Logo of Paris Centre town hall
Map of Paris Centre
The Mairie (Mayor's Office) of Paris Centre (former Mairie of the 3rd arrondissement)

Paris Centre is an administrative division of Paris encompassing the 1st, 2nd, 3rd and 4th arrondissements of the city.

History

In August 2016, ministers Jean-Michel Baylet, Bernard Cazeneuve and Estelle Grelier proposed reforms to the territorial division of Paris. The law was passed by the Senate in November and the National Assembly in February 2017. The reform grouped the first four arrondissements in political terms. Demographic changes meant that they had previously been overrepresented by over 20% in the city council in terms of population per seat, but the new entity had 101,764 inhabitants and eight seats, making it one seat per 12,720 inhabitants, 7% underrepresentation.[1]

In October 2018, a postal referendum was held for the 66,791 registered voters in the territory, to choose a name. Paris Centre got 56.7% of the votes, Cœur de Paris (Heart of Paris) 31.8%, Paris 1234 got 9% and Premiers arrondissements de Paris (First arrondissements of Paris) got 2.5%. When asked where the authorities should be headquartered, 50.7% chose the 3rd arrondissement's municipal hall over the 4th, with the other two being too small to be proposed.[2]

Paris Centre was first involved in municipal elections in 2020. Ariel Weil of the Socialist Party (PS) was elected mayor, having been the last mayor of the 4th arrondissement.[3]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Loi du 28 février 2017 relative au statut de Paris et à l'aménagement métropolitain" [Law of 28 February 2017 relating to the statute of Paris and metropolitan layout]. Vie-Publique (in French). Retrieved 10 February 2022.
  2. ^ Baverel, Philippe (16 October 2018). "Paris Centre, c'est le nouveau nom des quatre premiers arrondissements" [Paris Centre, new name of the first four arrondissements]. Le Parisien (in French). Retrieved 10 February 2022.
  3. ^ Henry, Christine (11 July 2020). "Le socialiste Ariel Weil, premier maire de Paris Centre" [Socialist Ariel Weil, first mayor of Paris Centre]. Le Parisien (in French). Retrieved 10 February 2022.

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