15th arrondissement of Paris

Municipal arrondissement in France 15th arrondissement the district of Marseille 15th arrondissement of Marseille arrmun 15th arrondissement of Paris 75115 Paris population_total population_as_of population_footnotes 8.50 Paris 15e arr jms.gif Location within Paris 8 rue Valentin-Haüy 1.jpg Place Georges-Mulot with the Fontaine du Puits de Grenelle at its centre Blason ville fr Paris XV (75015).svg 90px|Logo Philippe Goujon LR 2020–2026 48 50 29 N 2 18 01 E region:FR-IDF_type:city itThe 15th arrondissement of Paris (fr XVe arrondissement) is one of the 20 arrondissements of the capital city of France. In spoken French, it is referred to as fr le quinzième (fr lə kɛ̃zjɛm pron, 'the fifteenth'). The 15th arrondissement, called fr Vaugirard, is situated on the left bank of the River Seine. Sharing the Montparnasse district with the 6th and 14th arrondissements, it is the city's most populous arrondissement, with a population of 229,713 as of 2023. fr Tour Montparnasse no – the tallest skyscraper in Paris – and the neighbouring fr Gare Montparnasse no are both located in the 15th arrondissement, at its border with the 14th. It is also home to the high-rise Beaugrenelle district and the fr Front de Seine no riverside development, as well as the fr Paris Expo Porte de Versailles no convention centre, where the 180-metre Tour Triangle is set to house a 120-room hotel and 70000 m2 of office space in 2026.https://www.parisdigest.com/business/porte-de-versailles.htm Porte de Versailles Exhibition Centre 2018 Paris Digest 2018-11-10 Close is the fr Héliport de Paris no, the city heliport, just nearby the border with fr Issy-les-Moulineaux no. History The fr loi du 16 juin 1859 decreed the annexation to Paris of the area between the old Wall of the Ferme générale and the Wall of Thiers. The communes of fr Grenelle no, fr Vaugirard no and fr Javel no were incorporated into Paris in 1860.May 2024 Politician Charles Michels (born 1903) was elected a deputy for the 15th arrondissement under the Popular Front; he was taken hostage and shot by the Nazis in 1941. A Métro station and street now bear his name. Quarters As in all the Parisian fr arrondissements, the fifteenth is made up of four administrative quarters (fr quartiers). thumb|The four administrative quarters of the 15th arrondissement To the south, fr quartier Saint-Lambert occupies the former site of the village of Vaugirard, built along an ancient Roman road. The geography of the area was particularly suited to wine-making, as well as quarrying. In fact, many Parisian monuments, such as the fr École Militaire, were built from Vaugirard stone. The village, not yet being part of Paris, was considered by Parisians to be an agreeable suburb, pleasant for country walks or its cabarets and puppet shows. In 1860 Vaugirard was annexed to Paris, along with adjoining villages. Today, notable attractions in this area include the fr Parc des Expositions (an exhibition centre which hosts the fr Foire de Paris, agricultural expositions, in addition to car shows) and fr Parc Georges-Brassens, a park built on the former site of a slaughterhouse where every year wine by the name of fr Clos des Morillons is produced and auctioned at the civic centre. To the east, fr quartier Necker was originally an uninhabited space between Paris and Vaugirard. The most well-known landmarks in the area are the Gare Montparnasse train station and the looming fr Tour Montparnasse office tower. The area around the train station has been renovated and now contains a number of office and apartment blocks, a park (the fr Jardin Atlantique, built directly over the train tracks), and a shopping centre. Finally, the quartier contains a number of public buildings: the fr Lycée Buffon, the Necker Children's Hospital, as well as the private foundation Pasteur Institute. To the north, fr quartier Grenelle was originally a village of the same name. Grenelle plain extended from the current fr Hôtel des Invalides to the suburb of fr Issy-les-Moulineaux no on the other side of the Seine, but remained mostly uninhabited in centuries past due to difficulties farming the land. At the beginning of the 19th century, an entrepreneur by the name of Violet divided off a section of the plain: this became the village of fr Beaugrenelle no, known for its series of straight streets and blocks, which remain today. The whole area broke off from the commune of Vaugirard in 1830, becoming the commune of Grenelle, which was in turn annexed to Paris in 1860. A century later, a number of apartment and office towers were built along the Seine, the fr Front de Seine no