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16th arrondissement of Paris
	Location
	Paris and its closest suburbs
Administration
Region	Île-de-France
Department	Paris
Mayor	Pierre-Christian Taittinger
Statistics
Land area¹	7.85 km²; 16.31 km²
Population²; (July 1, 2005 estimate); (March 8, 1999 census)	; 149,500; 161,773
-Density (2005)	19,054/km²
	¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq. mi. or 247 acres) and river estuaries.
	² Population sans doubles comptes: single count of residents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel).

The 20
arrondissements
of Paris

17^th			18^th		19^th
	8^th		9^th	10^th	11^th	20^th
16^th			2^nd	3^rd
			1^st	4^th	12^th
	River Seine
		7^th	6^th	5^th	13^th
		15^th	14^th

The 16th arrondissement of Paris is one of the 20 arrondissements (administrative districts) of Paris, the capital city of France.

Situated on the right bank of the River Seine, this arrondissement – which includes the mainly residential districts of Auteuil and Passy – is home to a large number of diplomatic embassies and is also the location of the famous Avenue Foch, the widest street in Paris.

The 16th arrondissement hosts several large sporting venues, including: the Parc des Princes, which is the stadium where Paris Saint-Germain football club plays its home matches; Roland Garros Stadium, where the French Open tennis championships are held; and Stade Jean-Bouin, home to the Stade Français rugby union club. The Bois de Boulogne, the second-largest public park in Paris,^{[citation needed]} is also located in this arrondissement.

[edit] Geography

The land area of this arrondissement is 16.305 km² (6.295 sq. miles, or 4,029 acres), slightly more than half of which consists of the Bois de Boulogne park. Excluding the Bois de Boulogne, its land area is 7.846 km² (3.029 sq. miles, or 1,939 acres). It is the largest arrondissement in Paris in terms of land area.


Apartment buildings in the 16th arrondissement of Paris	Stade Français rugby union fans at the Parc des Princes.

[edit] Demographics

The 16th arrondissement population peaked in 1962, when it had 227,418 inhabitants. At the last census (1999), the population was 161,773. The 16th arrondissement contains a great deal of business activity; in 1999 it hosted 106,971 jobs.

The 16th arrondissement is commonly thought to be the richest part of Paris (see Auteuil-Neuilly-Passy), and features some of the most expensive real estate in France. It is also the only arrondissement in Paris to be divided into two separate postal codes. The southern part of the arrondissement carries a postal code of 75016, while the northern part has the code of 75116.

[edit] Historical population

Year (of French censuses)	Population	Density^[1] (inh. per km²)
1872	43,332	5,523
1954	214,042	27,280
1962 (peak of population)	227,418	28,985
1968	214,120	27,290
1975	193,590	24,674
1982	179,446	22,871
1990	169,863	21,650
1999	161,773	20,619
2005 estimate	149,500	19,054

[edit] Immigration

Place of birth of residents of the 16th arrondissement in 1999
Born in Metropolitan France	Born outside Metropolitan France
74.5%	25.5%
	Born in Overseas France	Born in foreign countries with French citizenship at birth¹	EU-15 immigrants²	Non-EU-15 immigrants
	0.6%	5.7%	6.7%	12.5%

¹This group is made up largely of pieds-noirs from Northwest Africa, followed by former colonial citizens who had French citizenship at birth (such as was often the case for the native elite in French colonies), and to a lesser extent foreign-born children of French expatriates. Note that a foreign country is understood as a country not part of France as of 1999, so a person born for example in 1950 in Algeria, when Algeria was an integral part of France, is nonetheless listed as a person born in a foreign country in French statistics.
² An immigrant is a person born in a foreign country not having French citizenship at birth. Note that an immigrant may have acquired French citizenship since moving to France, but is still considered an immigrant in French statistics. On the other hand, persons born in France with foreign citizenship (the children of immigrants) are not listed as immigrants.

[edit] Movie scenes filmed in the 16th arrondissement

In one of the opening scenes of the 1965 James Bond film Thunderball (film), character Emilio Largo is seen arriving at 'Centre international d'assistance aux personnes déplacées' ('The International Brotherhood for the Assistance of Stateless Persons'). This scene was shot on Avenue D'Eylau in the 16th arrondissement.