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 divided into 20 arrondissements municipaux ("municipal boroughs") an 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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