along with the Beaugrenelle shopping mall. To the west, fr quartier Javel lies to the south of Grenelle plain. In years past, it was the industrial area of the fr arrondissement: first with chemical companies (the famous fr Eau de Javel bleach was invented and produced there), then electrical companies (Thomson), and finally car manufacturers (Citroën), whose factories occupied a large part of the fr quartier up until the early 1970s. The industrial areas have since been rehabilitated; the neighbourhood now contains fr Parc André-Citroën no, Georges Pompidou European Hospital, and a number of large office buildings and television studios (fr Sagem no, fr Snecma no, the fr Direction Générale de l'Aviation Civile, fr StudioCanal no, fr France Télévisions no, etc.). In addition, to the south of the circular highway (fr boulevard périphérique), an extension of the 15th, formerly an aerodrome at the beginning of the 20th century, is now a heliport, a gym and a recreation centre. thumb|Musée Pasteur The early airfield here has been encroached upon by urban development and a sports centre, but the residual area, mainly laid to grass, continues to serve Paris as a heliport. The fr Sécurité Civile no has a detachment there close to maintenance facilities. Customs facilities are available and especially busy during the fr Salon d'Aeronautique no airshows held at fr Le Bourget no on the other side of the city. Geography thumb|250px|The quarters of the 15th arrondissement thumb|fr Mairie du XVe arrondissement near Vaugirard Métro station The 15th arrondissement is located in the southwestern part of Paris, on the left bank of the Seine. It includes one of the three islands in Paris, the fr Île aux Cygnes no ('Isle of Swans'), on the border with the 16th arrondissement. It also borders the 6th, 7th and 14th arrondissements. At 8.5 km2, it is the third-largest arrondissement in Paris; it would be the largest if the large parks fr Bois de Boulogne no and fr Bois de Vincennes no were not counted as part of the 16th and 12th arrondissements, respectively. The arrondissement consists of four quarters: Quartier Saint-Lambert (57) Quartier Necker (58) Quartier Grenelle (59) Quartier Javel (60) Demographics Historical population none 2 pagr Demographia (1861-1999)http://demographia.com/db-paris-arr1999.htm Paris Arrondissements: Post 1860 Population & Population Density Demographia and INSEE (1876-2023)https://www.insee.fr/fr/statistiques/fichier/3698339/base-pop-historiques-1876-2023.xlsx Recensements de la population 1876-2023 INSEE XLSXPopulation municipale entre 1968 et 2023, INSEE bottom 1861 56,041 1872 75,449 1881 102187 1891 119307 1901 153185 1911 199010 1921 225331 1931 238797 1936 243687 1946 244,981 1954 250124 1962 250551 1968 244080 1975 231301 1982 225596 1990 223940 1999 225362 2007 232247 2012 238190 2017 233392 2023 229713 Places of interest Saint-Christophe-de-Javel, Paris Notre-Dame-de l'Arche-d'Alliance Saint-Antoine-de-Padoue Church, Paris thumb|upright=1.1|fr La musique (Musée Bourdelle) Grand Pavois de Paris (1971), one of the largest real estate complexes in Paris Musée Pasteurhttp://www.pasteur.fr/en/institut-pasteur/pasteur-museum Pasteur Museum Institut Pasteur 11 August 2017 Musée du Service des Objets Trouvés Musée Bourdelle Musée Mendjisky, specialising in School of Paris artists, housed in a Robert Mallet-Stevens building.http://www.fmep.fr/ Musée Mendjisky-Ecoles de Paris Christophe Leroy FMEP fr 11 August 2017 Musée Jean Moulin, French Resistance – (musées Leclerc-Moulin)http://museesleclercmoulin.paris.fr/ Musée du Général Leclerc et de la Libération de Paris – Musée Jean Moulin Musées Leclerc Moulin fr 11 August 2017 Church of Notre-Dame de la Salette in Paris Synagogue of Chasseloup-Laubat Beaugrenelle Shopping Centrehttp://www.beaugrenelle-paris.com/en Beaugrenelle beaugrenelle-paris.com 11 August 2017 Parts of the Montparnasse area. The former workshop (no longer standing) of Constantin Brâncuși, where the sculptor worked from 1925 to 1957 has now been relocated in front of the Centre Georges Pompidou Villa Santos Dumont where Ossip Zadkine and Fernand Légerhttp://www.gavroche-pere-et-fils.fr/rue-et-villa-santos-dumont/ Rue et villa Santos-Dumont 18 November 2010 Gavroche père & fils fr 11 August 2017 11 August 2017 https://web.archive.org/web/20170811143516/http://www.gavroche-pere-et-fils.fr/rue-et-villa-santos-dumont/ dead had their workshop, also featured in Gail Albert Halaban book Out of my Window, Paris.http://aperture.org/shop/gail-albert-halaban-villa-santos-dumont-5th-arrondissement-paris-2013-limited-edition Villa Santos-Dumont, 15th arrondissement, Paris, 