Thinking of Paris and Arrondissements...


The Francophilia Gazette published this interesting little titbit about the original names of the 20 Parisian arrondissements. Each area was known by name not by number as they are now - in fact the arrondissements have not been called by name since 1859. Bit of a shame really....it sounds so much cuter to say...I live in the Gobelins or the Popincourt.... than I live in the 13th or the 11th. xv

1 – Arrondissement du Louvre
2 – Arrondissement de la Bourse
3 – Arrondissement du Temple
4 – Arrondissement de l’Hôtel de Ville
5 – Arrondissement du Panthéon
6 – Arrondissement du Luxembourg
7 – Arrondissement du Palais Bourbon
8 – Arrondissement de l’Elysée
9 – Arrondissement de l’Opéra
10 – Arrondissement de l’Entrepôt
11 – Arrondissement de Popincourt
12 – Arrondissement de Reuilly
13 – Arrondissement des Gobelins
14 – Arrondissement de l’Observatoire
15 – Arrondissement de Vaugirard
16 – Arrondissement de Passy
17 – Arrondissement de Batignolles Monceau
18 – Arrondissement des Buttes Montmartre
19 – Arrondissement des Buttes Chaumont
20 – Arrondissement de Ménilmontant.

image taken at the hotel costes 'roses only' florist in paris - me


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