9th arrondissement of Paris


The 9th arrondissement of Paris is one of the 20 arrondissements of the capital city of France.
The arrondissement, called Opéra, is located on the right bank of the River Seine. It contains many places of cultural, historical, and architectural interest, including the Palais Garnier, home to the Paris Opera, Boulevard Haussmann, and its large department stores Galeries Lafayette and Printemps. The arrondissement has many theaters including Folies Bergères, Théatre Mogador and Théatre de Paris. Along with the 2nd and 8th arrondissements, it hosts one of the business centers of Paris, located around the Opéra.

Geography

The land area of this arrondissement is 2.179 km2.

Main streets and squares

Wikimedia France has its offices in the arrondissement.

Economy

has its head office in the 17 Boulevard Haussmann building in the 9th arrondissement. Danone moved there in 2002.
BNP Paribas has its head office in the arrondissement. Crédit Industriel et Commercial. Kroll Inc. also has an office in this arrondissement.
DotEmu has its head office in the 9th arrondissement.
Gameloft has its registered office and head office in the 9th arrondissement. It is on the fifth floor of 14 rue Auber.
Until June 1995, the head office of Société Générale was in this arrondissement. On that month the head office moved to the Société Générale Towers. The former head office remains as the company's registered office.
Google Paris has its offices in the arrondissement.

Demographics

The peak population of the 9th arrondissement occurred in 1901, when it had 124,011 inhabitants. Since then, the arrondissement has widely attracted business activity. As a result, the population was in 1999 only 55,838 inhabitants, while it held 111,939 jobs.

Historical population

Immigration