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{{Infobox French subdivision
| type                   = arrmun
| name                   = 3rd arrondissement of Paris
| INSEE                  = 75103
| commune                = [[Paris]]
| population             = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_total}}
| population_as_of       = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_as_of}}
| population_footnotes   = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_footnotes}} 
| area                   = 1.17
| image_map              = Paris 3e arr jms.gif
| map_caption            = Location within Paris
| image_skyline          = Saint-Martin-des-Champs Chapelle 01.jpg
| image_caption          = The [[Musée des Arts et Métiers]] in the medieval priory of [[Saint-Martin-des-Champs Priory|Saint-Martin-des-Champs]]
| image_shield           = Blason ville fr Paris III.svg
| mayor                  = [[Ariel Weil]]
| party                  = [[Socialist Party (France)|PS]]
| term                   = 2020&ndash;2026
| coordinates            = {{coord|48|51|49.75|N|2|21|41.97|E|region:FR-IDF_type:city|display=it}}
}}
The '''3rd arrondissement of Paris''' ({{lang|fr|III<sup>e</sup> arrondissement}}, {{IPA|fr|tʁwɑzjɛm aʁɔ̃dismɑ̃}}) is one of the 20 {{lang|fr|[[Arrondissements of Paris|arrondissements]]}} (districts) of the capital city of [[France]]. In spoken French, this arrondissement is colloquially referred to as "{{lang|fr|le troisième}}" ({{IPA|fr|lə tʁwɑzjɛm}}) meaning "the third". Its postal code is 75003. It is governed locally together with the [[1st arrondissement of Paris|1st]], [[2nd arrondissement of Paris|2nd]] and [[4th arrondissement of Paris|4th]] arrondissements, with which it forms the 1st sector of Paris, {{lang|fr|[[Paris Centre]]}}.

The arrondissement, sometimes known as {{lang|fr|Temple}} and situated on the [[Rive Droite|right bank]] of the [[River Seine]], is the smallest in area after the 2nd. It contains the quieter northern part of the medieval district of {{lang|fr|italic=no|[[Le Marais]]}}, while the more lively southern part, notably including the [[gay district]] of Paris, is located within the 4th arrondissement. 
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== History ==
The oldest surviving private house in Paris, built in 1407, is to be found in the 3rd arrondissement at 51 [[rue de Montmorency]].<ref name="ParisDigest">{{Cite web |url= https://www.parisdigest.com/paris/paris-facts.htm|title= 10 Paris facts | year=2018 |publisher=Paris Digest |access-date=20 November 2018}}</ref>

The ancient Jewish quarter, the ''[[Pletzl]]'' (פלעצל, 'little place' in [[Yiddish]]), which dates from the 13th century, begins in the eastern part of the 3rd arrondissement and extends into the 4th. It is home to the {{lang|fr|[[Musée d'Art et d'Histoire du Judaïsme]]}} ('Museum of Jewish Art and History') and the [[Agoudas Hakehilos synagogue]] designed by the architect [[Hector Guimard]]. Although fashionable boutiques now take up many of the storefronts, there are still landmark stores selling traditional Jewish foods.

A small but slowly expanding [[Chinatown]], inhabited by immigrants from [[Wenzhou]], centers on the rue au Maire, near the {{lang|fr|[[Conservatoire national des arts et métiers]]}} and the {{lang|fr|[[Musée des Arts et Métiers]]}}, partly housed in the [[medieval priory]] of [[Saint-Martin-des-Champs Priory|Saint-Martin-des-Champs]].

==Geography==

=== Size ===
With a land area of 1.2&nbsp;km<sup>2</sup><ref>{{Cite web|title=Comparateur de territoire − Comparez les territoires de votre choix - Résultats pour les communes, départements, régions, intercommunalités... {{!}} Insee|url=https://www.insee.fr/fr/statistiques/1405599?geo=COM-75103|access-date=2 September 2020|website=www.insee.fr}}</ref> (0.452 square miles, or 289 acres), the 3rd arrondissement ranks second smallest in the city.

=== Location ===
It is situated in what is considered Central Paris on the right bank ({{lang|fr|rive droite}}) of the city. Its interior is mostly devoid of the large [[Haussmannian]] boulevards included in many other arrondissements throughout the city. 

=== Neighborhoods {{lang|fr|(quartiers)}} ===
[[File:Quarters of the 3rd arrondissement of Paris - OSM 2020.svg|thumb|250px|The quarters of the 3rd arrondissement]]
The arrondissement includes a range of neighborhoods or {{lang|fr|quartiers}} most of which date back to the Middle Ages. Most residents and locals refer to this area as {{lang|fr|Temple}}, [[Quartier des Arts-et-Métiers|Arts et Métiers]] or more generally, {{lang|fr|le Marais}}; however most of the {{lang|fr|Marais}} district is included in the 4th arrondissement, which it neighbors on its southern border.

The administrative quarters are:
* Quartier Arts-et-Métiers (9)
* Quartier Enfants-Rouges (10)
* Quartier Archives (11)
* Quartier Sainte-Avoye (12)

==Demographics==
The area now occupied by the third arrondissement attained its peak population in the period preceding the re-organization of Paris in 1860. In 1999, the population was 34,248, while the arrondissement hosted a total of 29,723 jobs.

