3rd arrondissement of Paris

Municipal arrondissement in Île-de-France, France

3rd arrondissement of Paris

Municipal arrondissement

The Musée des Arts et Métiers in the medieval priory of Saint-Martin-des-Champs

Coat of arms

Location within Paris

Coordinates: 48°51′49.75″N 2°21′41.97″E﻿ / ﻿48.8638194°N 2.3616583°E﻿ / 48.8638194; 2.3616583
Country| France
Region| Île-de-France
Department| Paris
Commune| Paris
Government

• Mayor (2020-2026) | Ariel Weil (PS)

Area

| 1.17 km2 (0.45 sq mi)
Population

(2022)[1]

| 32,772
• Density| 28,010/km2 (72,500/sq mi)
INSEE code| 75103
Paris Coat of Arms The
20 arrondissements
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| 17th | 18th | 19th

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| 8th | 9th | 10th | 11th | 20th
16th | 2nd | 3rd
1st | 4th | 12th
River Seine
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15th | 14th

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The 3rd arrondissement of Paris (IIIe arrondissement, French pronunciation: [tʁwɑzjɛm aʁɔ̃dismɑ̃]) is one of the 20 arrondissements (districts) of the capital city of France. In spoken French, this arrondissement is colloquially referred to as "le troisième" (French pronunciation: [lə tʁwɑzjɛm]) meaning "the third". Its postal code is 75003. It is governed locally together with the 1st, 2nd and 4th arrondissements, with which it forms the 1st sector of Paris, Paris Centre.

The arrondissement, sometimes known as Temple and situated on the right bank of the River Seine, is the smallest in area after the 2nd. It contains the quieter northern part of the medieval district of Le Marais, while the more lively southern part, notably including the gay district of Paris, is located within the 4th arrondissement.

## History

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The oldest surviving private house in Paris, built in 1407, is to be found in the 3rd arrondissement at 51 rue de Montmorency.[2]

The ancient Jewish quarter, the Pletzl (פלעצל, 'little place' in Yiddish), which dates from the 13th century, begins in the eastern part of the 3rd arrondissement and extends into the 4th. It is home to the Musée d'Art et d'Histoire du Judaïsme ('Museum of Jewish Art and History') and the Agoudas Hakehilos synagogue designed by the architect Hector Guimard. Although fashionable boutiques now take up many of the storefronts, there are still landmark stores selling traditional Jewish foods.

A small but slowly expanding Chinatown, inhabited by immigrants from Wenzhou, centers on the rue au Maire, near the Conservatoire national des arts et métiers and the Musée des Arts et Métiers, partly housed in the medieval priory of Saint-Martin-des-Champs.

## Geography

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### Size

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With a land area of 1.2 km2[3] (0.452 square miles, or 289 acres), the 3rd arrondissement ranks second smallest in the city.

### Location

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It is situated in what is considered Central Paris on the right bank (rive droite) of the city. Its interior is mostly devoid of the large Haussmannian boulevards included in many other arrondissements throughout the city.

### Neighborhoods (quartiers)

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The arrondissement includes a range of neighborhoods or quartiers most of which date back to the Middle Ages. Most residents and locals refer to this area as Temple, Arts et Métiers or more generally, le Marais; however most of the Marais district is included in the 4th arrondissement, which it neighbors on its southern border.

## Demographics

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The area now occupied by the third arrondissement attained its peak population in the period preceding the re-organization of Paris in 1860. In 1999, the population was 34,248, while the arrondissement hosted a total of 29,723 jobs.

