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