The 16th arrondissement of Paris (''XVI^e arrondissement'') is one of the 20

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of the capital city of

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. In spoken French, this arrondissement is referred to as ''seizième''. The arrondissement includes part of the Arc de Triomphe, and a concentration of museums between the and the , complemented in 2014 by the Fondation Louis Vuitton. With its ornate 19th-century buildings, large avenues, prestigious schools, museums, and various parks, the arrondissement has long been known as one of French high society's favourite places of residence (comparable to London's Kensington and Chelsea or Berlin's

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) to such an extent that the phrase () has been associated with great wealth in French popular culture. Indeed, the 16th arrondissement of Paris is France's third richest district for average household income, following the 7th, and , both adjacent. The 16th arrondissement hosts several large sporting venues, including: the , which is the stadium where football club plays its home matches; Stadium, where the French Open tennis championships are held; and , home to the rugby union club. The , the second-largest public park in Paris (behind only the ), is also located in this arrondissement.

Geography

The land area of this arrondissement is 16.305 km² ( or 4,029 acres), slightly more than half of which consists of the

Bois de Boulogne The Bois de Boulogne (, "Boulogne woodland") is a large public park located along the western edge of the 16th arrondissement of Paris, near the suburb of Boulogne-Billancourt and Neuilly-sur-Seine. The land was ceded to the city of Paris by t ...

park. Excluding the Bois de Boulogne, its land area is 7.846 km² ( or 1,939 acres). It is the largest arrondissement in Paris in terms of land area. File:Paris arrondissement XVI.jpg, Apartment buildings in the 16th arrondissement of Paris File:Parc des Princes.jpg, Stade Français

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fans at the Parc des Princes

Demographics and politics

The 16th arrondissement population peaked in 1962, when it had 227,418 inhabitants. At the last census (2009), the population was 169,372. The 16th arrondissement contains a great deal of business activity; in 1999 it hosted 106,971 jobs. The 16th arrondissement is commonly thought to be one of the richest parts of Paris (see

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), and features some of the most expensive

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in France including the famous Auteuil "villas",The foremost Auteuil ''villas'' are: Villa Montmorency, Hameau Boileau, Villa de la Réunion and Villa Victorien Sardou; all of which are inhabited by some of France's wealthiest and most famous citizens including First Lady

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Nicolas Sarkozy) or multibillionaires

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and Alain Afflelou and famous singers

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and

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heirs to 19th century high society country houses, they are exclusive gated communities with huge houses surrounded by gardens, which is extremely rare in Paris. It is also the only arrondissement in Paris to be divided into two separate

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. The southern part of the arrondissement carries a postal code of 75016, while the northern part has the code of 75116. Politics The 16th arrondissement is one of the strongest areas in the country for the French right. In 2017, it gave over 58% of its votes in the first round to right-wing candidate

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; amidst a poor national result of only 20%. It then went on to vote for Emmanuel Macron by a landslide in the runoff.

Historical population

Immigration

Economy

Four

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have their head offices in this arrondissement:

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, and

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. In addition

Lagardère Lagardère may refer to: * Lagardère Group, a French media group * Jean-Luc Lagardère (1928–2003), French engineer and businessman and CEO of the Lagardère Group * Arnaud Lagardère Arnaud Lagardère (; born 18 March 1961) is a French busine ...

and

Technip Technip S.A. was a company that carried out project management, engineering and construction for the energy industry; in 2017 it completed a merger with FMC Technologies to form TechnipFMC. Its headquarters were in the 16th arrondissement of ...

have their headquarters in this arrondissement. At one time Aérospatiale had its head office in the arrondissement.

Movies filmed in the 16th arrondissement

In one of the opening scenes of the 1965 James Bond film '' Thunderball'', character

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is seen arriving at the headquarters of ''The International Brotherhood for the Assistance of Stateless Persons''. This scene was shot on

Avenue d'Eylau Avenue d'Eylau is a two-way street in Paris' 16th arrondissement. It connects the Place du Trocadéro-et-du-11-Novembre and the Place de Mexico, 300 meters to the north-west. It is named after Napoleon's victory at the Battle of Eylau Th ...

in the 16th arrondissement. The 1972 film ''

Last Tango in Paris ''Last Tango in Paris'' ( it, Ultimo tango a Parigi; french: Le Dernier Tango à Paris) is a 1972 erotic drama film directed by Bernardo Bertolucci. The film stars Marlon Brando, Maria Schneider and Jean-Pierre Léaud, and portrays a recently wi ...

'' was filmed at various locations in the 16th arrondissement, with the apartment the characters stayed in being located in Passy.

Marcel Petiot

A notorious

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case, which generated an international media circus, centered in the 16th arrondissement during the Nazi occupation of France during World War II. The focal point of the case was French doctor

Marcel Petiot Marcel André Henri Félix Petiot (17 January 1897 – 25 May 1946) was a French medical doctor and serial killer. He was convicted of multiple murders after the discovery of the remains of 23 people in the basement of his home in Paris during W ...