### Historical population

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Year
(of French censuses)  | Population  | Density
(inh. per km²)

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1861 (peak of population)[a] | 99,116  | 84,642
1872  | 89,687  | 76,656
1954  | 65,312  | 55,822
1962  | 62,680  | 53,527
1968  | 56,252  | 48,038
1975  | 41,706  | 35,616
1982  | 36,094  | 30,823
1990  | 35,102  | 29,976
1999  | 34,248  | 29,247
2009  | 35,655  | 30,474
2017  | 34,115  | 29,158

### Immigration

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Place of birth of residents of the 3rd arrondissement in 1999  Born in metropolitan France | Born outside metropolitan France

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73.4%  | 26.6%
Born in
overseas France | Born in foreign countries with French citizenship at birth1 | EU-15 immigrants2 | Non-EU-15 immigrants
0.8%  | 4.4%  | 5.8%  | 15.6%
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.

## Education

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There are six public high-schools in the 3rd arrondissement, and no private high-schools.[4]

* Lycée Victor Hugo, 27 rue de Sevigné
* Lycée Turgot, 69 rue de Turbigo
* Lycée Simone Veil, 7 rue de Poitou
* Lycée Professionel François Truffaut, 28 rue Debelleyeme
* Lycée professionnel de la bijouterie Nicolas Flamel (an annex of the École Boulle), 8 rue de Montmorency
* Lycée professionnel Abbé Grégoire, 70 bis, rue de Turbigo

The Conservatoire national des arts et métiers (CNAM) has its main Paris campus in the area around the métro station to which it gives its name. A grande école, CNAM provides university-level technical and professional qualifications to a student body of over 25,000.

## Map

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Map of the 3rd arrondissement

## Places of interest

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The Mairie (town hall) of the 3rd arrondissement Square du Temple

### Museums

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There are 9 museums alone in the 3rd arrondissement as listed by the Paris office of tourism, however there are also many other smaller museums, as listed below.[5]

* Musée des Arts et Métiers
* Musée de la Chasse et de la Nature
* Musée Cognacq-Jay
* Musée Picasso
* Musée de la Poupée
* Musée de la Serrure
* Musée des Archives Nationales \- Hôtel de Soubise
* Musée d'Art et d'Histoire du Judaïsme
* Musée Carnavalet \- Histoire de Paris
* Henri Cartier-Bresson Foundation
* La Gaîté Lyrique

### Gardens

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There are 6 smaller gardens throughout the 3rd arrondissement.[clarification needed][6]

* Square du Temple - Elie-Wiesel [fr]
* Square Saint-Gilles Grand Veneur - Pauline-Roland
* Jardin de Rohan
* Square Georges Cain
* Square Léopold-Achille
* Jardin Anne Frank
* Jardin de l'Hotel Salé - Léonor Fini
* Jardin des Archives Nationale

### Churches

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Church of Saint-Nicolas-des-Champs in Le Marais

* Saint-Denys-du-Saint-Sacrement
* Saint-Nicolas-des-Champs, Paris

### Other

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* Le Marais (shared with the 4th arrondissement)
* Conservatoire National des Arts et Métiers \- main campus
* Le Défenseur du Temps
* Institut Tessin
* Hôtel de Soubise
* Former Temple fortress
* Carreau du Temple
* Théâtre Déjazet

## Notes

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1. ^ The peak of population actually occurred before 1861, but the arrondissement was created in 1860, so we do not have figures before 1861.

## References

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1. ^ "Populations de référence 2022" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 19 December 2024.
2. ^ "10 Paris facts". Paris Digest. 2018. Retrieved 20 November 2018.
3. ^ "Comparateur de territoire − Comparez les territoires de votre choix - Résultats pour les communes, départements, régions, intercommunalités... | Insee". www.insee.fr. Retrieved 2 September 2020.
4. ^ "Lycées à Paris (75003) - Le Parisien Etudiant". etudiant.aujourdhui.fr (in French). Retrieved 2 September 2020.
5. ^ "Musée à Paris dans l'arrondissement: 3ème". Site officiel de l’Office du Tourisme et des Congrès de Paris. 2015. Retrieved 2 September 2020.
6. ^ "Parc, jardin, promenade à Paris dans l'arrondissement : 3ème". Site officiel de l’Office du Tourisme et des Congrès de Paris. 2015. Retrieved 2 September 2020.

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