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{{Short description|Municipal arrondissement in France}}
{{Infobox French subdivision
| type                   = arrmun
| name                   = 13th arrondissement of Paris
| image                  = Manufacture des Gobelins 2.jpg
| INSEE                  = 75113
| commune                = [[Paris]]
| population             = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_total}}
| population_as_of       = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_as_of}}
| population_footnotes   = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_footnotes}} 
| area                   = 7.15
| image_map              = Paris 13e arr jms.gif
| map_caption            = Location within Paris
| image_skyline          = 
| image_caption          = [[Gobelins Manufactory]]
| image_shield           = Blason ville fr Paris XIII.svg
| logo                   = [[File:Logo Arrondissement de Paris - Mairie 13 - Gobelins.svg|110px|Logo]]
| mayor                  = [[Jérôme Coumet]]
| party                  = [[Miscellaneous left|DVG]]
| term                   = 2020&ndash;2026
| coordinates            = {{coord|48|49|56|N|2|21|20|E|display=it|region:FR-75_source:dewiki}}
}}
{{Arrondissements of Paris}}

The '''13th arrondissement of Paris''' (''XIII<sup>e</sup> arrondissement'') is one of the 20 [[Arrondissements of Paris|arrondissements]] of [[Paris]]. In spoken French, the arrondissement is referred to as ''le treizième'' ("the thirteenth").

The arrondissement is situated on the [[Rive Gauche|left bank]] of the [[Seine|River Seine]]. It is home to Paris's principal Asian community, the [[Quartier Asiatique]], located in the southeast of the arrondissement in an area that contains many [[high-rise]] [[apartment building]]s. The neighbourhood features a high concentration of Chinese and Vietnamese businesses.<ref>Smith, Craig S. [http://www.iht.com/articles/2005/05/09/news/journal.php Face behind Paris 'bistro' counter becomes Asian] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050514071435/http://www.iht.com/articles/2005/05/09/news/journal.php |date=2005-05-14 }}. ''[[International Herald Tribune]]'', 10 May 2005.</ref>

The current mayor has been Jérôme Coumet (originally elected as a [[Socialist Party (France)|Socialist]], now [[miscellaneous left]]) since 2007. He was reelected by the arrondissement council on 29 March 2008 after the list which he headed gained 70% of the votes cast in the second round of the [[2008 French municipal elections|2008 municipal election]]. He was again reelected on 13 April 2014 and on 11 July 2020.<ref>{{in lang|fr}} [https://www.paris.fr/pages/coumet-jerome-2199 Jérôme COUMET], Ville de Paris.</ref>

The 13th arrondissement is also home to the {{lang|fr|[[Bibliothèque nationale de France]]|italic=no}}'s François Mitterrand site and the newly built business district of [[Paris Rive Gauche]].

==Demographics==
The 13th arrondissement is still growing in population, mainly because of an influx of Asian immigrants. During the late 1970s and early 1980s, the first wave of Vietnamese refugees from the [[Vietnam War]] settled in the arrondissement, largely concentrated near Masséna Boulevard. Later waves of refugees and Asian immigrants transitioned from being exclusively [[Vietnamese people in France|ethnic Vietnamese]] to include [[Hoa people|ethnic Chinese from Vietnam]], [[Laotians in France|Laotians]] and [[Cambodians in France|Cambodians]]. These migrants largely settled in the southern area of the arrondissement, creating an Asian quarter and establishing a commercial district and community institutions.<ref>[http://eglasie.mepasie.org/divers-horizons/1995-10-16-la-diaspora-vietnamienne-en-france-un-cas La Diaspora Vietnamienne en France] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131203000103/http://eglasie.mepasie.org/divers-horizons/1995-10-16-la-diaspora-vietnamienne-en-france-un-cas |date=2013-12-03 }} (in French)</ref> [[Teochew dialect|Teochew]], [[Standard Cantonese|Cantonese]], [[Vietnamese language|Vietnamese]], [[Lao language|Lao]] and [[Khmer language|Khmer]] are spoken by many residents in the community.

At the last census in 1999, the population was 171,533. The 13th arrondissement is also rapidly growing in business activity, thanks to the new business district of [[Paris Rive Gauche]]. In 1999, the arrondissement contained 89,316 jobs, a number that has since grown.

===Historical population===
{| class="wikitable"
!Year<br />(of French censuses)
!Population
!Density<br />(inh. per km<sup>2</sup>)
</tr>
|-
|1872
|69,431
|12,342
|-
|1954
|165,620
|23,164
|-
|1962
|166,709
|23,329
|-
|1968
|158,280
|22,149
|-
|1975
|163,313
|22,854
|-
|1982
|170,818
|23,904
|-
|1990
|171,098
|23,943
|-
|1999
|171,533
|24,004
|-
|2009 <small>(peak of population)</small>
|182,032
|25,459
|}

===Immigration===
{{France immigration
| collectivity_name   = the 13th arrondissement
| census_year         = 1999
| metropolitan_France = 76.2
| outside_metropolitan_France = 23.8
| overseas_France = 1.8
| foreign_French  = 4.5
| EU-15           = 2.9
| non-EU-15       = 14.6
}}

==Map==
[[File:Paris 13th.png|none|thumb|350px|Map of the 13th arrondissement]]

