2nd arrondissement of Paris
Template:Infobox French subdivision Template:Sidebar The 2nd arrondissement of Paris (IIe arrondissement) is one of the 20 arrondissements of the capital city of France. In spoken French, this arrondissement is colloquially referred to as deuxième (second/the second). It is governed locally together with the 1st, 3rd and 4th arrondissement, with which it forms the 1st sector of Paris.
Also known as Bourse, this arrondissement is located on the right bank of the River Seine. The 2nd arrondissement, together with the adjacent 8th and 9th arrondissements, hosts an important business district, centred on the Paris Opéra, which houses the city's most dense concentration of business activities. The arrondissement contains the former Paris Bourse (stock exchange) and several banking headquarters, as well as a textile district, known as the Sentier, and the Opéra-Comique's theatre, the Salle Favart. The 2nd arrondissement is the home of Grand Rex, the largest movie theater in Paris.<ref name=ParisDigest>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
The 2nd arrondissement is also the home of most of Paris's surviving 19th-century glazed commercial arcades. At the beginning of the 19th century, most of the streets of Paris were dark, muddy, and lacked sidewalks. A few entrepreneurs copied the success of the Passage des Panoramas and its well-lit, dry, and paved pedestrian passageways. By the middle of the 19th century, there were about two dozen of these commercial malls, but most of them disappeared as the Paris authorities paved the main streets and added sidewalks, as well as gas street lighting. The commercial survivors are – in addition to the Passage des Panoramas – the Galerie Vivienne, the Passage Choiseul, the Galerie Colbert, the Passage des Princes, the Passage du Grand Cerf, the Passage du Caire, the Passage Lemoine, the Passage Jouffroy, the Passage Basfour, the Passage du Bourg-L'abbé, and the Passage du Ponceau.
GeographyEdit
The 2nd arrondissement is Paris's smallest arrondissement, with a land area of just 0.992 km2, or 99.2 hectares (0.383 sq. miles, or 245 acres).
DemographicsEdit
The 2nd arrondissement reached its peak of settlement in the years before 1861, although it has only existed in its current shape since the re-organization of Paris in 1860. As of the last census (in 1999), the population was 19,585, while the number of jobs provided there was 61,672 – this despite a land area of only 0.992 km2, making it the arrondissement with the densest concentration of commercial activity in the capital, with an average of 62,695 jobs per km2.
Historical populationEdit
| Year (of French censuses) |
Population | Density (inh. per km2) |
|---|---|---|
| 1861 Template:Small¹ | 81,609 | 82,267 |
| 1872 | 73,578 | 74,321 |
| 1954 | 41,780 | 44,300 |
| 1962 | 40,864 | 41,194 |
| 1968 | 35,357 | 35,642 |
| 1975 | 26,328 | 26,540 |
| 1982 | 21,203 | 21,374 |
| 1990 | 20,738 | 20,905 |
| 1999 | 19,585 | 19,743 |
| 2009 | 22,400 | 22,626 |
ImmigrationEdit
EconomyEdit
The French newspaper {{#invoke:Lang|lang}} has its head office in the arrondissement.<ref>"Mentions Légales du Nouvelobs.com." L'Obs. Retrieved on March 1, 2016. "dont le siège est 10-12, place de la Bourse, 75002 PARIS"</ref> Bourbon has its head office in the arrondissement.<ref>"Contacts Template:Webarchive." Bourbon. Retrieved on 2 February 2011. "Head Office 33, rue du Louvre – 75002 Paris FRANCE."</ref> All Nippon Airways has its Paris Office in the arrondissement.<ref>"ANA City Offices/Ticketing Offices Europe Template:Webarchive." All Nippon Airways. Retrieved on 13 August 2011. "Paris Office 29-31 Rue St. Augustin 75002 Paris "</ref> China Airlines also has its France office in the arrondissement.<ref>"Europe and Middle East Template:Webarchive." China Airlines. Retrieved on August 30, 2011. "France 17 Rue du Quatre Septembre,75002 Paris, France."</ref>
