11th arrondissement

The 11th Arrondissement is home to two quite different but equally blossoming centres of Parisian nightlife. The streets just northwest of Place de la Bastille are full of little bars which attract a mix of young suburban Parisians, expats, and foreigners.
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Places of Interest

Highlights include Ruins of Bastille and Père Lachaise Cemetery.

Castle
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The Bastille was a medieval fortress in , known as the Bastille Saint-Antoine. It played an important role in the internal conflicts of France and for most of its history was used as a state prison by the kings of France.

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The 20th arrondissement of lies to the east of the centre and represents an old working-class area now in rapid transformation. The main drawing card here for tourists is the , though, for travellers who are interested in music and culture, this relatively gritty area is probably going to be one of your main night-crawling areas.

Theater building
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The is a theatre located at 50 Boulevard Voltaire in the 11th arrondissement of , France. Designed in 1864 by the architect Charles Duval, its name refers to Ba-ta-clan, an operetta by Jacques Offenbach.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include 3rd arrondissement and 20th arrondissement.

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A quieter part of the ancient Marais neighbourhood which is centred in the , the 3rd is possibly one of the best places to live in . There are several good open air markets and lots of great local designer clothing stores.

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The of lies to the east of the centre and represents an old working-class area now in rapid transformation. The main drawing card here for tourists is the Père-Lachaise Cemetery, though, for travellers who are interested in music and culture, this relatively gritty area is probably going to be one of your main night-crawling areas.

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The 4th is a good chunk of what used to be medieval Paris, and you'll find a lot left from that time on both islands and in the narrow streets of the lower Marais.

11th arrondissement

Latitude
48.85842° or 48° 51′ 30″ north
Longitude
2.3797° or 2° 22′ 47″ east
Population
143,000
Elevation
43 metres (141 feet)
Open location code
8FW4V95H+9V
Open­Street­Map ID
node 938338196
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­suburb
Geo­Names ID
2986082
Wiki­data ID
Q169293
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Vietnamese—“11th arrondissement” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “الدائرة الحادية عشرة في باريس”
  • Arabic: “الدائرة الحادية عشرة”
  • Armenian: “Փարիզի 11-րդ շրջան”
  • Asturian: “XI Distritu de París”
  • Azerbaijani: “XI arondisman”
  • Balinese: “Arondisemén ka-11 Paris”
  • Basque: “Parisko 11. barrutia”
  • Belarusian: “XI акруга Парыжа”
  • Bengali: “প্যারিসের ১১শ আরোঁদিসমঁ”
  • Breton: “11vet arondisamant”
  • Catalan: “11è districte de París”
  • Chinese: “Pa-lí 11 khu”
  • Chinese: “巴黎十一區”
  • Chinese: “第十一区”
  • Czech: “11. obvod”
  • Czech: “11. pařížský obvod”
  • Danish: “11. arrondissement i Paris”
  • Dutch: “11e arrondissement (Parijs)”
  • Dutch: “11e arrondissement van Parijs”
  • Dutch: “11e arrondissement”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “حى پاريس الحداشر”
  • Erzya: “Парижэнь XI-це кужо”
  • Esperanto: “11-a arondismento de Parizo”
  • Estonian: “Pariisi 11. ringkond”
  • Estonian: “Pariisi XI ringkond”
  • Finnish: “11. arrondissementti”
  • French: “11e arrondissement de Paris”
  • French: “11ᵉ arrondissement de Paris”
  • French: “11e Arrondissement”
  • French: “11ème arrondissement de Paris”
  • French: “75011”
  • French: “arrondissement de Popincourt”
  • French: “Paris 11”
  • French: “Paris 11e”
  • French: “Paris 11ᵉ”
  • French: “Paris XI”
  • French: “XIᵉ arrondissement de Paris”
  • Galician: “11º distrito de París”
  • German: “11. Arrondissement von Paris”
  • German: “11. Arrondissement”
  • Greek: “11ο Δημοτικό Διαμέρισμα Παρισιού”
  • Greek: “11ο δημοτικό διαμέρισμα του Παρισιού”
  • Hebrew: “הרובע האחד עשר”
  • Hebrew: “הרובע האחד-עשר של פריז”
  • Hungarian: “Párizs 11. kerülete”
  • Hungarian: “Popincourt”
  • Indonesian: “Arondisemen ke-11 Paris”
  • Indonesian: “Arondisemen ke-11”
  • Irish: “11ú arrondissement Pháras”
  • Italian: “XI arrondissement di Parigi”
  • Japanese: “11区 (パリ)”
  • Japanese: “11区”
  • Japanese: “パリ11区”
  • Kazakh: “Париждің XI аймағы”
  • Korean: “11구”
  • Korean: “파리 11구”
  • Latin: “Circumdarium XI Lutetiae”
  • Luxembourgish: “11. Arrondissement vu Paräis”
  • Luxembourgish: “11. Arrondissement”
  • Luxembourgish: “arrondissement de Popincourt”
  • Malay: “Daerah 11”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Pa-lí 11 khu”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “11. arrondissement i Paris”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “11. arrondissement”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “arrondissement de Popincourt”
  • Norwegian: “11. arrondissement”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “11au arrondiment de París”
  • Persian: “منطقه ۱۱ پاریس”
  • Persian: “منطقه یازدهم پاریس”
  • Polish: “11. dzielnica Paryża”
  • Portuguese: “11.º arrondissement de Paris”
  • Portuguese: “11.º distrito de Paris”
  • Romanian: “Arondismentul 11 din Paris”
  • Russian: “XI округ Парижа”
  • Russian: “XI округ”
  • Scots: “11t arrondissement o Paris”
  • Serbian: “11. арондисман Париза”
  • Slovak: “11. obvod”
  • Slovenian: “11. okrožje Pariza”
  • Slovenian: “11. pariško okrožje”
  • Spanish: “XI Arrondissement de Paris”
  • Spanish: “XI Arrondissement de París”
  • Spanish: “XI Distrito de Paris”
  • Spanish: “XI distrito de París”
  • Spanish: “XI Distrito de París”
  • Swedish: “11ème arrondissement”
  • Swedish: “Paris elfte arrondissement”
  • Turkish: “11. arrondissement”
  • Ukrainian: “XI округ Парижа”
  • Urdu: “پیرس کاگیارواں آرونڈسمینٹ”
  • Urdu: “پیرس کاگیارواں اراؤنڈڈسمنٹ”
  • Vietnamese: “Quận 11, Paris”
  • Vietnamese: “Quận 11”

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