5th arrondissement of Paris

The 5th arrondissement of Paris (V^e arrondissement) is one of the 20 arrondissements of Paris, the capital city of France. In spoken French, this arrondissement is referred to as le cinquième.

5th arrondissement of Paris
Municipal arrondissement
A view of Rue Soufflot from the west with the Panthéon in the background
Coat of arms
Location within Paris
Coordinates: 48°50′50″N 2°20′40″E
Country	France
Region	Île-de-France
Department	Paris
Commune	Paris
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Florence Berthout (SL)
Area	2.54 km2 (0.98 sq mi)
Population  (2022)[1]	55,925
• Density	22,018/km2 (57,030/sq mi)
INSEE code	75105

The arrondissement, also known as Panthéon, is situated on the Rive Gauche of the River Seine. It is one of the capital's central arrondissements. The arrondissement is notable for being the location of the Latin Quarter, a district dominated by universities, colleges, and prestigious high schools since the 12th century when the University of Paris was created.^[2] It is also home to the National Museum of Natural History and Jardin des plantes in its eastern part.

The 5th arrondissement is also one of the oldest districts of the city, dating back to ancient times. Traces of the area's past survive in such sites as the Arènes de Lutèce, a Roman amphitheatre, as well as the Thermes de Cluny, a Roman thermae.

Geography

The 5th arrondissement covers some 2.541 km² (0.981 sq. miles, or 628 acres) in central Paris.

Demography

The population of the arrondissement peaked in 1911 when the population density reached almost 50,000 inhabitants per km². In 2009, the population was 61,531, while 48,909 worked in the arrondissement.

Historical population

Year (of French censuses)	Population	Density (inh. per km2)
1872	96,689	38,052
1911 (peak of population)	121,378	47,768
1954	106,443	41,890
1962	96,031	37,793
1968	83,721	32,948
1975	67,668	26,630
1982	62,173	24,468
1990	61,222	24,094
1999	58,849	23,160
2009	61,531	24,225

Immigration

Place of birth of residents of the 5th arrondissement in 1999

Born in metropolitan France	Born outside metropolitan France
80.0%	20.0%
	Born in overseas France	Born in foreign countries with French citizenship at birth1	EU-15 immigrants2	Non-EU-15 immigrants
	0.8%	4.5%	5.4%	9.3%
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.

History

The V^e arrondissement is the oldest arrondissement in Paris, and was first built by the Romans.

The construction of the Roman town Lutetia dates back to the 1st century BC, which was built after the conquest of the Gaulish site, situated on the île de la Cité by the Romans.

Saint-Hilaire is a ruined 12th-century church in Paris, active until the French Revolution.

Government and business offices

The Ministry of Higher Education and Research has its head office in the arrondissement.^[3]

Sony Computer Science Laboratories [ja] (ソニーコンピュータサイエンス研究所) Paris is located in the arrondissement,^[4] and the Bureau d'Enquêtes sur les Événements de Mer (BEAmer) at one time had its head office there.^[5]

Maps

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  Map of the 5th arrondissement
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  The 5th arrondissement in OpenStreetMap
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  Neighborhoods of the 5th arrondissement
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  Metro map of the 5th arrondissement

Cityscape

Quarters

The quarters of the 5th arrondissement

• Quartier Saint-Victor (17)
• Quartier Jardin-des-Plantes (18)
• Quartier Val-de-Grâce (19)
• Quartier Sorbonne (20)

Places of interest

Sorbonne university campus.

• Arènes de Lutèce
• Centre de la Mer et des Eaux
• Fontaine Saint-Michel
• Institut du Monde Arabe (Arab World Institute)
• Jardin des Plantes and the Musée National d'Histoire Naturelle
• Latin Quarter
• Maison de la Mutualité
• Montagne Sainte-Geneviève
• Musée de Cluny, hosting the Thermes de Cluny
• Musée de l'Assistance Publique - Hôpitaux de Paris
• Musée Curie
• Musée des Collections Historiques de la Préfecture de Police
• Musée de la Sculpture en Plein Air
• The Panthéon
• Sainte-Geneviève Library
• Val-de-Grâce military hospital

Religious buildings

• Church of Val de Grâce
• Saint-Ephrem church
• Notre-Dame-du-Liban church
• Saint-Étienne-du-Mont church
• Saint-Jacques-du-Haut-Pas church
• Saint-Jean-l'Evangéliste church
• Saint-Julien-le-Pauvre church
• Saint-Medard, Paris church
• Saint-Nicolas-du-Chardonnet church
• Saint-Séverin church
• La Grande Mosquée (Great Mosque of Paris), created in 1922 after World War I, as a sign of recognition from the nation to the fallen Muslim tirailleurs who died at Verdun (and in the take-back of Douaumont fort)

Colleges and universities

As part of the Latin Quarter, the 5th arrondissement is known for its high concentration of educational and research establishments.

• Collège de France
• Collège international de philosophie
• École Polytechnique (historical campus; the school has now been relocated)
• PSL University
  • École Normale Supérieure
  • ENSCP - Chimie Paris
  • ESPCI Paris
• Sorbonne University - Faculté des sciences
  • Jussieu Campus
• Université Paris Cité
  • Faculté de médecine de Paris Centre
  • Institut de Physique du Globe de Paris
• Sorbonne
  • Sorbonne University - Faculté des Lettres
  • University of Paris I Panthéon-Sorbonne
  • University of Paris III Sorbonne Nouvelle
  • Rectorate of Paris
• Famous lycées with preparatory classes to the Grandes écoles
  • Lycée Louis-le-Grand
  • Lycée Henri IV

Main streets and squares

Rue des Anglais Rue de l'Arbalète Rue des Arènes Square des Arènes de Lutèce Rue des Bernardins Rue Boutebrie Rue Buffon Rue du Cardinal-Lemoine Rue des Carmes Rue Censier Rue Claude Bernard Rue de la Clef Rue Clovis Place de la Contrescarpe Rue Cujas Rue Cuvier Rue Dante Rue Descartes

Rue des Écoles Rue de l'Estrapade Rue des Fossés-Saint-Bernard Rue des Fossés-Saint-Jacques Avenue des Gobelins Rue Gay-Lussac Rue Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire Rue de la Harpe Rue de la Huchette Place Jussieu Rue Jussieu Rue Lacépède Rue Lagrange Rue Lhomond Rue Linné Rue Le Goff Rue Malebranche Rue Monge Rue de la Montagne Sainte-Geneviève

Rue Mouffetard Place du Panthéon Rue Poliveau Rue des Prêtres-Saint-Séverin Square René Viviani Boulevard Saint-Germain Rue Saint-Jacques Boulevard Saint-Michel Rue Saint-Séverin Rue de la Sorbonne Rue Soufflot Rue Thouin Rue Tournefort Rue d'Ulm Rue Valette Rue Xavier Privas