A written document proving the existence of La Villette in 1198 under the name of Villa Nova Sancti Lazari (the new town Saint-Lazare), now in the Middle Ages Villette Saint-Lazare and Saint-stingy. The village was called Poitroville south, the Belleville today.

The integration of villages in Paris

The ^19th is one of eight districts formed during the annexation of outlying districts to the city in 1860 ( Belleville , La Villette , as well as portions of the municipalities of Aubervilliers and Pantin ).

Administration

Borough Hall

Town Hall, 19 ^th, designed by the architects Gabriel Davioud and Jules Bourdais , located opposite the Parc des Buttes-Chaumont.

Advisers Paris 19 ^th arrondissement

The advisors of Paris elected in the ^19th arrondissement are 12 in number:

• 9 from the Socialist Party (Colombe Brossel, Francois Dagnaud , Lea Filoche , Halima Jemni, Roger Madec , Daniel Markovich, Mao Peninou, Firmine Richard and Gisele Stievenard)
• 1 of the Communist Party (Jean Vuillermoz)
• 2 of the UMP (Jean-Jacques and Anne-Constance Giannesini Onghena).

Members

The deputies elected from Paris in the ^19th arrondissement is the number of 2 and come from the Socialist Party : Daniel Vaillant and Jean-Christophe Cambadelis

Demographics

In 2007, the borough had a population of 187 603 inhabitants of 679 hectares , or 27,629 inhabitants per square kilometer, making it the fourth arrondissement of Paris in population, behind the 15 ^th, 20 ^th and 18 ^th Districts. However the district is growing faster than others. It has gained 1.1% annually between 1999 and 2007, in 7 years a gain of 8% or about 14 000 inhabitants (a quarter of the increase in population of all of Paris) and the ^19th district records the fastest growing population in the capital.

The rate of unemployment in the borough is 16% in 1999.

The rate of housing is 40.8%.

Population by district

• Population of the district of La Villette (area? hectares)

• Population of the district du Pont de Flandres (area? hectares)

• Population of the district of America (area? hectares)

• Population of the district's Fight (area? hectares)

Geography

Administrative Districts

The fountain on the square outside the Great Hall dates from the First Empire.

1. Quartier de la Villette (73 ^th district of Paris)
2. Quartier du Pont de Flandres ^(74th district of Paris)
3. Neighborhood America ^(75th district of Paris)
4. Combat district ^(76th district of Paris)

District Councils

The ^19th arrondissement is divided into 10 neighborhood councils:

• Bas Belleville
• Bassin de la Villette
• Buttes Chaumont
• Danube
• Flanders Aubervilliers
• Manin Jaurs
• Place des Ftes
• Pont de Flandre
• Porte des Lilas
• Secretan

Routes of 19 ^th District

Major streets and roads

The two main avenues of the ^19th arrondissement is the avenue of Flanders and the Avenue Jean-Jaures linked by the Place de Stalingrad. The first overlooks the Porte de la Villette , the second that of Pantin.

Projects and Developments

Buildings and facilities

Monuments and places is

Robert-Debre Hospital

The Robert-Debre hospital , the Grande Halle de la Villette and the Cit des Sciences and industry are the three largest buildings in the district. The other most important buildings are the City of Music , the National Conservatory of Music and Dance in Paris , the center of the Archives de Paris , the Lyce Henri-Bergson , the Municipal Conservatory and a cultural institution the 104 of the Street Aubervilliers.

The City of Music, the National Conservatory and the Zenith in Paris are located at the edge of La Villette Park , near the Great Hall. The Philharmonie de Paris , great symphonic concert hall seats 2,400, is expected to complete the City of Music in 2012.

Official Buildings

• Mairie of the 19th district , Place Armand-Carrel
• Archives de Paris , 18 Boulevard Serrurier
• Hotel Tax, 35-37 rue du Plateau
• French Communist Party Headquarters , Place du Colonel Fabien

Hospitals

• Hpital Robert-Debr , 48 Boulevard Serrurier
• Eye Hospital Adolphe de Rothschild , 25 rue Manin

Schools and universities

With 36 kindergartens, 34 elementary schools, 3 schools and versatile, the ^19th arrondissement is home to over 15,000 students.

