IVe arrondissement

The 4^e arrondissement is one of the 20 arrondissements of Paris, France. It is located on the Right Bank of the River Seine, bordered to north by the IIIe arrondissement, to the east by the XIe and XIIe arrondissement, and to the south by the Seine and the Ve arrondissement. The western parts of île de la Cité as well as île Saint-Louis make up the arrondissement.

• Area: 1.601 km² (0.618 sq. miles, or 396 acres)

• Population:

Note: the peak of population actually occurred before 1861, but the
arrondissement was created in 1860, so we do not have figures before 1861.

History

The first residents of the île de la Cité date from the Gaul era, but the Right Bank was first populated at the start of the Middle Ages. Since the end of the 19th century, le Marais has been populated by a significantly Jewish population, the Rue des Rosiers being their main base, with a handful of kosher restaurants. Since the 1990s, gay culture has made its impact on the arrondissement, opening a number of rainbow-flagged bars and cafés in the area by the town hall.

Highlights include

• Bibliothèque de l'Arsenal
• Hôtel de Sully, on an old orange grove site
• Hôtel de Ville
• Julliet's column
• Le Marais
• Lycée Charlemagne
• Notre-Dame de Paris
• Place des Vosges (shared with the 3^e arrondissement)
• Saint-Jacques Tower
• Temple du Marais