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The Phantom of the Opera is a legend, but the women in the bars at
Pigalle are real. The 9th district is also one of the rare place in
Paris where you can find newspapers and food 24 hours a day.
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| Pigalle |
| V.Massé |
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Laz| Trinité __-- |
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8th| __-- ' 10th
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| Opé -----_____ Montm |
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Opé 2nd
Everything in italics is outside the district. The 9th
district is the 7th least populated district in Paris with 55,838
inhabitants in 1990. It's the 6th smallest district (2.18
km2).
Night life
For night life in the 9th district, try the boulevards. Either on
the first ring of boulevards which separates the 9th
district from the 2nd district on the south, or
on the second ring which marks the frontier with the 18th district on the north. On the south boulevards,
starting at Madeleine, you will walk along the Olympia, the most
prestigious stage for popular music in Paris, and the recently
renovated Opera House, best seen from Avenue de l'Opéra in the
2nd district.
East of Opera, the cinemas, restaurants, cafés and banks occupy
almost all the buildings until the eastern end of the district and
beyond. The corner of rue du Faubourg Montmartre is a good place to
find a sandwich at 3 a.m. Note that you are not in Montmartre
here. The street only goes towards Montmartre.
The northern limit of the district is a part of Pigalle and is
specialized in hostess bars. If you are a musician, go to rue Victor
Massé, the first street parallel to the boulevard, dedicated to music
shops.
The center of the district is mostly a residential area. Noticeable
things include the theaters, and also an important Jewish quarter in
rue Richer. Right in the middle of this quarter stand
Folies-Bergère, a famous cabaret often featured in American
musicals: see for example Roy del Ruth's
"Folies-Bergère", with the great Maurice Chevalier.