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2nd arrondissement

The 2nd arrondissement 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.
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  • Type: Suburb with 21,100 residents
  • Description: municipality of Paris, France
  • Also known as: “2ème Arr”, “2nd Arrondissement”, “2e arrondissement”, “2nd arrondissement of Paris”, “75002”, “Arrondissement de la Bourse”, “Bourse”, “IIe”, “IIe Arrondissement”, “Paris 2”, “Paris 02 Bourse”, and “second arrondissement”
  • Postal codes: 75002 and 75002
  • Neighbors: , , , , and

Places of Interest

Highlights include Garnier Opera and place Vendôme.

Theater building
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The Palais Garnier, also known as Opéra Garnier, is a historic 1,979-seat opera house at the in the , France.

Square
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The , earlier known as the Place Louis-le-Grand, and also as the Place Internationale, is a square in the , , located to the north of the Tuileries Gardens and east of the Église de la Madeleine.

Arts center
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The Centre Pompidou, more fully the Centre national d'art et de culture Georges-Pompidou, also known as the Pompidou Centre in English and colloquially as Beaubourg, is a building complex in , France.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include 1st arrondissement and 9th arrondissement.

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The centre of contemporary and the site of such landmarks as the Louvre and of the Tuileries and Palais-Royal, the is full of attractions for travellers of all inclinations, including some of the finest parks, museums, shops, and bars in the city.

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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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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.

2nd arrondissement

Latitude
48.86874° or 48° 52′ 8″ north
Longitude
2.34169° or 2° 20′ 30″ east
Population
21,100
Elevation
49 metres (161 feet)
Open location code
8FW4V89R+FM
Open­Street­Map ID
node 938320028
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­suburb
Geo­Names ID
3030864
Wiki­data ID
Q209549
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Welsh—“2nd arrondissement” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “الدائرة الثانية في باريس”
  • Armenian: “Փարիզի 2-րդ շրջան”
  • Asturian: “II Distritu de París”
  • Azerbaijani: “II arondisman”
  • Balinese: “Arondisemén ka-2 Paris”
  • Basque: “Parisko 2. barrutia”
  • Belarusian: “II акруга Парыжа”
  • Bengali: “প্যারিসের ২য় আরোঁদিসমঁ”
  • Bosnian: “2. arondisman”
  • Breton: “2l arondisamant”
  • Catalan: “2n districte de París”
  • Chinese: “Pa-lí 2 khu”
  • Chinese: “巴黎第二区”
  • Czech: “2. obvod”
  • Czech: “2. pařížský obvod”
  • Danish: “2. arrondissement i Paris”
  • Dutch: “2e arrondissement (Parijs)”
  • Dutch: “2e arrondissement van Parijs”
  • Dutch: “2e arrondissement”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “حى پاريس التانى”
  • Erzya: “Парижэнь II-це кужо”
  • Esperanto: “2-a arondismento de Parizo”
  • Estonian: “Pariisi 2. ringkond”
  • Estonian: “Pariisi II ringkond”
  • Finnish: “2. arrondissementti”
  • French: “2e arrondissement de Paris”
  • French: “2e Arrondissement”
  • French: “75002”
  • French: “deuxième arrondissement”
  • French: “Paris 2e”
  • Galician: “2º distrito de París”
  • German: “2. Arrondissement von Paris”
  • German: “2. Arrondissement”
  • Greek: “2ο Δημοτικό Διαμέρισμα Παρισιού”
  • Greek: “2ο δημοτικό διαμέρισμα του Παρισιού”
  • Hakka Chinese: “Pâ-lì Thi-ngi-khî”
  • Hebrew: “הרובע השני של פריז”
  • Hebrew: “הרובע השני”
  • Hungarian: “Párizs 2. kerülete”
  • Indonesian: “Arondisemen ke-2 Paris”
  • Indonesian: “Arondisemen ke-2”
  • Irish: “2ú arrondissement Pháras”
  • Italian: “II arrondissement di Parigi”
  • Japanese: “2区 (パリ)”
  • Japanese: “2区”
  • Japanese: “パリ2区”
  • Korean: “2구 (파리)”
  • Korean: “2구”
  • Korean: “파리 2구”
  • Latin: “Circumdarium II Lutetiae”
  • Luxembourgish: “2. Arrondissement vu Paräis”
  • Luxembourgish: “2. Arrondissement”
  • Luxembourgish: “arrondissement de la Bourse”
  • Malay: “Daerah 2”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Pa-lí 2 khu”
  • Northern Frisian: “2. Arrondissement”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “2. arrondissement”
  • Norwegian: “2. arrondissement”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “2au arrondiment de París”
  • Persian: “منطقه ۲ پاریس”
  • Polish: “2. dzielnica Paryża”
  • Portuguese: “2.º arrondissement de Paris”
  • Portuguese: “2.º distrito de Paris”
  • Romanian: “Arondismentul 2 din Paris”
  • Russian: “II округ Парижа”
  • Russian: “II округ”
  • Scots: “2nt arrondissement o Paris”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “2na sgìre Paris”
  • Serbian: “2. арондисман Париза”
  • Slovak: “2. obvod”
  • Slovenian: “2. arrondissement”
  • Slovenian: “2. okrožje Pariza”
  • Slovenian: “2. okrožje”
  • Slovenian: “2. pariško okrožje”
  • Spanish: “II Arrondissement de Paris”
  • Spanish: “II Arrondissement de París”
  • Spanish: “II Distrito de Paris”
  • Spanish: “II distrito de París”
  • Spanish: “II Distrito de París”
  • Swedish: “2ème arrondissement”
  • Swedish: “Paris andra arrondissement”
  • Turkish: “2. arrondissement”
  • Turkish: “Paris 2. bölge”
  • Ukrainian: “II округ Парижа”
  • Urdu: “پیرس کا دوسرا آرونڈسمینٹ”
  • Urdu: “پیرس کا دوسرا اراؤنڈڈسمنٹ”
  • Venetian: “II arrondissement de Parixe”
  • Vietnamese: “Quận 2, Paris”
  • Vietnamese: “Quận 2”
  • Welsh: “Ail fwrdeistref o Baris”

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