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The '3rd arrondissement' (''III^e arrondissement''), located on the Right Bank, is one of the 20 ''arrondissements'' of Paris. It is the second smallest in area after the 2nd arrondissement.
The 3rd arrondissement contains the northern more quiet part of the medieval district of Le Marais (while the 4th arrondissement contains the more lively southern part of Le Marais with notably the gay district of Paris). The oldest surviving private house of Paris, built in 1407, is located in the 3rd arrondissement, on rue de Montmorency.
A small but rapidly expanding Chinatown inhabited by immigrants from Wenzhou, Mainland China, centers on rue au Maire, near the ''Conservatoire National des Arts et Métiers'' housed in the medieval priory of Saint-Martin-des-Champs.

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Geography

Demographics

Historical population

Immigration

Map

Places of interest

External links

Geography

With a land area of 1.171 km² (0.452 sq.miles, or 289 acres), the 3rd arrondissement is the second smallest arrondissement in the city.

Demographics

The peak of population of the 3rd arrondissement actually occurred before 1861, though the arrondissement has existed in its current shape only since the re-organization of Paris in 1860. In 1999, the population was 34,248 while the arrondissement also hosted 29,723 jobs.

Historical population

Year (of French censuses)	Population	Density (inh. per km²)
1861 (peak of population)	99,116	84,642
1872	89,687	76,656
1954	65,312	55,822
1962	62,680	53,527
1968	56,252	48,038
1975	41,706	35,616
1982	36,094	30,823
1990	35,102	29,976
1999	34,248	29,247

Immigration

Map

Places of interest

★ Le Marais (shared with the 4th arrondissement)

★ Conservatoire National des Arts et Métiers - main campus

★ Musée des Arts et Métiers

★ Hôtel de Soubise

★ Former Temple fortress

★ Carnavalet Museum

External links

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