 6e arrondissement of Paris, France. History The street was opened in 1607. It was formerly called Rue d'Anjou Dauphine. Its current name comes from the fact that the street is located a ...

* Rue de Nevers * Rue Notre-Dame des Champs * Carrefour de l'Odéon * Rue de l'Odéon * Rue Palatine ** named after

Anne Henriette of Bavaria Anne of the Palatinate known in France as Anne of Bavaria, Princess Palatine (Anne Henriette Julie; 13 March 1648 – 23 February 1723) was a Princess of the Palatinate and Countess Palatine of Simmern by birth and was the wife of Henri Jules ...

, Princess Palatine (1648–1723) * Rue Pierre Sarrazin * Rue des Poitevins * Rue du Pont de Lodi ** named after Bonaparte's victory on May 10, 1796, at the Battle of Lodi * Rue Princesse ** named after Catherine de Lorraine, Princess de Dombes (1552–1596) * Rue des Quatre Vents * Place du Québec * Boulevard Raspail ** named after

François Vincent Raspail François () is a French masculine given name and surname, equivalent to the English name Francis. People with the given name * Francis I of France, King of France (), known as "the Father and Restorer of Letters" * Francis II of France, Kin ...

(1794–1878) French chemist and politician * Rue de Rennes * Rue Saint-André-des-Arts * Rue Saint-Benoît *

Boulevard Saint-Germain Boulevard Saint-Germain () is a major street in Paris on the Rive Gauche of the Seine. It curves in a 3.5-kilometre (2.1 miles) arc from the Pont de Sully in the east (the bridge at the edge of Île Saint-Louis) to the Pont de la Concorde ( ...

(partial) * Rue Saint-Jean-Baptiste de la Salle * Boulevard Saint-Michel (partial) *

Place Saint-Michel The Place Saint-Michel is a public square in the Latin Quarter, on the borderline between the fifth and sixth arrondissements of Paris, France. It lies on the left bank of the river Seine facing the Île de la Cité, to which it is linked by ...

(partial) *

Place Saint-Sulpice Place Saint Sulpice is a large public square, dominated on its eastern side by the Church of Saint-Sulpice. It was built in 1754 as a tranquil garden in the Latin Quarter of the 6th arrondissement of Paris. Features In addition to the church, ...

* Rue Saint-Sulpice * Rue des Saints Pères * Rue de Savoie * Rue de Seine * Rue de Sèvres * Rue Stanislas ** named after the nearby collège Stanislas, founded under Louis XVIII of France, and named after one of his first names * Rue de Tournon ** named after Cardinal

François de Tournon François de Tournon (1489 in Tournon-sur-Rhône – 1562 in Saint-Germain-en-Laye) was a French Augustinian monk, an archbishop, diplomat, courtier, and cardinal. From 1536 he was also a military supply officer of French forces operating in P ...

(1489–1562) * Rue de Vaugirard (partial) * Rue Vavin ** named after the 19th-century politician Alexis Vavin * Rue Visconti ** named after Louis Visconti (1791–1853), designer of Napoleon's tomb

Demography

The arrondissement attained its peak population in 1911 when the population density reached nearly 50,000 inhabitants per km². In 2009, the population was 43,143 inhabitants while the arrondissement provided 43,691 jobs.

Economy

Toei Animation Europe has its head office in the arrondissement. The company, which opened in 2004, serves France, Germany, Italy, Spain, and the United Kingdom.AFFILIATED COMPANIES
". Toei Animation. Retrieved on November 17, 2011. "37 rue du Four 75006 Paris France".

Real estate

The 6th and 7th arrondissements are the most expensive districts of Paris, the most expensive parts of the 6th arrondissement being Saint-Germain-des-Prés quarter, the riverside districts and the areas nearby the Luxembourg Garden.

Historical population

Immigration

Notable people

Raymond Aron Raymond Claude Ferdinand Aron (; 14 March 1905 – 17 October 1983) was a French philosopher, sociologist, political scientist, historian and journalist, one of France's most prominent thinkers of the 20th century. Aron is best known for his 19 ...

(1905–1983), historian and philosopher *

Maurice Françon Maurice Françon (15 June 1913 – 11 August 1996) was a French engineer, physicist and academic. Early life Françon was born on rue de Littré in the 6th arrondissement of Paris on 15 June 1913. His father was related to the Édouard Herriot, E ...

(1913–1996), engineer and physicist

References

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