Where to rent apartments in Paris?
Paris is made up of 20 districts or arrondissements which start at the 1st arrondissement in the centre of Paris and corkscrew out clockwise to the 20th arrondissement. The Paris city limit is marked by its ring road known as the Peripherique (or ‘periph’) The city is divided geographically by the Seine river. North of the Seine is the ‘rive droite’ (right bank) and South is the ‘rive gauche’ (left bank). Immediately outside of Paris are the close suburbs, which are linked to the centre by the metro and bus routes. Although much of central Paris can be dated back to the 13th century and before, the most common form of apartment building dates to around the turn of the century and based on styles introduced by Baron Haussmann who transformed Paris during his 15 years spent at the head of the Préfecture de la Seine (1853-1868). Haussmannian architecture prevails in Paris’ chic quarters but remnants of the medieval era still exist in the 3rd 4th and 5th arrondissements. As the city spread
