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Apartment Hunter Paris 20

The 20^th arrondissement of Paris

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Are you considering purchasing an apartment in Paris’ 20th arrondissement?

Do you need information before buying your future apartment in the 20th 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.

Notre avis d'expert sur le 20th arrondissement de Paris

The 20th arrondissement of Paris is cosmopolitan, with neighborhoods with a strong identity rubbing shoulders with a hip, upmarket population.
Families with children will appreciate the green spaces, particularly Belleville park and Père-Lachaise cemetery, close to the 11th arrondissement.

The evening entertainment, coupled with a real cultural life with its many cafés, theaters and concerts, attracts a younger population with a penchant for sharing.
With very attractive prices per square meter and strong rental demand, investors are making this one of their favorite hunting grounds.

Your Ile-de-France property hunter recommends the area around Père-Lachaise cemetery, particularly the Gambetta shopping arrondissement, but also the Pyrénées-Jourdain sector.

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Que devez-vous savoir avant d'acheter dans le 20th arrondissements ?

It is one of the few arrondissements in Paris where the population has continued to grow since the 1990s. The area around Boulevard Ménilmontant is reminiscent of the Middle East, with the scents of its grocery shops and restaurants. The second Chinese community has settled in the Belleville arrondissement, where the atmosphere is calm and exotic. Commercial life is developing in particular around the rue de Belleville, the Gambetta arrondissement or the shopping center near the Porte de Montreuil and finally the Porte de Vincennes on the edge of the 12th arrondissement.

The 19th arrondissement has its own arrondissement of houses, with Mouzaïa, and the 20th arrondissement is not to be outdone with its ‘countryside in Paris’. North of Porte de Bagnolet, you can wind your way through narrow streets leading to charming working-class houses with flower gardens. For lovers of greenery, the recent Belleville park, with its 1,200 trees and shrubs, its 100m-long cascading fountain and its 1,000m² of lawns, is an invitation to relax. Not forgetting the famous Père-Lachaise cemetery and its famous graves. The density of car traffic is a black spot, with the nuisance generated by many arterial roads.

195 500 residents

€21 000 of median income, in the bottom three in Paris

28% are homeowners, the lowest rate in Paris along with Paris 19 and Paris 13

20% of studio apartments and 6% of apartments with 5 rooms or more, the lowest percentages in Paris for opposite types of property

Quels sont les différents quartiers de Paris 20 ?

Belleville

With its rich industrial past, this arrondissement is home to a low-income population, particularly in the west. The Pyrénées-Jourdain area has undergone a transformation over the last 5 years, attracting a large number of ‘bobos’. Belleville Park is an undeniable asset for families looking for greenery and play areas.
Saint-Fargeau

On the site of the former Château de Ménilmontant, this working-class area is home to part of the Gambetta shopping arrondissement and the famous ‘campagne à Paris’ with its working-class houses. Residents enjoy a magnificent 20,000m² green space, the Square Séverine, with its various species of exotic trees.
Père-Lachaise

The cemetery of the same name occupies a large part of this arrondissement, where the graves of artists and celebrities can be found in a restful, green environment. To the north, there are large social housing estates for the less well-off. To the east, the much sought-after ‘Gambetta village’ with its narrow shopping streets.
Charonne

This is a very large arrondissement stretching from Porte de Bagnolet to Nation, via the Marché de la Réunion. To the south, it is easily accessible by public transport. Further north, the life of the neighborhood, with its narrow streets and cul-de-sacs hiding charming working-class houses.

Les chiffres clés sur cet arrondissement*

28%

are homeowners

60%

are under 45 years old

51%

have lived here for nine years or less

46%

are families

Construction Years

Number of Rooms

Studio
2 rooms
3 rooms
4 rooms
5 rooms and more

* Source INSEE

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A bit of History

In the Middle Ages, it was mainly farmland that covered the future arrondissement. This area includes 3 villages: the most populated Charonne, Belleville and Ménilmontant. The Château de Ménilmontant (also known as the Château de Saint-Fargeau) occupied almost a quarter of the present-day arrondissement. The Belleville cemetery was created in 1808 in the former grounds of the château. In the 18th century, the discovery of a layer of gypsum led to the opening of numerous quarries. The erection of the Fermiers Généraux wall in 1785 placed what is now the 20th arrondissement at the gateway to Paris, allowing these villages and suburbs to grow rapidly in a tax-free zone. The guinguettes opened en masse, and craftsmen and workers who left Paris for economic reasons found a suitable place to stay.

Following the closure of the last cemetery in inner Paris in 1780 (a ban on cemeteries in the city), Napoleon Bonaparte decreed in 1804 that numerous cemeteries be built on the outskirts of Paris. After regular extensions, Père-Lachaise covered 44 hectares in 1850 and contained 70,000 graves. Meanwhile, the village of Charonne saw its population explode from 800 in 1822 to 17,000 before it was incorporated into Paris at the same time as the entire arrondissement (Thiers enclosure). Industries developed between 1890 and 1960, including furniture and cabinet-making, sawmills and wood and food warehouses…The transformation towards service activities (in the building industry in particular) began in 1950.

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