Are you considering purchasing an apartment in Paris’ 10th arrondissement?
Do you need information before buying your future apartment in the 10th arrondissement? Quality of life, housing distribution, your hunter’s opinion, history…
In this guide, we offer you everything you need to know about your real estate search in this arrondissement.
Prices have risen sharply over the past decade since the renovation of Place de la République. Your Paris region property hunter recommends the Hôpital Saint Louis and Saint-Vincent-de-Paul areas.
The 10th arrondissement bridges the gap between the very upmarket first arrondissements of Paris and the more popular ‘peripheral’ arrondissements. It shares this characteristic with the 11th arrondissement. The area can be divided into 2 north-south zones. The first is to the south, bordering the 3rd arrondissement, which is popular with young executives and perfectly illustrates the ‘Bourgeois-Bohemian’ spirit. The Canal Saint-Martin is a very lively place, especially on summer evenings, a place to meet up and chat with friends. There are many trendy shops (organic), not to mention the theaters and concert halls around Saint-Martin.
To the north and east, this is a historically more popular area. The proximity of the 2 train stations and the associated nuisance hinders the development of this arrondissement, although this seems to have changed in recent years. Several foreign communities have settled here: Turks around rue du Faubourg-Saint-Denis, Indians and Pakistanis around the Passage Brady and La Chapelle metro station, and the Chinese community in the Belleville arrondissement. The arrondissement is also extremely accessible, with a large number of metro stations, 2 transport hubs (Nord and République), 2 railway stations, major roads for car traffic, cycle paths, etc.
91 750 residents
€25 750 of median income, 15% below the Paris average
65% are under 45, the highest rate in Paris
61% have been here for 9 years or less, the highest turnover rate after the 2nd arrondissement.
36%
are homeowners
65%
are under 45 years old
61%
have lived here for nine years or less
44%
are families
Construction Years
Number of Rooms
A marshy area, the Romans decided to build 2 main roads leading out of Lutetia. In the 6th century, the marshes were drained and cultivated, and religious institutions developed. In the 11th century, the kings of France set up a structure for executions outside the walls on the Montfaucon mound (now the Place du Colonel Fabien): the patibular forks. Following numerous epidemics in the second half of the 16th century, Henri IV decided to build the Hôpital Saint-Louis, which was to be used to quarantine contagious patients during epidemics.
The 10th arrondissement really took off in the 18th century with the construction of the Grand Boulevards. Numerous theaters were built around the Porte Saint-Martin, a tradition that continues to this day. As Paris grew, Napoleon Bonaparte decided to canalize the Ourcq to remedy the poor drinking water supply for Parisians. The second half of the 19th century saw the launch of a major urban development project, with the creation of 2 railway stations (Gare de Strasbourg, which later became Gare de l’Est and Gare de Nord) and the construction of the Lariboisière hospital, close to the 9th arrondissement.
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