Lonely Planet
A guide to all 20 arrondissements in Paris
Paris’ 20 different districts (called arrondissements), spiral clockwise from the center like a snail shell. Get to know them all with our thorough guide.
picturesque square on island tip

“The Square du Vert-Galant is a small, triangular park pointing downstream located at the western tip of the Ile de la Cité, next to the Pont Neuf, in the First Arrondissement of Paris. It was created in 1884 by joining two small islands to the larger island.”