2013 Aperture.org 11 August 2017 fr La Ruche no Square Béla Bartók where the sculpture-fountain fr Cristaux by Jean-Yves Lechevallier can be seen. fr Square de l'Oiseau-Lunaire no, featuring a sculpture by Juan Miró (the fr L'Oiseau Lunaire) with a plaque commemorating the many artists, poets and painters or sculptors who lived there, including André Masson, Jean Dubuffet, Antonin Artaud and Robert Desnos. A replica of the statue of Liberty on the île aux Cygnes where Bartholdi worked. The fr Pont de Bir-Hakeim no The fr Pont Mirabeau no The fr Parc André-Citroën no with the fr Ballon de Parishttp://en.parisinfo.com/visites-guidees/74324/Ballon-de-Paris Ballon Generali Paris Tourist Office 11 August 2017 The Parc Georges-Brassens The Polypores Fountain by Jean-Yves Lechevallier featured in the movie by Alain Resnais Same Old Song. The Paris Expo Porte de Versailles exhibition centre (with the Tour Triangle project) and Palais des Sports, near Porte de Versailles Métro station The Front de Seine high-rise district The Cheminée du Front de Seine, a 130 m ft on chimney, the 4th tallest structure in Paris Government and infrastructure At one time the head office of the fr Bureau Enquêtes-Accidents no was in the 15th arrondissement.http://www.bea.aero/docspa/1982/f-gk820317/pdf/f-gk820317.pdf Accident Report, 17 March 1982 Bureau Enquêtes-Accidents 18 April 2012 246, rue Lecourbe 75732 PARIS – France. https://web.archive.org/web/20140221183656/http://www.bea.aero/docspa/1982/f-gk820317/pdf/f-gk820317.pdf 21 February 2014 live fr Since November 2015 the French Ministère des Armées ("Ministry of the Armed Forces") has been located in purpose-built building near the Balard Métro station.http://www.slate.com/blogs/the_eye/2015/11/13/hexagone_balard_why_france_s_new_pentagon_inspired_defense_ministry_is_a.html France's New Defense Building, Inspired by the Pentagon, Is...a Hexagon Kristin Hohenadel 13 November 2015 Slate 11 August 2017 Australian Embassy Japanese Cultural Centre in Parishttp://www.mcjp.fr/fr/mentions-legales Mentions legales Maison de la culture du Japon à Paris 101 bis, quai Branly, 75015 Paris. 11 August 2017 fr Institut Françaishttp://www.institutfrancais.com/fr/contact Contact Institut Français 11 August 2017 fr Economy thumb|Art Nouveau building, detailed view The headquarters of Orange S.A. and Eutelsat are located in the 15th arrondissement.https://www.orange.com/en/Footer/legal-matters Legal Matters Orange 6 October 2009 La Poste, the French mail service, has its head office in the arrondissement.http://www.laposte.com/Everything-about-La-Poste/Contact-us Contact Us La Poste 22 December 2010 La Poste laposte.com V603 44 bd de Vaugirard 75015 Paris – France. https://web.archive.org/web/20140113142951/http://www.laposte.com/Everything-about-La-Poste/Contact-us 13 January 2014 dead http://www.laposte.fr/layout/set/popup_footer/content/view/full/180 Mentions légales La Poste 22 December 2010 Siège social ("Headquarters") : 44 boulevard de Vaugirard – 75757 PARIS CEDEX 15. fr dead https://web.archive.org/web/20110102173513/http://www.laposte.fr/layout/set/popup_footer/content/view/full/180 2 January 2011 The publisher fr Hachette Livre no also has its headquarters in the arrondissement.http://www.hachette.com/en/ Home Hachette Livre 17 April 2011 Hachette Livre 43, quai de Grenelle 75905 Paris Cedex 15. Prior to the completion of the current Air France headquarters in Tremblay-en-France in December 1995,http://www.gemo-paris.com/eng/pdf/New_Fiche_AF_HQ_Eng.pdf Air France Head Quarters – Roissypole Groupement d'Etudes et de Méthodes d'Ordonnancement (GEMO) 20 September 2009 fr 11 July 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20110711081813/http://www.gemo-paris.com/eng/pdf/New_Fiche_AF_HQ_Eng.pdf dead http://www.tremblay-en-france.fr/page/p-108/art_id-1617/ Roissy Charles-de-Gaulle Tremblay-en-France 20 September 2009 fr 13 October 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20101013033424/http://www.tremblay-en-france.fr/page/p-108/art_id-1617 dead Air France was headquartered in a tower located next to the Gare Montparnasse rail station in Montparnasse and in the 15th arrondissement; Air France had its headquarters in the tower for about 30 years.https://www.nytimes.com/1992/12/27/business/air-france-s-big-challenge.html Air France's Big Challenge The New York Times 13 May 2009 Salpukas Agis 27 December 1992 https://web.archive.org/web/20090618144013/http://www.nytimes.com/1992/12/27/business/air-france-s-big-challenge.html 18 June 2009http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1975/1975%20-%200530.html World Airline Directory