Where to stay in Paris
- Districts named
- 16
- Close to the centre
- 13
- Furthest out
- Marne La Vallée, 21.6 km
- Largest by population
- Marne La Vallée
Paris is set out here as 16 districts and neighbouring places, and 13 of them sit within 5 km of the centre. The closest is Porte Saint-Martin. The list reaches 21.6 km out, as far as Marne La Vallée.
Within 5 km of the middle: Porte Saint-Martin, Folie Méricourt, Saint-Ambroise, Porte Saint-Denis, Paris 11e Arrondissement, Roquette, Paris 10e Arrondissement and Hôpital Saint-Louis. These are the ones a stay can be walked out of.
Further out, between 22 and 22 km, lie Marne La Vallée. What they give back for the distance is usually space, and sometimes price, although no price figures sit behind this page.
The largest by population is Marne La Vallée, with about 318,325 residents.
The list leans east: 7 of the 16 places lie on that side of the centre, which is where the city has grown rather than where a visitor has to go.
Each place here is a populated area recorded below city level, attached to Paris when it falls within 25 km of the city centre. 16 of them qualified. The order is distance from the centre and nothing else.
This says where the districts are, not which one is better. It is not a list of administrative boundaries either: coverage below city level is uneven between countries, so there may be districts this page cannot name. No rent, noise or safety figures exist in this programme yet, and none are implied here.
Where to stay in Paris
| District | From the centre | Direction | Residents |
|---|---|---|---|
| Porte Saint-Martin | 2.2 km | north | 21,154 |
| Folie Méricourt | 2.2 km | north east | 31,299 |
| Saint-Ambroise | 2.2 km | north east | 30,802 |
| Porte Saint-Denis | 2.3 km | north | 15,063 |
| Paris 11e Arrondissement | 2.3 km | east | 144,292 |
| Roquette | 2.4 km | east | 45,842 |
| Paris 10e Arrondissement | 2.7 km | north | 83,459 |
| Hôpital Saint-Louis | 3 km | north east | 26,926 |
| Sainte-Marguerite | 3 km | east | 36,345 |
| Saint-Vincent de Paul | 3.1 km | north | 20,336 |
| Paris 13e Arrondissement | 3.1 km | south | 177,833 |
| Picpus | 3.9 km | east | 61,920 |
| Bel-Air | 4.3 km | east | 36,279 |
| Paris 12e Arrondissement | 6.6 km | east | 140,311 |
| La Defense | 9.1 km | north west | 20,000 |
| Marne La Vallée | 21.6 km | east | 318,325 |
Questions
Which part of Paris is most central?
Porte Saint-Martin sits closest to the centre of the 16 places named here, and 13 of them are within 5 km. The full distances are in the table, so the order can be checked rather than taken on trust.
Does this say which district is best?
No. It says where each one is and how big it is. Rent, noise and safety are what would decide better, and this programme has no measured source for any of them yet.
Are these all the districts of Paris?
Not necessarily. The places come from a global gazetteer whose coverage below city level differs from country to country, so this is what can be named with a source behind it rather than a complete list.
Related pages
Sources
- GeoNames, neighbourhood-facts-verified (CC BY 4.0)