===Historical population===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Year<br>(of French censuses)
! Population
! Density<br>(inh. per km²)
|-
| 1861 {{small|(peak of population)}}{{efn|The peak of population actually occurred before 1861, but the arrondissement was created in 1860, so we do not have figures before 1861.}}
| 99,116
| 84,642
|-
| 1872
| 89,687
| 76,656
|-
| 1954
| 65,312
| 55,822
|-
| 1962
| 62,680
| 53,527
|-
| 1968
| 56,252
| 48,038
|-
| 1975
| 41,706
| 35,616
|-
| 1982
| 36,094
| 30,823
|-
| 1990
| 35,102
| 29,976
|-
| 1999
| 34,248
| 29,247
|-
| 2009
| 35,655
| 30,474
|-
|2017
|34,115
|29,158
|}

===Immigration===
{{France immigration
| collectivity_name   = the 3rd arrondissement
| census_year         = 1999
| metropolitan_France = 73.4
| outside_metropolitan_France = 26.6
| overseas_France = 0.8
| foreign_French  = 4.4
| EU-15           = 5.8
| non-EU-15       = 15.6
}}

==Education==
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There are six public high-schools in the 3rd arrondissement, and no private high-schools.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Lycées à Paris (75003) - Le Parisien Etudiant|url=http://etudiant.aujourdhui.fr/etudiant/annuaire-lycees/fr/ile-de-france_10/paris_75/paris_75003.html|access-date=2 September 2020|website=etudiant.aujourdhui.fr|language=fr-FR}}</ref> 
* ''[[Lycée Victor Hugo, Paris|Lycée Victor Hugo]], 27 rue de Sevigné''
* Lycée Turgot, 69 rue de Turbigo
* Lycée Simone Veil, 7 rue de Poitou
* Lycée Professionel François Truffaut, 28 rue Debelleyeme
* Lycée professionnel de la bijouterie Nicolas Flamel (an annex of the [[École Boulle]]), 8 rue de Montmorency
* Lycée professionnel Abbé Grégoire, 70 bis, rue de Turbigo

The {{lang|fr|[[Conservatoire national des arts et métiers]]}} (CNAM) has its main Paris campus in the area around [[Arts et Métiers station|the métro station]] to which it gives its name. A {{lang|fr|[[grande école]]}}, CNAM provides university-level technical and professional qualifications to a student body of over 25,000.

==Map==
[[File:Paris 3rd.png|thumb|350px|none|Map of the 3rd arrondissement]]

==Places of interest==
[[File:Metro 3e arrondissement.png|300px|thumb|right]]
[[File:Mairie 3e arrondo 20040914.jpg|250px|thumb|The [[Mairie]] ([[town hall]]) of the 3rd arrondissement]]
[[File:Paris Square du Temple dsc03980.jpg|250px|thumb|Square du Temple]]

=== Museums ===
There are 9 museums alone in the 3rd arrondissement as listed by the Paris office of tourism, however there are also many other smaller museums, as listed below.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2015|title=Musée à Paris dans l'arrondissement: 3ème|url=https://www.parisinfo.com/cross_selling/visit?type=10&arrondissement=3|access-date=2 September 2020|website=Site officiel de l’Office du Tourisme et des Congrès de Paris}}</ref>

*[[Musée des Arts et Métiers]]
*[[Musée de la Chasse et de la Nature]]
*[[Musée Cognacq-Jay]]
*[[Musée Picasso]]
*[[Musée de la Poupée]]
*[[Musée de la Serrure]]
*[[Musée des Archives Nationales]] - [[Hôtel de Soubise]]
*[[Musée d'Art et d'Histoire du Judaïsme]]
*[[Musée Carnavalet]] - Histoire de Paris
*[[Henri Cartier-Bresson Foundation]]
*[[La Gaîté Lyrique]]

=== Gardens ===
There are 6 smaller gardens throughout the 3rd arrondissement.{{clarify|reason=There are 8 listed here|date=July 2024}}<ref>{{Cite web|date=2015|title=Parc, jardin, promenade à Paris dans l'arrondissement : 3ème|url=https://www.parisinfo.com/cross_selling/visit?type=13&arrondissement=3|access-date=2 September 2020|website=Site officiel de l’Office du Tourisme et des Congrès de Paris}}</ref>

*{{ill|Square du Temple - Elie-Wiesel|fr}}
*[[Square Saint-Gilles Grand Veneur - Pauline-Roland]]
*Jardin de Rohan
*Square Georges Cain
*Square Léopold-Achille
*Jardin Anne Frank
*Jardin de l'Hotel Salé - Léonor Fini
*Jardin des Archives Nationale

===Churches===
[[File:StNicolasFacade.jpg|250px|thumb|right|[[Saint-Nicolas-des-Champs, Paris|Church of Saint-Nicolas-des-Champs]] in [[Le Marais]]]]
* [[Saint-Denys-du-Saint-Sacrement]]
* [[Saint-Nicolas-des-Champs, Paris]]

===Other===
* [[Le Marais]] (shared with the [[4th arrondissement of Paris|4th arrondissement]])
* {{lang|fr|[[Conservatoire National des Arts et Métiers]]}} - main campus
* [[Le Défenseur du Temps]]
* [[Institut Tessin]]
* [[Hôtel de Soubise]]
* Former [[Temple (Paris)|Temple]] fortress
* [[Carreau du Temple]]
* [[Théâtre Déjazet]]

==Notes==
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==References==
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==External links==
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*{{Wikivoyage-inline|Paris/3rd arrondissement|3rd arrondissement}}
* [http://www.parismarais.com/beaubourg-and-temple.htm The official guide, partner of the Paris Tourist Office]

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