The 9th arrondissement of Paris (French: 9e arrondissement de Paris) is one of the twenty arrondissements of the capital city of France. In spoken French, it is referred to as le neuvième ([nœvjɛm]; 'ninth').
The arrondissement, called Opéra, is located on the right bank of the River Seine. It contains many places of cultural, historical and architectural interest, including the Palais Garnier (home to the Paris Opera), on the Place de l'Opéra, together with the InterContinental Paris Le Grand Hotel's Café de la Paix, as well as Boulevard Haussmann, with the Galeries Lafayette and Printemps, two large department stores, in addition to the Le Figaro newspaper. It hosts two historic churches, noted for their classical architecture, art and decoration: Saint-Louis-d'Antin (18th c.) and Notre-Dame-de-Lorette (19th c.).
The arrondissement also contains a number of theatres and music venues including the Olympia, Folies Bergère, Théâtre Mogador, Théâtre Édouard VII and Théâtre de Paris. Along with the 2nd and 8th arrondissements, it hosts one of the business centres of Paris, located around the Palais Garnier. In 2023, it had a population of 57,271.
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Geography
The land area of this arrondissement is 2.179 km2 (0.841 sq mi; 538 acres).
Quarters
Quartier Saint-Georges (33)
Quartier Chaussée-d'Antin (34)
Quartier Faubourg-Montmartre (35)
Quartier Rochechouart (36)
The area in the north-west of the 9th is sometimes called "New Athens".
Main streets and squares
Place de l'Opéra
Boulevard des Capucines (partial)
Boulevard des Italiens (partial)
Rue Bleue
Rue des Martyrs (partial)
Boulevard Haussmann (partial)
Rue de la Chaussée-d'Antin
Passage du Havre
Square Montholon
Boulevard de Clichy (partial)
Rue La Fayette (partial)
Rue de Provence (partial)
Rue Saint-Lazare (partial)
Place de Clichy (partial)
Rue de la Victoire
Rue de Caumartin
Rue Laffitte
Place Pigalle
Places of interest
Bibliothèque-Musée de l'Opéra National de Paris
Folies Bergère at 32, Rue Richer
Fondation Dosne-Thiers
Hôtel Drouot, auction house
Opera Garnier ("Paris Opera")
Galeries Lafayette (flagship store) at 40, Boulevard Haussmann
Paris Olympia
Printemps department store (flagship store)
Maison Souquet, hotel
Musée de la Franc-Maçonnerie
Musée Grévin
Musée Gustave Moreau at 14, Rue de la Rochefoucauld
Musée du Parfum
Musée de la Vie Romantique
Notre-Dame-de-Lorette, Paris
Parts of Pigalle area
Saint-Louis-d'Antin historic church (18th c.)
Takashimaya Paris
Wikimedia France has its offices in the arrondissement, at 28 Rue de Londres.
Economy
Groupe Danone has its head office in the 17 Boulevard Haussmann building in the 9th arrondissement. Danone moved there in 2002.
BNP Paribas has its head office in the arrondissement. Crédit Industriel et Commercial. Kroll Inc. also has an office in this arrondissement.
DotEmu has its head office in the 9th arrondissement.
Gameloft has its registered office and head office in the 9th arrondissement. It is on the fifth floor of 14 rue Auber.
Until June 1995, the head office of Société Générale was located in this arrondissement. On that month the head office moved to the Société Générale Towers. The former head office remains as the company's registered office.
Google Paris has its offices within the arrondissement.
The fashion School MOD'SPE Paris is also located in the arrondissement.
Demographics
The peak population of the 9th arrondissement occurred in 1811, when it had 124,337 inhabitants. Since then, the arrondissement has widely attracted business activity. As a result, in 1999 it held 111,939 jobs.