==Economy==
The head office of [[Accor]], including the company's executive management, is in the ''Immeuble Odyssey'' in the 13th arrondissement.<ref name="HQ">"[http://www.accor.com/en/address-book.html Address book] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120414141820/http://www.accor.com/en/address-book.html |date=2012-04-14 }}." Accor. Retrieved on 19 March 2012. "Executive Management Immeuble Odyssey 110 avenue de France 75210 Paris cedex 13 France" and "Accor 2, rue de la Mare-Neuve 91021 Evry Cedex France"</ref> This facility is the company's [[registered office]].<ref>"[http://www.accor.com/en/legal-information.html Legal information]." Accor. Retrieved on 19 March 2012. "[...]having its registered office at 110 Avenue de France - 75013 PARIS" and "with its Group Corporate Communications & External Relations is located at: Immeuble Odyssey, 110 avenue de France, 75013 Paris, France."</ref>

[[Ubisoft]] has its business office in the arrondissement.<ref>"[http://ubisoftgroup.com/index.php?p=62&art_id=58&cart_id=6 World Presence France]." [[Ubisoft]]. Retrieved on 20 August 2011. "Business office Austerlitz 2000  173-179 rue du Chevaleret  75646 Paris Cedex 13 "</ref>

==Education==
[[File:P1000874 Paris XIII Boulevard de l'Hopital ENSAM reductwk.JPG|right|thumb|Arts et Métiers ParisTech campus (1912) on Boulevard de l'Hôpital]]
Senior high schools:
* [[Lycée Rodin]]
* [[Lycée Claude-Monet]]
* [[Lycée professionnel Corvisart-Tolbiac]]
* [[École nationale de chimie physique et biologie de Paris]]
* [[École Yabné (Paris)|École Yabné]]
* [[Groupe scolaire Notre Dame de France]]
* [[Groupe scolaire Saint Vincent de Paul]]
* [[Lycée Le Rebours]]
* [[Lycée Technique Privé de l'École Technique Supérieure du Laboratoire]]

The 13th arrondissement is home to engineering graduate schools [[Arts et Métiers ParisTech]] and [[Télécom ParisTech]]. The teaching and learning center is settled at the number 151.

==Cityscape==

===Places of interest===
* Paris's main Asian district, the [[Quartier Asiatique]], also locally called ''la Triangle de Choisy'' or ''la petite Asie'' ("Little Asia"), is located in the southeast of the ''arrondissement''. The following can be found in this area:
** [[Les Olympiades]], [[Super-Italie]] and various other towers among the [[List of tallest structures in Paris|tallest in Paris]]
** [[Tang Frères]] and [[Paristore]] [[Asian supermarket]]s and grocery stores.
* {{lang|fr|[[Bibliothèque nationale de France]]|italic=no}} (François Mitterrand site)
* [[Pitié-Salpêtrière Hospital]]<ref>"[http://www.aphp.fr/hopital/pitie-salpetriere/ Pitié-Salpêtrière] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150227031542/http://www.aphp.fr/hopital/pitie-salpetriere/ |date=2015-02-27 }}."  [[Assistance publique - Hôpitaux de Paris]]. Retrieved on 26 February 2015. "47-83 boulevard de l'Hôpital 75013 Paris"</ref>
* [[Butte-aux-Cailles]]
* [[Gare d'Austerlitz]]
* [[Gobelins Manufactory]]
* [[Art Ludique]] - Le Musée, first French museum dedicated to the art of entertainment
* University of Chicago Center in Paris
* 6 Villa des Gobelins - residence of [[Hồ Chí Minh]] from July 1919 to July 1921
* [[Notre-Dame de la Gare]], Historic church from the 19th century
* [[Stade Sébastien Charléty]], home of football clubs [[Paris FC]] and [[Paris Saint-Germain Féminines]]
* [[Cité de la mode et du design]], a creative schedule of events built around innovation, culture, and style.
* Street Art 13 frescoes<ref name=ParisDigest>{{Cite web |url=https://www.parisdigest.com/paris-news/street-art-13-arrondissement.htm |title=Street Art in 13 Arrondissement| year=2018 |publisher=Paris Digest |access-date=2018-11-09}}</ref>
* [[Teddy bears of the Gobelins]], photographed around the neighborhood
* [[Parc Kellermann]], a public park

===Streets and squares ===
* [[Rue Zadkine]]
*Rue Paul-Klee
*Rue Marcel-Duchamp
* [[Boulevard de la Zone]]
* [[Place d'Italie]]
*[[Place Jean-Michel Basquiat]]
<gallery>
File:Paris13 city hall.jpg|[[City hall]] in the 13th arrondissement
File:HLM Paris13 dsc00988.jpg|Public housing built in the first half of the 20th century
File:Paris Bd Vincent Auriol DSC00879.JPG|Boulevard Vincent Auriol
File:Paris_13th_district_skyline_DSC06928.jpg|A large section of the 13th arrondissement was rebuilt in modernist style in the 1970s
File:Paris-macdo.jpg|[[McDonald's]] in the 13th arrondissement's Chinatown
File:Chinese-new-year-clown-dragon.jpg|[[Chinese New Year]] celebrations in the 13th arrondissement
File:GlacièreLibraryParis.JPG|Library Glacière
File:ENSA Ecole Nationale Superieure d'Architecture Paris Val de Seine.png|National School of Architecture
</gallery>
{{wide image|Paris-13eme-panorama-annote.jpg|800px|A panoramic view of the towers in Paris's 13th arrondissement}}

==See also==
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* [[Chinese community in Paris]]
* [[Vietnamese community in Paris]]

==References==
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==External links==
*{{Wikivoyage-inline|Paris/13th arrondissement|13th arrondissement}}

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