, who in 1941 bought a house at 21 Rue le Sueur in "the heart of Paris's fashionable 16th arrondissement". On 11 March 1944, Petiot's neighbors complained to police of a foul stench in the area and of large amounts of smoke billowing from a chimney of the house. Fearing a chimney fire, the police summoned firemen, who entered the house and found a roaring fire in a coal stove in the basement. In the fire, and scattered in the basement, were human remains. Following an investigation, during which time Petiot attempted to evade capture, "the monster of rue Le Sueur" was ultimately arrested and went on trial on 19 March 1946, facing 135 criminal charges. He was convicted of 26 counts of murder and sentenced to death. On 25 May, Petiot was beheaded, after a stay of several days due to a problem in the release mechanism of the

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Education

Primary and secondary schools

Here is a list of domestic French sixth-form colleges/high schools in the arrondissement * Lycée Saint-Jean de Passy *

Lycée Saint-Louis-de-Gonzague The Lycée Saint-Louis-de-Gonzague (Franklin), founded in 1894, is a highly selective Roman Catholic, Jesuit school in the 16th arrondissement of Paris. It is regarded as the most prestigious French private school and has been ranked #1 lycée in ...

Lycée Janson-de-Sailly Lycée Janson de Sailly is a ''lycée'' located in the 16th arrondissement of Paris, France. The ''lycéens'' of Janson are called ''les jansoniens'' and they usually refer to their high school as Janson, or JdS. It is the biggest academic inst ...

Lycée Claude-Bernard The lycée Claude-Bernard is a French State school, public school opened in 1938, both a collège and a lycée. It is located at 1, avenue du Parc-des-Princes in Paris, in the 16th arrondissement of Paris, and bears the name of French doctor Cla ...

Lycée Jean-Baptiste-Say The collège-lycée Jean-Baptiste-Say is a French public school built in 1895, operating as a collège and lycée as well as offering preparatory classes. It is located at 11 bis, rue d'Auteuil in Paris, in the 16th arrondissement of Paris and ...

* Lycée Gerson * Lycée Molière * Lycée La Fontaine (Lycée Jean-de-la-Fontaine) * Lycée Octave-Feuillet * Lycée Notre-Dame des Oiseaux * * * Institut de La Tour * Lycée René-Cassin * École normale israélite orientale (Paris) ( fr * * Cours privé Beauséjour * École d'esthétique Yves Rocher * Ipécom Paris * Lycée Moria-Diane Benvenuti * Lycée Passy-Saint-Honoré * Lycée Sainte-Thérèse International schools: *

Russian Embassy School of Paris Russian Embassy School in Paris (french: Établissement public d’enseignement général, l’école secondaire auprès de l’Ambassade de la Fédération de Russie en France; russian: специализированное структурное ...

, on the grounds of the . *Colegio Español Federico García Lorca, a Spanish international primary school owned by the Spanish government The Spanish secondary school,

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, is located in

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. *The two campuses of the International School of Paris *Kingsworth International School

Undergraduate and postgraduate studies

The

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is in the arrondissement, as well as Paris Institute of Technology, part of Paris Descartes University, one of Paris biggest public universities. The renowned " classes préparatoires" establishment Intégrale : Institut d'enseignement supérieur privé have one of their campuses in the arrondissement.

Supplementary schools

The ''École de langue japonaise de Paris'' (パリ日本語補習校 ''Pari Nihongo Hoshūkō''), a supplementary Japanese education programme, is held at the ''École Maternelle et Primaire Saint Francois d'Eylau'' in the 16th arrondissement. The school has its offices at the ''Association Amicale des Ressortissants Japonais en France'' (AARJF) in the 8th arrondissement.

Cityscape

Places of interest

Fondation Louis Vuitton The Louis Vuitton Foundation (French: ''Fondation d'entreprise Louis-Vuitton''), previously Louis Vuitton Foundation for Creation (''Fondation Louis-Vuitton pour la création''), is a French art museum and cultural center sponsored by the group LV ...

* Passy **

Cimetière de Passy Passy Cemetery (french: Cimetière de Passy) is a small cemetery in Passy, in the 16th arrondissement of Paris, France. History The current cemetery replaced the old cemetery (''l'ancien cimetière communal de Passy'', located on Rue Lekain), w ...

* Parc des Princes *

Palais de Tokyo The Palais de Tokyo (''Tokyo Palace'') is a building dedicated to modern and contemporary art, located at 13 avenue du Président-Wilson, facing the Trocadéro, in the 16th arrondissement of Paris. The eastern wing of the building belongs to ...

Pavillon de l'eau The Pavillon de l'eau is a museum devoted to water belonging to the City of Paris and managed by Eau de Paris, the municipal agency in charge of production and distribution of water in Paris. The Pavillon de l’eau offers a permanent exhibition ...

* Maison de

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Maison de Balzac The Maison de Balzac ( en, Balzac's House) is a writer's house museum in the former residence of French novelist Honoré de Balzac (1799–1850). It is located in the 16th arrondissement at 47, rue Raynouard, Paris, France, and open daily except ...