Aigle Azur's registered office is in the arrondissement.<ref name="ContactFrench">"Template:Usurped." Aigle Azur. Retrieved on 6 January 2011. "Siège Social 36 rue des Jeûneurs 75002 - France" and "Services Administratifs 4 avenue Marcel Paul 93297 Tremblay en France - France"</ref>
EducationEdit
In terms of state-operated schools, the second arrondissement has three nursery schools (écoles maternelles), five primary schools (écoles élémentaires), and one high school (lycée).<ref name="Rech">"Rechercher un établissement Template:Webarchive." Académie Paris. Retrieved on 25 October 2011.</ref>
The nursery schools are École Maternelle Dussoubs, École Maternelle Saint Denis, and École Maternelle Vivienne.<ref name="Rech"/> The primary schools are École Élémentaire Beauregard, École Élémentaire Dussoubs, École Élémentaire Etienne Marcel, École Élémentaire Jussienne, and École Élémentaire Louvois.<ref name="Rech"/> Collège César Franck is the sole state-operated high school in the arrondissement.<ref>"Accueil." Collège César Franck. Retrieved on 25 October 2011. "Infos Collège COLLEGE CESAR FRANCK 7 RUE DE LA JUSSIENNE 75002"</ref>
École Élémentaire Privée Saint-Sauveur is the sole private primary school institution in the second arrondissement. Private secondary school institutions include École du 2nd Degré Général Privée Rene Reaumur, École Générale et Technologique Privée Lafayette, École du 2nd degré professionnel privée CTRE PRI ENS SOINS ESTHETIQUES, École du 2nd degré professionnel privée EC INTERNATIONALE DE COIFFURE, École du 2nd degré professionnel privée ECOLE DE BIJOUTERIE-JOAILLERIE, and École technologique privée ITECOM INST TECHN COMMUNIC.<ref name="Rech"/>
MapEdit
CityscapeEdit
Places of interest in the arrondissementEdit
- Bibliothèque nationale de France historical building (site Richelieu) (Monument historique)
- Galerie Colbert
- Opéra-Comique
- Paris stock exchange (Palais Brongniart, former headquarters)
- Passage des Panoramas
- Théâtre des Bouffes Parisiens
- Théâtre des Variétés
- Théâtre-Musée des Capucines, a perfume museum
- Tour Jean sans Peur, the last vestige of the Hôtel de Bourgogne
Former buildings in the arrondissementEdit
Main streets and squaresEdit
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There are several streets with an Egyptian connection in the area, reflecting interest in Napoleon's Egypt expedition of 1798–1801: rue du Nil, rue du Caire, passage du Caire, rue d'Aboukir, and rue d'Alexandrie.<ref>Paris Aéroport, Paris Vous Aime Magazine, No 13, avril-may-juin 2023, p. 65</ref>
- Rue de la Banque
- Place de la Bourse
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- Boulevard des Capucines
- Rue des Capucines
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- Rue Étienne-Marcel
- Rue du Faubourg-Montmartre
- Boulevard des Italiens
- Rue du Louvre
- Rue Monsigny
- Boulevard Montmartre
- Rue Montmartre
- Rue Montorgueil
- Rue Notre-Dame des Victoires
- Avenue de l'Opéra (partial)
- Rue de la Paix
- Rue des Petits-Champs
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- Rue du Quatre-Septembre
- Rue Réaumur
- Rue de Richelieu (partial)
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- Rue Saint-Denis
- Rue Sainte-Anne
- Rue Saint-Sauveur
- Boulevard Sébastopol
- Rue de Turbigo
- Place des Victoires (partial)
ReferencesEdit
- Le Guide du routard 2006: Paris.
- 54 Promenades en Famille. A Paris et en Île-de-France.