The intellectual, gastronomical, fashion and cultural capital of the world. City of light. City of love. City of life! From the Eiffel Tower, the Arrondissements of Paris radiate before you like spokes on a wheel. Notre Dame's delicate buttresses almost take flight beside the River Seine. The indescribable, uncountable glories of the Louvre begin with the Mona Lisa and never end. The Arc de Triumphe and the Champs-Elysees, Montemartre and the Left Bank. And of course there's the food, in cafes, bistros, and Michelin-starred restaurants.
The city of Paris is planning to ban all traffic apart from residents' cars from its four central arondissements, in an effort to cut journeys by 75 per cent over seven years. The central zone on the banks of the river Seine will be closed except for local traffic and essential journeys, as well as "commercial and public service" vehicles.
The city of Paris is divided into 20 arrondissements municipaux (municipal boroughs)
The list below indicates Right Bank (R) or Left Bank (L) bank:
Arrondissement/Bank/ Name
I arrondissement R Louvre
II arrondissement R Bourse
III arrondissement R Temple
IV arrondissement R Hôtel-de-Ville
V arrondissement L Panthéon
VI arrondissement L Luxembourg
VII arrondissement L Palais-Bourbon
VIII arrondissement R Élysée
IX arrondissement R Opéra
X arrondissement R Enclos-St-Laurent
XI arrondissement R Popincourt
XII arrondissement R Reuilly
XIII arrondissement L Gobelins
XIV arrondissement L Observatoire
XV arrondissement L Vaugirard
XVI arrondissement R Passy
XVII arrondissement R Batignolles-Monceau
XVIII arrondissement R Butte-Montmartre
XIX arrondissement R Buttes-Chaumont
XX arrondissement R Ménilmontant
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