Flight International 20 March 1975 466 3445 108Mlekuz Nathalie http://www.lemonde.fr/cgi-bin/ACHATS/257106.html Air France vole vers ses avions, destination Roissy Le Monde 2 April 1997 22 September 2009 fr Previously fr Tour Maine-Montparnasse no housed the executive management of Accor.http://www.accor.com/gb/commun/contact/adresses.asp Address book Accor 19 March 2012 Executive Management Tour Maine-Montparnasse 33, avenue du Maine 75755 Paris Cedex 15 France. https://web.archive.org/web/20061017071844/http://www.accor.com/gb/commun/contact/adresses.asp 17 October 2006 fr Journal officiel de la République française French Football Federation fr Conseil supérieur de l'audiovisuel no fr Safran no fr Institut français des relations internationales no European Space Agency International Energy Agency fr Eutelsat no fr France Télévisions no International Council of Museums fr Hôpital Européen Georges-Pompidou no Education and research thumb|Panthéon-Assas University – Vaugirard Schiller International University has a campus in the arrondissement. It is in proximity to Place de la Convention.https://www.schiller.edu/paris/ Schiller Paris Schiller International University 28 August 2011 Schiller International University 9, rue Yvart 75015 – Paris FRANCE. The arrondissement is also host to the fr École Active Bilingue Jeannine Manuel no international school and the international bilingual school, Victor Hugohttp://www.eibparis.fr/ecoles/presentation_internationalschool_victorhugo.cfm?lng=en EIB Victor Hugo School EIB Paris 11 August 2017 International Culinary school fr Le Cordon Bleu, established in 1895, has a campus in the 15th (rue Léon Delhomme)http://www.lcbparis.com/paris/paris-school/en Why this culinary arts and hospitality management school? Le Cordon Bleu Paris 11 August 2017 Necker-Enfants Malades Hospital affiliated to the University of Paris Descartes, (pediatrics) Pantheon-Sorbonne University, Saint Charles Campus - Visual arts and aesthetics.http://www.univ-paris1.fr/fileadmin/Service-com/Plaquettes_disciplinaires/visual_arts_and_aesthetics-light.pdf Visual arts and aesthetics Pantheon-Sorbonne University 11 August 2017 Panthéon-Assas University, Campus Vaugirard, Law school PariSanté Campus Pasteur Institute Laboratoire de Phonétique et Phonologie Notable people thumb|upright|Brigitte Bardot – 1962 thumb|upright|Louis Pasteur by Félix Nadar in 1878 Édouard Balladur, politician, Prime Minister of France (1993–1995) Brigitte Bardot, actress (1934–2025) Samuel Beckett, writer, who lived in the 15th arrondissement for most of his adult life Walter Benjamin, philosopher Luc Besson, filmmaker Antoine Bourdelle, artist Alexander Calder, artist Marc Chagall, artist Barbara Chase-Riboud, artist Dietrich von Choltitz, military governor of Paris, 1944–1945 André Citroën, industrialist Robert Desnos, poet and member of the French Resistance Michel Foucault, philosopher Tsuguharu Foujita, artist Rebecca Hampton, actress and television presenter François Hollande, President of France (2012–2017), lived in the 15th arrondissement. René Magritte, artist Sophie Marceau, actress André Masson, artist Henry Miller, writer, lived in the 15th where he worked on Tropic of Cancer.http://www.pbase.com/image/56454767 Henry Miller & Richard Galen Osborn's apartment PBase 11 August 2017 Joan Miró, artist Jacques Monod and Francois Jacob discovered the mechanism of genes' transcription regulation, a work honored by the 1965 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine. Luc Montagnier, Françoise Barré-Sinoussi and colleagues discovered the two HIV viruses that cause AIDS, in 1983 and 1985, were honored by the 2008 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine. Nekfeu, hip-hop artist Louis Pasteur, microbiologist Marie-Claire Pauwels, journalist Marc du Pontavice, producerhttps://www.lepoint.fr/societe/marc-du-pontavice-02-12-2010-1270012_23.php Marc du Pontavice 2 December 2010 Le Point French 25 April 2023 Ossip Zadkine, artist See also Front de Seine Saint-Lambert Church of Vaugirard References 30em Further reading Vallois Thirza Around and About Paris: Vol.3: New Horizons: Haussmann's Annexation (Arrondissements 13–20) https://books.google.com/books?id=8LpVAAAAYAAJ&q=15th+arrondissement+of+Paris 1999 Iliad Books 978-0-9525378-2-3 80–104 29 April 2015 https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9D04E3DE1431F931A35752C1A961958260&sec=&spon=&pagewanted=3 Ann Pringle-Harris The 15th, a World of Its Own The New York Times 2 November 1997 7 April 2015 External links Paris/15th arrondissement 15th arrondissement Paris 15ème arrondissement on Move On France