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18th arrondissement

The 18th arrondissement of is probably best known for the hill of Montmartre which was the centre of the Communard uprising of the late-nineteenth century, but is also perhaps better known as the centre of the flourishing artist community of the period from around 1907-1914.
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Places of Interest

Highlights include Sacré-Cœur Basilica and Moulin Rouge.

Church
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The Basilica of Sacré Cœur de Montmartre, commonly known as and often simply Sacré-Cœur, is a Catholic church and minor basilica in dedicated to the Sacred Heart of Jesus.

Theater building
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is a cabaret in , on the Boulevard de Clichy, at Place Blanche, the intersection and end of Rue Blanche. In 1889, the was co-founded by Charles Zidler and Joseph Oller, who also owned the .

Railway station
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The Gare du Nord, officially , is one of the seven large mainline railway station termini in , . The station is served by trains that run between the capital and northern France via the Paris–Lille railway, as well as to international destinations in Belgium, Germany, the Netherlands and the United Kingdom.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include 9th arrondissement and 10th arrondissement.

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The of is a diverse, "in between" section of the French capital. The Grands Boulevards area of shopping thoroughfares and flagship department stores is to be found in the southern part of the arrondissement.

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The of centres on the Canal Saint Martin and the restaurants and cafés which line its banks. Part sleepy faubourg — as suburbs were called in 18th century Paris — and part industrial centre, the has lately enjoyed the benefits of both the booming nightlife scene in the neighbouring 11th, as well as the Parisian cycling and roller-blading boom.

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The of Paris is one of the financial centres of Europe, being home to the Bourse and thus the CAC 40 index you hear about in world financial news. Other major activities in the neighbourhood are journalism and fashion.

18th arrondissement

Latitude
48.89001° or 48° 53′ 24″ north
Longitude
2.34647° or 2° 20′ 47″ east
Population
188,000
Open location code
8FW4V8RW+2H
Open­Street­Map ID
node 317476952
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­suburb
Wiki­data ID
Q200126
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Welsh—“18th arrondissement” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “الدائرة الثامنة عشرة في باريس”
  • Armenian: “Փարիզի 18-րդ շրջան”
  • Asturian: “XVIII Distritu de París”
  • Azerbaijani: “Parisin 18-ci dairəsi”
  • Balinese: “Arondisemén ka-18 Paris”
  • Basque: “Parisko 18. barrutia”
  • Belarusian: “XVIII акруга Парыжа”
  • Belarusian: “XVIII акруга Парыжу”
  • Bengali: “প্যারিসের ১৮শ আরোঁদিসমঁ”
  • Breton: “18vet arondisamant”
  • Catalan: “18è districte de París”
  • Chinese: “Pa-lí 18 khu”
  • Chinese: “巴黎十八区”
  • Chinese: “巴黎十八區”
  • Chinese: “第十八区”
  • Czech: “18. obvod”
  • Czech: “18. pařížský obvod”
  • Danish: “18. arrondissement i Paris”
  • Dutch: “18e arrondissement (Parijs)”
  • Dutch: “18e arrondissement van Parijs”
  • Dutch: “18e arrondissement”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “حى پاريس التماتناشر”
  • Erzya: “Парижэнь XVIII-це кужо”
  • Esperanto: “18-a arondismento de Parizo”
  • Estonian: “Pariisi 18. ringkond”
  • Estonian: “Pariisi XVIII ringkond”
  • Finnish: “18. arrondissementti”
  • French: “18e arrondissement de Paris”
  • French: “18e Arrondissement”
  • French: “18e”
  • French: “18ème arrondissement de Paris”
  • French: “75018”
  • French: “arrondissement des Buttes-Montmartre”
  • French: “Montmartre”
  • French: “Paris 18e”
  • French: “XVIIIe arrondissement”
  • Galician: “18º distrito de París”
  • Georgian: “პარიზის XVIII რაიონი”
  • German: “18. Arrondissement von Paris”
  • German: “18. Arrondissement”
  • Greek: “18ο Δημοτικό Διαμέρισμα Παρισιού”
  • Greek: “18ο δημοτικό διαμέρισμα του Παρισιού”
  • Greek: “διαμέρισμα των Μπυτ-Μονμάρτρ”
  • Greek: “Μονμάρτρ”
  • Hakka Chinese: “Pâ-lì Sṳ̍p-pat-khî”
  • Hebrew: “הרובע השמונה-עשר של פריז”
  • Hebrew: “הרובע השמונה-עשר”
  • Hungarian: “Párizs 18. kerülete”
  • Indonesian: “Arondisemen ke-18 Paris”
  • Indonesian: “Arondisemen ke-18”
  • Irish: “18ú arrondissement Pháras”
  • Italian: “arrondissement della Butte - Montmartre Montmartre”
  • Italian: “XVIII arrondissement di Parigi”
  • Japanese: “18区 (パリ)”
  • Japanese: “18区”
  • Japanese: “パリ18区”
  • Korean: “18구”
  • Korean: “파리 18구”
  • Latin: “Circumdarium XVIII Lutetiae”
  • Luxembourgish: “18. Arrondissement vu Paräis”
  • Luxembourgish: “18. Arrondissement”
  • Luxembourgish: “arrondissement des Buttes-Montmartre”
  • Maltese: “it-18-il arrondissement ta‘ Pariġi”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Pa-lí 18 khu”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “18. arrondissement”
  • Norwegian: “18. arrondissement”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “18au arrondiment de París”
  • Persian: “منطقه ۱۸ پاریس”
  • Polish: “18. dzielnica Paryża”
  • Portuguese: “18.º arrondissement de Paris”
  • Portuguese: “18.º distrito de Paris”
  • Romanian: “Arondismentul 18 din Paris”
  • Russian: “XVIII округ Парижа”
  • Russian: “XVIII округ”
  • Scots: “18t arrondissement o Paris”
  • Serbian: “18. арондисман Париза”
  • Slovak: “18. obvod”
  • Slovenian: “18. arrondissement”
  • Slovenian: “18. okrožje Pariza”
  • Slovenian: “18. okrožje”
  • Slovenian: “18. pariško okrožje”
  • Spanish: “XVIII Arrondissement de Paris”
  • Spanish: “XVIII Arrondissement de París”
  • Spanish: “XVIII Distrito de Paris”
  • Spanish: “XVIII distrito de París”
  • Spanish: “XVIII Distrito de París”
  • Swedish: “18ème arrondissement”
  • Swedish: “Paris artonde arrondissement”
  • Turkish: “18. arrondissement”
  • Ukrainian: “XVIII округ Парижа”
  • Urdu: “پیرس کا اٹھارہواں آرونڈسمینٹ”
  • Urdu: “پیرس کا اٹھارہواں اراؤنڈڈسمنٹ”
  • Vietnamese: “Quận 18, Paris”
  • Vietnamese: “Quận 18”
  • Welsh: “18fed arrondissement Paris”

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