The 10th arrondissement of Paris (Xe arrondissement) is one of the 20 arrondissements of the capital city of France. In spoken French, the arrondissement is referred to as le dixième ([dizjɛm]; "the tenth", formally le dixième arrondissement de Paris). In 2020, it had a population of 83,459.
The current mayor of the 10th arrondissement is Alexandra Cordebard since 2017.[2]
Geography
The land area of the arrondissement is 2.892 km2 (1.117 sq mi; 715 acres).
The 10th arrondissement is often referred to as l'Entrepôt. Like all Parisian arrondissements, it is divided into four quartiers (districts):[3]
Saint-Vincent-de-Paul, the 37th quartier, has 21,624 people in an area of 92.7 hectares
Porte-Saint-Denis, the 38th quartier, has 15,066 people in an area of 47.2 hectares
Porte-Saint-Martin, the 39th quartier, has 23,125 people in an area of 60.9 hectares
Hôpital-Saint-Louis, the 40th quartier, has 29,870 people in an area of 88.4 hectares
Demographics
The peak population of the 10th arrondissement occurred in 1881, when it had 159,809 inhabitants. Today, the arrondissement remains very dense in both population and business activity, with 89,612 inhabitants and 71,962 jobs at last census in 1999. Due to its large Turkish minority, the 10th arrondissement is often called "La Petite Turquie" (Little Turkey).[4]
Historical population
Year (of French censuses)
Population
Density (inh. per km2)
1872
135,392
46,848
1881 (peak of population)
159,809
55,259
1954
129,179
44,699
1962
124,497
43,049
1968
113,372
39,202
1975
94,046
32,519
1982
86,970
30,073
1990
90,083
31,149
1999
89,612
30,986
2009
95,911
33,187
Immigration
Place of birth of residents of the 10th arrondissement in 1999
1 This group is made up largely of former French settlers, such as pieds-noirs in Northwest Africa, followed by former colonial citizens who had French citizenship at birth (such as was often the case for the native elite in French colonies), as well as to a lesser extent foreign-born children of French expatriates. A foreign country is understood as a country not part of France in 1999, so a person born for example in 1950 in Algeria, when Algeria was an integral part of France, is nonetheless listed as a person born in a foreign country in French statistics.
2 An immigrant is a person born in a foreign country not having French citizenship at birth. An immigrant may have acquired French citizenship since moving to France, but is still considered an immigrant in French statistics. On the other hand, persons born in France with foreign citizenship (the children of immigrants) are not listed as immigrants.