The Paris Arrondissements Have Official Names, And Absolutely No-One Ever Uses Them

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I mean the title is pretty self-explanatory isn't it. MORE INFO Map from 1860, showing both the numbers and names of the arrondissements (see box in top right corner) - https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d4/Achin_%26_Potiquet%2C_Plan_de_Paris_indiquant_la_division_en_arrondissements_et_quartiers%2C_1860_-_BHVP.jpg The official Paris website still uses the names to this day, if you look hard enough (scroll to the column "nom officiel de l'arrondissement") - https://opendata.paris.fr/explore/dataset/arrondissements/table/?disjunctive.l_ar&disjunctive.c_arinsee&disjunctive.c_ar MERCI BEAUCOUP to my Parisian guest stars, including: Perrine & Florian from the excellent stage show "NEW! La comédie musicale improvisée" - https://newcomediemusicale.com/ Yohann from the excellent YouTube channel "Le Ferrovipathe" - https://www.youtube.com/@LeFerrovipathe IMAGE CREDITS Map of the 12 original arrondissements by Starus - https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Plan_des_anciens_arrondissements_de_Paris.svg Photo of the Mairie du 20e by LPLT - https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fichier:Mairie_du_20e_arrondissement_de_Paris.JPG INSTA - https://www.instagram.com/the.tim.traveller TWIT - https://twitter.com/TheTimTraveller FACE - https://www.facebook.com/TheTimTraveller/