Places of worship

• Church of Mary Mediatrix-of-All-the-Grace , 48 bis boulevard Serrurier
• Church of Our Lady of the Assumption des Buttes-Chaumont , 80 Rue de Meaux
• Church of St. Francis of Assisi , 7 rue de Mouzaa
• St. Georges Church , 114 Avenue Simon Bolivar
• Church of Saint-Jacques Saint-Christophe , place de Bitche
• Church of St. Jean-Baptiste de Belleville , 139 rue de Belleville
• Church of St. Luke , passing Wattieaux Angle rue de l'Ourcq
• Church St. Clair of the Porte de Pantin

• Synagogue , rue Jean-Nohain

• Russian church of Saint Serge , 93 rue de Crimea

Sports

• Area Sports Pailleron , 32 Edward Street Pailleron
• Georges Hermant pool , 6-10, rue David d'Angers

Green areas

The Parc des Buttes-Chaumont , created under Napoleon III.

The borough is home to two of the largest parks in Paris , the Parc de la Villette (first) and the Parc des Buttes-Chaumont (the third, the second being the Tuileries Gardens ).

Waterways

Bassin de la Villette

The ^19th district is crossed by the Canal Saint-Denis and the Canal de l'Ourcq , which intersect at the Parc de la Villette.

At the Crimea Street , under the unique lift bridge in Paris, the Ourcq canal flows into the Bassin de la Villette , which communicates with the Canal Saint-Martin ( a href = "10e_arrondissement_de_Paris" alt = "10e arrondissement de Paris"> 10 ^th arrondissement). There is also the Fund Darse de Rouvray , the smallest channel Paris (250 m), located on the edge of La Villette Park and crossed the street-Adolphe Mille.

Parks and wood

• The Parc de la Villette , located in the Quartier du Pont de Flandre , is the largest park in the capital, it covers 55 hectares.
• The Parc des Buttes-Chaumont is a public park with a surface area of 24.73 hectares , is the third largest garden of Paris (the first being the Parc de la Villette and the second the Tuileries Gardens ).

Gardens

Squares

• Square de la Butte du Chapeau Rouge, boulevard Algeria

Markets

• Market Secretan, 46 Rue de Meaux

Economy and tourism

Culture

Museums

• The City of Science and Industry , Parc de la Villette
• The Argonaut (submarine) at the Museum of Science and Industry
• The Music Museum in the Cit de la Musique , 211 Avenue Jean-Jaures

Cinema

• The cinema complex MK2 Quai de Loire / Quai de Seine

Theatre

• The Four Hundred (11, rue Curial)
• Paris-Villette Theater (211 Avenue Jean Jaures)
• Theatre des Artisans (14, rue de Thionville)
• Thtre Darius Milhaud (lane Darius Milhaud)

Arts

• The Bicycle buried
• From vertical to oblique
• Horizons suspended
• The artery, the garden designs
• Grounds for a porosity

Famous People

Famous people born in the borough

• Albert Broquin
• Julien Clerc
• Jean-Jacques Goldman
• Landru
• Georges Legrand
• Mister You
• Sexion Assault

Famous people linked to the Borough

• Guy Gilbert
• Oxmo Puccino

Transit

Metro, RER, tramway

The district includes 21 stations and is served by 6 lines of subway :

• ( Stalingrad , Jaures , Colonel Fabien and Belleville ).
• ( Porte des Lilas ).
• ( Stalingrad , Jaures , Laumire , Ourcq and Porte de Pantin ).
• ( Stalingrad , Riquet , Crimea , Corentin Cariou and Porte de la Villette ).
• ( Pr Saint-Gervais , Place des Ftes , Danube , Botzaris , Buttes Chaumont , Bolivar and Jaurs ).
• ( Belleville , Pyrenees , Jordan , Place des Ftes , Telegraph and Porte des Lilas ).

Bus

The borough is served by lines of bus RATP 26 48 54 60 seventy-five PC2 PC3 Traverse Ney-Flanders.

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Literature

• Jules Romains , poem "Place de Bitche" in "The Journey of lovers, Paris, Gallimard, 1920

References

Bibliography

• Joelle Gleize Alfred Herve-Gruyer, Patrick Muller, La Villette in the nineteenth century, Paris, CACQ Villette, 1984 , 110 p.
• Magalie Genuit, The 19th district: Pathways history and architecture, Paris, ART ACTION OF THE CITY OF PARIS, 2000 , 142 p. ( ISBN 9782913246195 )
• Elizabeth Philipp, hiker's Guide, 19th arrondissement, Paris, Parigramme, 2000 , 216 p. ( ISBN 978-2840960409 )

See also

Internal link

• List of waterways in the 19th arrondissement of Paris

External Links

• Website of the mayor of the ^19th arrondissement of Paris
• The map of the sensitive urban zones (ZUS) Curial Ward, Cambrai, Alphonse Karr, according to Decree No. 96-1156 of 26/12/1996

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