Fondation Le Corbusier Fondation Le Corbusier is a private foundation and archive honoring the work of architect Le Corbusier. It operates Maison La Roche, a museum located in the 16th arrondissement at 8-10, square du Dr Blanche, Paris, France, which is open daily excep ...

Guimet Museum The Guimet Museum (full name in french: Musée national des arts asiatiques-Guimet; MNAAG; ) is an art museum located at 6, place d'Iéna in the 16th arrondissement of Paris, France. Literally translated into English, its full name is the Nationa ...

Jardin d'Acclimatation The Jardin d'Acclimatation () is a children's amusement park located in the northern part of the Bois de Boulogne in Paris, alongside other attractions. History Opened on 6 October 1860 by Napoléon III and Empress Eugénie, this Paris zoo wa ...

Jardin des Serres d'Auteuil The Jardin des Serres d'Auteuil () is a botanical garden set within a major greenhouse complex located at the southern edge of the Bois de Boulogne in the 16th arrondissement, with entry at 1 avenue Gordon-Bennett, Paris, France. The site first ...

Mona Bismarck American Center Through a multidisciplinary program of exhibitions, events, and educational outreach, the American Center for Art and Culture's (formerly Mona Bismarck American Center) mission is to engage visitors in a dialogue with the depth and diversity of ...

* Musée Arménien de France * Musée d'Art Dentaire Pierre Fauchard * Musée Baccarat * Musée Clemenceau *

Musée de la Contrefaçon The Musée de la Contrefaçon is a museum of counterfeiting. It is located at 16, rue de la Faisanderie, in the 16th arrondissement of Paris, France, and open daily except Monday; an admission fee is charged. The nearest métro and RER stations ...

Musée d'Ennery The Musée d'Ennery is a national museum of Asian art located in the 16th arrondissement of Paris at 59, avenue Foch, Paris, France. The museum has grown from a private collection first begun in the second half of the 19th century by Clémence d ...

Musée Galliera The Palais Galliera, also formally known as the Musée de la Mode de la Ville de Paris (City of Paris Fashion Museum), and formerly known as Musée Galliera, is a museum of fashion and fashion history located at 10, avenue Pierre 1er de Serbie, ...

Musée Marmottan Monet Musée Marmottan Monet ( en, Marmottan Museum of Monet) is an art museum in Paris, France, dedicated to artist Claude Monet. The collection features over three hundred Impressionist and Post-Impressionist paintings by Claude Monet, including his 1 ...

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's distinguished Paris campus. * Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development **

Château de la Muette The Château de la Muette () is a château located on the edge of the Bois de Boulogne in Paris, France, near the Porte de la Muette. Three châteaux have been located on the site since a hunting lodge was transformed into the first château for ...

* International School of Paris * Tenniseum *

Neuilly-Auteuil-Passy Neuilly-Auteuil-Passy, sometimes also referred to just as Passy-Auteuil, refers to an area covering the westernmost part of the city of Paris and a neighbouring suburban community. This area is commonly known as one of the richest in Paris, with ...

Main streets and squares

Trocadéro The Trocadéro (), site of the Palais de Chaillot, is an area of Paris, France, in the 16th arrondissement, across the Seine from the Eiffel Tower. It is also the name of the 1878 palace which was demolished in 1937 to make way for the Palai ...

Musée national de la Marine The Musée national de la Marine (National Navy Museum) is a maritime museum located in the Palais de Chaillot, Trocadéro, in the 16th arrondissement of Paris. It has annexes at Brest, Port-Louis, Rochefort ( Musée National de la Marine de ...

Musée de l'Homme The Musée de l'Homme (French, "Museum of Mankind" or "Museum of Humanity") is an anthropology museum in Paris, France. It was established in 1937 by Paul Rivet for the 1937 ''Exposition Internationale des Arts et Techniques dans la Vie Moderne ...

Musée national des Monuments Français The Musée national des Monuments Français ( en, National Museum of French Monuments) is today a museum of plaster casts of French monuments located in the Palais de Chaillot, 1, place du Trocadéro et du 11 Novembre, Paris, France. It now for ...

** Musée du Cinéma Henri Langlois **

Théâtre national de Chaillot The Théâtre National de Chaillot (English: Chaillot National Theatre) is a theatre located in the Palais de Chaillot at 1, place du Trocadéro, in the 16th arrondissement of Paris. Close by the Eiffel Tower and the Trocadéro Gardens—the Th� ...

Avenue Foch Avenue Foch () is an avenue in the 16th arrondissement of Paris, France, named after World War I Marshal Ferdinand Foch in 1929. It is one of the most prestigious streets in Paris, and one of the most expensive addresses in the world, home to ...

84 Avenue Foch 84 Avenue Foch (german: Avenue Foch vierundachtzig) was the Parisian headquarters of the '' Sicherheitsdienst'' (SD), the counter-intelligence branch of the SS during the German occupation of Paris in World War II. Avenue Foch is a wide res ...

* Place de l'Étoile and Arc de Triomphe (partial) * Rue Nungesser et Coli, named after the disappeared aviators of the 1927 biplane ''

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